is married and resides in Austin and San Antonio, Texas. He is an advocate for historical preservation and animal rights. Awards and honors 2008: Willis Lamb Medal in Laser Science and Quantum Optics 2002: Max Planck Award from the Max Planck Society and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 1999: I.I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, American Physical Society 1993-1998: National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award 1992-1995: Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award 1992-1994: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow 1991-1993: The Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair Fellow 1989-1991: National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship 1988-: IBM Graduate Fellowship Raizen is also a fellow of American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America. See also List of Jewish American physicists List of physicists References External links Mark G. Raizen at the University of Texas at Austin The Pointsman Foundation University of Texas at Austin faculty 21st-century American physicists Jewish American scientists Fellows of the American Physical Society University of Texas at Austin alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American Jews