News & Honors

Physics Community gathers to celebrate accomplishments

headshot with space in background. On Friday, May 3, 2024 members of the Yale Physics community gathered to celebrate the end of a successful academic year and to recognize the accomplishments of its members.  Read more.

Demers and Steinacker honored for their commitment to teaching

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Sarah Demers, professor of physics, and a member of Yale’s Wright Lab, and Adriane Steinacker, senior lecturer in physics, were among six recipients of Yale College’s annual teaching prizes who were recognized by Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis during a reception on April 29. Read more.

Charles Brown honored for research excellence

Charles D. Brown II, assistant professor in physics, and an alumnus of Yale’s Wright Lab, has been awarded the Joseph A. Johnson Award for Excellence by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) for his pioneering experimental research.   Read  more.

Time’s ‘100 Most Influential’ list features a pair of Yale professors

3 headshots of scientists Akiko Iwasaki and Priyamvada Natarajan are part of 2024’s Time 100, a list that includes leaders of government, the arts, athletics, science, and industry.  Read more.

Chiara Mingarelli wins the MCAA Career Award 2023

headshot Chiara Mingarelli, assistant professor of physics, has been chosen as the recipient of the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Career Award 2023.  Read more.

Cedric Wilson awarded an NSF MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Fellowship and a YQI Fellowship

headshot Cedric Wilson postdoctoral researcher in Charles Brown’s group has won a  National Science Foundation Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (NSF MPS-Ascend) starting May 2024 for three years.  Read more.

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