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, molecular motors, and non-thermal equilibrium statistical physics"

The transport of molecular cargos in neuronal cells is analyzed in the context of new developments in entropy and statistical physics. Our development of very bright optical...

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 Physics, received the award for a proposed project "Imaging the products of viral lysis of cyanobacteria."

Matteo Mitrano, Assistant Professor of Physics, received the award for a proposed project "An ultrafast magnetic switch for energy-efficient electronics."

Julia Mundy, Assistant Professor of Physics...

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 ’76, M.B.A. ’80, J.D. ’82, and Beth Friedman in 2017. The chair supports a tenured faculty member who has shown both extraordinary academic accomplishment and leadership within the University community.

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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 Franklin Institute of Philadelphia has honored the legacy of Benjamin Franklin by presenting awards for outstanding achievements in science, engineering, and industry. As the oldest...