05/21/2026
Congratulations to Chase Goddard who received his PhD written under the direction of Professor William Bialek. Principal examiners in attendance were Professors William Bialek, David Schwab, and Andrew Leifer.
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05/21/2026
Congratulations to Chase Goddard who received his PhD written under the direction of Professor William Bialek. Principal examiners in attendance were Professors William Bialek, David Schwab, and Andrew Leifer.
05/13/2026
Congratulations to B. Andrei Bernevig, Leslie Schoop and Joshua Shaevitz for receiving funding from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Tech Fund
Read more here: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2026/05/12/eight-promising-projects-receive-schmidt-transformative-technology-fund-awards
05/11/2026
Congratulations to Connor Holland who received his PhD written under the direction of Professor Lawrence Cheuk. Principal examiners in attendance were Professors Lawrence Cheuk, Waseem Bakr, and David Huse.
05/11/2026
Congratulations to Jieru Shan who received her PhD written under the direction of Professor Simone Giombi. Principal examiners in attendance were Professors Simone Giombi, Silviu Pufu, and Lyman Page.
05/08/2026
Congratulations to David Shlivko who received his PhD written under the direction of Professor Paul Steinhardt. Principal examiners in attendance were Professors Paul Steinhardt, Jo Dunkley, and Silviu Pufu.
05/08/2026
Congratulations to Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman who received his PhD written under the direction of Professor Andrei Bernevig. Principal examiners in attendance were Professors Andrei Bernevig, Herman Verlinde, and Phuan Ong.
05/05/2026
Congratulations to Sophie Dvali who received her PhD written under the direction of Professor Andrew Leifer. Principal examiners in attendance were Professors Andrew Leifer, Bradley Dickerson, and Biao Lian.
05/05/2026
Congratulations to Yen-Chen Tsui who received his PhD written under the direction of Professor Ali Yazdani. Principal examiners in attendance were Professors Ali Yazdani, Biao Lian, and Lyman Page.
04/22/2026
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Lyman Page received the 2026 Georges LemaƮtre Prize.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4sJfU1Z
04/21/2026
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Emeritus and Nobel Laureate, David Gross received the 2026 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
Details here: https://bit.ly/42r6QUJ