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Suhaas Bhat '24 Named Rhodes Scholar

November 14, 2023

Congratulations to Suhaas Bhat, one of this year's ten Harvard Rhodes Scholars! This scholarship is a life-changing opportunity to join outstanding young people from around the world to study at the University of Oxford. Bhat is a Marshfield, Wisconsin...

Vishwanath Wins 2024 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize

October 24, 2023

Prof. Ashvin Vishwanath is a co-recipient, with Prof. Qikun Xue (Tsinghua University, China), of the 2024 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize. Prof. Vishwanath's citation reads " for groundbreaking theoretical and experimental studies on the...

Argüelles-Delgado Awarded 2023 Packard Fellowship

October 16, 2023

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation announced today the 2023 class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering. Prof. Carlos Argüelles-Delgado is among 20 innovative early-career scientists and engineers who will each receive $875,000 over five...

Argüelles-Delgado Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award

May 01, 2023

Congratulations to Prof. Carlos Argüelles-Delgado for receiving the NSF CAREER Award, which supports junior faculty "who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and the integration of these endeavors in the context of their...

Denisse Córdova Carrizales Receives 2023 LeRoy Apker Award

October 24, 2023

Denisse Córdova Carrizales '23 has been recognized with the 2023 LeRoy Apker Award for developing a new method to intercalate Li into thin films of indium tin oxide. Denisse graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. in physics with honors. After a year...

Loeb Lectures in Physics: Jean Dalibard

November 13, 2023

JEAN DALIBARD Professor, Collège de France all lectures will be held in Jefferson 250 and streamed live through zoom (please see the link below) Monday, November 13, 2023, @4:30pm Colloquium: "Scale invariance, a hidden symmetry explored with quantum...

Khalaf, Paban Join Harvard Physics Faculty

July 05, 2023

The Department of Physics welcomes two new faculty members: Eslam Khalaf, as Assistant Professor of Physics, and Sonia Paban, Senior Lecturer on Physics and Senior Research Scientist in Physics. Both Prof. Khalaf and Dr. Paban were previously faculty...

Prof. Dvorkin Promoted to Full Professor

June 16, 2023

The Department of Physics is delighted to announce the promotion of Cora Dvorkin to Professor of Physics with tenure. Congratulations, Prof. Dvorkin!

Tau Appearance from High-Energy Neutrino Interactions

April 14, 2023

Many upcoming neutrino experiments aim to detect extragalactic neutrinos with energies thousands of times higher than ever seen before. These neutrinos contain valuable information about the most energetic — as well as some of the oldest — processes in...

Mikhail Lukin Named University Professor

March 23, 2023

Prof. Mikhail Lukin, a pioneer and leader in quantum science and quantum computing, has been named a University Professor, Harvard’s highest honor for faculty. Beginning July 1, Lukin will hold the University Professorship established by Joshua Friedman...

Winners of 2023 Student Prizes

May 01, 2023

On May 1, 2023, the department celebrated the achievements of our undergraduate and graduate students with awards presentation: Jack T. Sanderson Memorial Prize in Physics for graduating seniors with the highest GPA among concentration courses Avery Parr...

Prof. L. Mahadevan elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

April 28, 2023

By Matt Goisman L Mahadevan, Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and of Physics (FAS), has been...