Yale Physics is pleased to welcome 35 new graduate students, including 18 women, 17 men, and 7 students from underrepresented minorities (URM) to our department. This includes 12 international students from 6 countries. This class has already started making history with the highest percentage of women and URM students of any incoming Yale Physics class.
Stacey Watts, graduate registrar for the department, said “This is the most diverse class we’ve ever had in terms of who applied, were offered, and accepted. The incoming class will be 51% female and 20% URM.”
Simon Mochrie, professor of physics and of applied physics and the Director of Graduate Admissions (DGA) for the Yale Department of Physics said, “The Yale Physics Department is excited and proud to welcome a graduate class with a majority of women for the first time ever and a record percentage of URMs. This historic outcome reflects our outstanding research portfolio, a stellar recruiting effort by all our current students and faculty, and the presence of outstanding role models in the department.”
Bonnie Fleming, professor of physics and the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) added, ”We are making history here at Yale. This is long overdue progress for our department, our students, and our field.”
Meg Urry, Israel Munson Professor of Physics and former chair of the physics department, who has been a notable advocate throughout her career for increasing the number of women in science remarked, “This is an historic milestone which reflects the tremendous interest and aptitude that women have for physics.”
Karsten Heeger, professor of physics and chair of the physics department noted, “I am very pleased to see the result of this year’s admissions process and congratulate and warmly welcome all incoming students. The 2021 class of incoming graduate students reflects the inclusive and diverse community we strive to build in the Yale Physics Department. ”
The 2021 class of incoming students and their research interests include:
- Braedyn Au (Biological Physics),
- Maria Belota Moreno (Atomic & Optical Physics),
- Naomi Brandt (Biological Physics),
- Sara Butler (Particle Theory),
- Kangle Cai (Condensed Matter Theory),
- David Carcamo (Particle Theory),
- Katie Chang (Biological Physics),
- Harper Cho (Astrophysics/Cosmology),
- Evan Craft (Particle Experiment),
- Allison Culbert (Quantum Information Physics),
- Isaque Dutra (Astrophysics/Cosmology),
- Naomi Gluck (Astrophysics/Cosmology),
- Eleanor Graham (Nuclear Experiment),
- Songtao Huang (Atomic & Optical Physics),
- Rohin McIntosh (Biological Physics),
- Toni Montalvo (Atomic & Optical Physics),
- David Nguyen (Astrophysics/Cosmology),
- Xiaowei Ou (Particle Experiment),
- Xiaoyi Ouyang (Biological Physics),
- Joy Pajarla (Biological Physics),
- Gregory Penn (Particle Theory),
- Mengwen Shi (Biological Physics),
- Cassady Smith (Quantum Information Physics),
- Sylvi Stoller (Biological Physics),
- David Su (Quantum Information Physics),
- Andrew Tamis (Particle Experiment),
- Yarone Tokayer (Astrophysics/Cosmology),
- Matthew Toledo Rozycki (Undecided),
- Yu-Han Tseng (Astrophysics/Cosmology),
- Mira Varma (Particle Theory),
- Molly Watts (Particle Experiment),
- Sierra Weyhmiller (Nuclear Experiment),
- Angela White (Particle Experiment),
- Sven Witthaus (Biological Physics),
- Lihao Yan (Condensed Matter Theory).
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