Filipino Clarina Dela Cruz Won Young Scientist Prize 2013 From APS

clarina-dela-cruzThe American Physical Society has awarded the 2013 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics C10 (IUPAP C10) Young Scientist Prize to a Filipino Clarina Dela Cruz, who is currently connected at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The IUPAP C10 Young Scientist Prize recognizes exceptional achievement in the study of the structure and dynamics of condensed matter by scientists at a relatively junior stage of their career. One prize per year will be awarded on the basis of nominations received. The recipient must have have displayed significant achievement and exceptional promise for future achievement in an area of experimental, computational or theoretical condensed matter physics.

Clarina dela Cruz received her BS and MS degrees in Physics at the National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines-Diliman in 2001 and 2003 where she fabricated and studied the transport properties of various cuprate high temperature superconductors. She proceeded to complete her PhD in Physics at the University of Houston in 2006, high-lighted by her work on the pressure effect in multiferroic materials at the High Pressure and Low Temperature Laboratory of the Texas Center for Superconductivity under Dr. Paul Chu. She then pursued a Postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee (UT) and the Neutron Scattering Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) with Dr. Pengcheng Dai And Dr. Herbert Mook. As a dual UT/ORNL postdoc, she learned to use neutron scattering techniques to study correlated electron systems particularly the Fe-based superconductors. Currently, she is part of the Quantum Condensed Matter Division at ORNL primarily working as instrument scientist for the HB-2A Neutron Powder Diffractometer housed at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, ORNL.

Clarina grew up in Kalibo, Aklan, a town in Panay island, located in the middle of the Philippine archipelago. She is married to Joanes Paulus Sy, an airline pilot currently based in Manila. She loves music, plays the guitar and swims in her free time.

As for the winning prize, Clarina will get 1,000 Euro and a Medal and Certificate.

The IUPAP C10 Young Scientist Medal will be awarded in 2014 at an international meeting focusing on condensed matter physics.

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