National Science Foundation has named M. Zahid Hasan as an American Competitive and Innovation Fellow (2010-2015). Hasan is being recognized (NSF citation) "for his outstanding, groundbreaking research on topological insulators and his exemplary efforts in enabling the participation of a broader community in American science". For more information, see 'Full Story'.
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The Shirley award for outstanding scientific achievement was awarded to M. Zahid Hasan (Princeton University) "for the discovery of topological order in the solid state and quantum Hall-like behavior without magnetic fields (bulk topological insulators)".
For more information, see http://www.als.lbl.gov/als/als_news/news_archive/vol.303_102809.html
and http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S20/90/55G21/
and http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S23/49/78A93/index.xml?secti