Indian Scientist Wins Award For Research On Glass Atom-Jellyfish Link

Mr Himanshu Jain, who first compared the fluctuations of atoms and of jellyfish, has received the world’s top prize for glass science research.
The scientist compared the movements of atoms in glass to the wiggling of jellyfish in water.
Mr Jain, director at the International Materials Institute for New Functionalities in Glass at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, in neighbouring Pennsylvania, received the Otto Schott Research Award on July 2, at the International Congress on Glass in Strasbourg, France.
The biennial award, which carries a cash prize of 25,000 euros, is the most valuable prize for glass research. Mr Jain, a professor of materials science and engineering at Lehigh, is sharing the award with Walter Kob of the University of Montpellier in France.
Mr Jain is being cited for ‘’outstanding work towards advancing fundamental understanding of the movements of atoms inside glass.’’ The Indian-American is a professor of materials science and engineering and director of the International Materials Institute for New Functionalities in Glass at Lehigh University.