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Prof. Manoharan, Mitrano, Mundy to receive Star-Friedman Challenge Award

April 10, 2023

Congratulations to Professors Vinothan Manoharan, Matteo Mitrano, and Julia Mundy on receiving the 2023 Star-Friedman Challenge Awards for Promising Scientific Research. Vinothan Manoharan, Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of...

Two Lectures by Steven Chu

April 24, 2023

STEVEN CHU William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and of Energy Science and Engineering Stanford University 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics Monday, April 24, 2023, @4:30pm Jefferson Lab 250 Colloquium: "Entropy...

New Grant for The Women+ of Color Project

March 27, 2023

Congratulations to graduate students LaNell Williams and Lauren Niu, and Prof. Robert Westervelt, co-PIs of The Women+ of Color Project (W+OCP), on receiving a $100K grand from the Heising-Simons Foundation! W+OCP aims to improve the pipeline of...

Kim to Receive the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics

January 31, 2023

Prof. Philip Kim will receive the Benjamin Franklin Medal. This award recognizes his "pioneering discoveries in the new science of materials composed of single-atom-thick layers, opening the door to a vast array of the new technologies." . Since 1824, The...

Dvorkin, Barandes Voted Favorite Professors of the Class of 2023

February 21, 2023

Congratulations to Prof. Cora Dvorkin and Dr. Jacob Barandes on being voted favorite professors of the Class of 2023 as recognition of their impact on the senior class's Harvard experience. Professors chosen for this honor are featured in the Harvard...

Prof. Argüelles-Delgado Named One of "10 Scientists to Watch" by Science News

October 14, 2022

Every year, Science News choses 10 early- and mid-career scientists who have potential to shape the science of the future and solve some of the world’s biggest problems as their 10 Scientists to Watch. The nominations come from Nobel laureates, members of...

Winners of 2022 Student Prizes

May 16, 2022

On May 16, 2022, the department celebrated the achievements of our undergraduate and graduate students with awards presentation: Rhodes Scholarship An international postgraduate award to study at the University of Oxford Maya Burhanpurkar Elizabeth Guo...

Prof. Mitrano Receives 2022 Early Career Research Program Award from DOE

June 09, 2022

Prof. Matteo Mitrano is one of the 83 award recipients of the 2022 Early Career Research Program selected by the Department of Energy. The program " is designed to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers...

Winners of 2021 Certificates of Distinction and Excellence in Teaching (Q Awards)

April 28, 2022

Congratulations to our recipients of Spring & Fall 2021 Certificates of Distinction and Excellence in Teaching (Q Awards)! The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE) give teaching awards to lecturers...

Wenjie Gong and Zubia Hasan elected 2022 Soros Fellows!

April 14, 2022

Physics/Math senior concentrator Wenjie Gong and physics G1 Zubia Hasan are among the 30 New Americans who received the 2022 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships. Congratulations, Wenjie and Zubia! Wenjie Gong (left) and Zubia Hasan Wenjie Gong, born in...

Harvard and MIT Physicists Steer Chemical Reactions by Quantum Interference

March 14, 2022

Hyungmok Son, a recent Harvard Physics Ph.D graduate, and his colleague at Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms (CUA) have developed a new approach to control the outcome of chemical reactions at the quantum level. Traditionally, chemical reactions are...

Mundy Awarded 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship

February 15, 2022

Congratulations to Professor Julia Mundy on being awarded 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships! From Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Press Release: (New York, NY) – The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation today announces the names of the 118 early-career researchers who...