#  Congratulations to Winners of 2026 Harvard Student Prizes! 

 





April 30, 2025

 

 

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Physics department is inviting all its members to celebrate the achievements of our undergraduate and graduate students with a festive awards presentation on  May 4, 2026, at 3:30pm in Jefferson 450!

#### Jack T. Sanderson Memorial Prize in Physics

*Awarded to graduating seniors with the highest GPA among concentration courses*

- **Christopher Prainito**
- **Daniel Salkinder**
- **Lucy Nathwani**

#### Carol Davis Prize

*Awarded to a Physics concentrator in recognition of their efforts to build a more inclusive and welcoming environment in the Physics Department*

- **Mary Cipperman**
- **Callie Garcia**

#### White Prize

*Awarded annually to Teaching Fellows who have demonstrated excellence in teaching introductory courses in Physics*

- **Anjolaoluwa Bamtefa (AP 50A)**
- **Julia Book Motzkin (Phys 15C)**
- **Grace Bramlage (Phys 19)**
- **Kiara Carloni (Phys 15B)**
- **Pangaea Finn (Phys 15A)**
- **Felipe Gomez (PS 12B)**
- **Danielle Grey-Stewart (AP 50A)**
- **Christian Hallas (PS 12B)**
- **Thomas Hillman (PS 12B)**
- **Kellianne Kornick (Phys 15B, PS 3)**
- **Annika Lunstad (Phys 15C)**
- **Abdullah Nasir (PS 3)**
- **Khanh Pham (PS 2)**
- **Sanjay Raman (Phys 15A)**
- **Yoshihiro Saito (PS 2)**
- **Jaroslav Scheinpflug (Phys 19)**
- **Huy Tran (PS 3)**
- **Alex Wen (PS 2)**
- **Weijie Wu (Phys 16)**

#### The Cutting Prize 

*The prize was established by bequest of W. Bayard Cutting, Jr., 1900, and is awarded to two students "of the very highest intellectual attainments." Winners are chosen by the faculty of the Physics Department.*

- **Srinivas Mandyam**
- **Alex Cui**
- **Zihni Kaan Baykara**

#### Gertrude and Maurice Goldhaber Prize

*Awarded annually to the outstanding theoretical and experimental graduate students who have passed their qualifying oral examinations in the preceding year.*

- **Pablo Bonilla Ataides**
- **Nik Gjonbalaj**
- **Grace Li**
- **Anasuya Lyons**

#### Merit Fellowship Nominees

Each year, the department chooses an outstanding experimentalist and theorist for nomination for a Merit Fellowship. The nominees must have passed their qualifying exams and have an approved dissertation prospectus. The winners of the Merit Fellowship are chosen by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences from among all nominations from all departments, and the award allows students to focus their time on research and or writing.

- **Anasuya Lyons**
- **Jaroslav Scheinpflug**