Honors
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Yale physicist will use Moore Foundation award to expand tabletop neutrino research
Wright Lab associate professor David Moore has been named a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigator.
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Pottebaum and Watts awarded the 2025-2026 D. Allan Bromley Graduate Fellowship in Physics
The fellowship was established in 2005 to honor D. Allan Bromley, a distinguished Yale professor and United States presidential science advisor.
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Garg Elected to RHIC & AGS Users' Executive Committee
The RHIC & AGS Users’ Executive Committee exists to keep communication flowing between BNL’s administration and the scientists who use it.
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Yale researchers receive Genesis Mission awards to pursue AI advances
Sarah Demars will integrate AI technologies with scientific investigations through an award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission.
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Wright Lab undergraduates awarded Howard L. Schultz Prize
The Yale Physics Department annually selects students for the Howard L. Schultz Prize and the DeForest Pioneers Prize.
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Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Awarded to Muon g-2 Collaborations at CERN, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Fermilab
Yale physicist Satish Dhawan was honored as a living contributor. Vernon Hughes (1921-2003) was a leader in the second generation of the experiment.
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Pottebaum featured in “Amazing Iowa Scientists” book
The book celebrates the incredible ingenuity, curiosity, and contributions of Iowans in scientific fields from astronomy to zoology.
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Yale Physics undergraduates inducted into Sigma Pi Sigma
On April 20, Yale Physics inducted 41 undergraduates to Sigma Pi Sigma, the official honor society of the physics and astronomy professions.
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Wright Lab students awarded 2026 NSF GRFP
Josie Rose and Katie Ream were awarded the 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Bradyn Quintard and 2 alumni were awarded honorable mention.
