The American Physical Society's Fellowship Program recognizes members who have made advances in knowledge through original research and publication; have been innovative in applying physics to science and technology, or have made significant contributions to the teaching of physics.
Each year, no more than one-half of one percent of the membership of the Society is recognized by peers for election to the status of Fellow in the American Physical Society. Competition for this recognition in the Division of Condensed Matter Physics is especially rigorous.
BC Physics now counts three APS Fellows on its faculty, with Naughton joining Distinguished Research Professor Gabor Kalman and the department's chairman, Rourke Professor Kevin Bedell. BC Chemistry claims two, Prof. John Fourkas and Prof. Paul Davidovits, both elected in the society's Chemical Physics Division.