Awarded January 11th, 2017, at the 47th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics.

Naomi Halas, Rice University

For groundbreaking work in nano-bio-photonics.

Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University

For field opening contributions to quantum optics, quantum informatics and quantum biology.

Rainer Weiss, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (bio)

For pioneering the laser gravitational wave detector.