Wright Lab undergraduates awarded Howard L. Schultz Prize

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Wright Lab undergraduates Lilia Chatalbasheva, George Ploumis, and Iffat Zarif were awarded the 2026 Howard L. Schultz Prize, along with fellow Yale Physics students Simon Britton, Christian Kang, June Lee, Nina Liu, Nicolas Wyszkowski, Asa Xiao, and Daniel Zhang.

The Yale Physics Department annually selects outstanding seniors in the department for the Howard L. Schultz Prize based on faculty nominations and academic achievement.