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September 5, 2025
Wright Lab research scientist Nikolai Smirnov is retiring this Fall after thirty-three years of working at the Yale Physics department. Below is a tribute composed by Wright...
September 4, 2025
On September 3, Derek Sherry successfully defended the thesis, “Lattice Ultrasensitivity: a new model for signal amplification in E. coli chemotaxis” (advisor: Ben Machta)....
August 29, 2025
On August 25, Joseph Dominicus Lap successfully defended the thesis, “Approaches to Strongly-Coupled Field Theory” (advisor: Ian Moult). Lap explained, “A microsecond after...
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August 29, 2025
Yale physics faculty members, who are affiliated with Wright Lab, won two out of twenty-five grants recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to projects in...
August 22, 2025
On August 19,  Xinping Yang, successfully defended  the thesis, “Topological phases enriched with fusion category symmetries” (aadvisor: Meng Cheng). Yang explained, “The...