Honors
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Havener appointed to the US LHC Users Association Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is comprised of twelve members serving two-year terms, with six people elected each year.
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Malenkiy awarded Caltech WAVE Fellowship
Malenkiy will conduct research with President Rosenbaum, exploring quantum phase transitions via domain dynamics in microwave-driven quantum quenches.
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Heeger appointed to APS Committee on International Scientific Affairs
The three-year term runs from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028.
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Knuesel elected to Diversity Office for the ALICE collaboration
Wright Lab graduate student Morgan Knuesel was elected as the junior representative to the Diversity Office of the ALICE Collaboration at the LHC.
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DESI — and the search to understand dark energy — get a day in the sun
Baltay discusses his work on a groundbreaking project that is creating a 3D map of the Universe and could answer questions about dark energy.
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Undergraduates represent Yale Physics and win awards at SPSCon 2025
Six Yale Physics undergraduates attended the 2025 Physics and Astronomy Congress (SPSCon 2025) in Denver. The theme was Σupporting Our Πhase Σhifts.
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Heeger elected to APS DNP Executive Committee
Heeger was elected to a two-year term on the Executive Committee for the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP).
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Yale Physics alumnus Andrew J. Lankford awarded Wilbur Cross Medal
Experimental particle physicist Andrew J. Lankford ’72, ’78 PhD and three other Yale Graduate School alumni, were awarded the Wilbur Cross Medal.
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Lowe awarded Marshall Plan Fellowship
Wright Lab grad student Cecily Lowe was awarded the Marshall Plan Fellowship, which supports knowledge exchange between Austria and the United States.
