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Weaving a tapestry of gravitational waves, with quasars as guides

July 7, 2025
In a Q&A, astrophysicist Chiara Mingarelli, assistant professor of physics, explains how black hole mergers and quasars are helping lay the groundwork for detecting a...
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Yale Physics students awarded 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

June 25, 2025
Yale Physics graduate students Jackie Baeza-Rubio*, Eunice Beato*, Halona Dantes, Avery Hanna+, Cecily Lowe*; undergraduate  student Aaron Chizhik ‘25* and undergraduate ...

Sous awarded Nevill Mott Prize from Institute of Physics

June 23, 2025
John Sous, assistant professor of applied physics, has been awarded the 2025 Nevill Mott Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics. Sous, who joined Yale in July 2024, was...

Pratiti Deb awarded YQI Fellowship

June 20, 2025
Pratiti Deb, a postdoctoral researcher in Jack Harris’ group, has received a Yale Quantum Institute (YQI) Postdoctoral Fellowship. Pratiti was born and grew up in Kolkata,...
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