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MIT PAPPALARDO FELLOWSHIPS
IN PHYSICS

The 7th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships Symposium
- Program
Overview
- Program
Administration
- Pappalardo
Fellowships 2007-08 Executive Committee
- Pappalardo
Fellows: Lists of Current, Incoming and Former Fellows
- Pappalardo
Fellows: Biographies
- Pappalardo
Fellowships Program Founder: A. Neil Pappalardo (EE '64)
- Pappalardo
Fellowships 2008-11 Competition: Nominations are now closed for the 2008-11 fellowships competition. We welcome you to participate in the 2009-12 competition, launching in mid-July 2008.
- Pappalardo
Fellows: Research Highlights
Program
Overview
The mission of the MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics is to sustain
a distinguished, on-campus postdoctoral fellowship program for the Department that identifies,
recruits and supports the most talented and promising young physicists
at an early stage of their careers. This initiative was made possible
by the encouragement and generosity of Mr.
A. Neil Pappalardo (EE '64), an MIT alumnus with a long history
of generosity to both the Institute and the Department of Physics.
The program traditionally appoints three new
Fellows per academic year for a three-year fellowship term each.
Fellows are selected by means of an international annual competition for which candidates cannot apply directly, but must be nominated
by a faculty member or senior researcher within the international
community of physics, astronomy or related fields. All MIT Pappalardo
Fellows in Physics are provided with:
- complete independence in selection and focus of research direction within the MIT Department of Physics
throughout their three-year fellowship term;
- active faculty mentoring fostered by weekly luncheons and monthly
dinners with faculty and guests during the academic year, which promotes
scientific exchange and professional growth for the Fellows;
- a competitive annual stipend with an annual cost-of-living increase,
combined with $5,000 per year in discretionary research funds;
and
- MIT Medical health insurance coverage for Fellows and their dependents.
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Program
Administration
The Physics Department Head appoints the members of the program's Executive
Committee, which includes a rotating faculty membership responsible for the review, evaluation, and selection of candidates,
and one staff Administrator who directly administers the program.
The Pappalardo Fellows themselves are responsible for the selection,
pursuit, and development of research within physics, astronomy or related fields, as well as active
participation in the scientific and social activities of the program and MIT
physics community.
These goals are largley accomplished by on-campus collaboration
with a particular physics faculty member and his/her research group,
physics colloquia attendance, and regular participation in the Fellows'
weekly luncheons and monthly dinners, which take place at MIT
during the academic year.
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Executive
Committee: 200708 Academic Year
Jacqueline N. Hewitt
Professor of Physics; Director, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research |
Radio Astronomy |
Young S. Lee
Associate Professor of Physics |
Condensed Matter Experiment |
Krishna Rajagopal
Professor of Physics |
Theoretical Particle Physics |
Saul Rappaport
Professor of Physics |
Astrophysics |
Gabriella Sciolla
Assistant Professor of Physics |
Experimental High Energy Physics |
Washington Taylor
Professor of Physics |
String Theory |
Vladan Vuletic
Lester Wolfe Associate Professor of Physics |
Atomic Physics |
Xiao-Gang Wen, Chair
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics |
Condensed Matter Theory |
Edmund Bertschinger,
Department Head, Physics, Ex Officio
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Theoretical Astrophysics |
Carol Breen
Communications & Pappalardo Fellowships Program Administrator |
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Pappalardo Fellows in Physics: 200708
Academic Year
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Pappalardo Fellows in Physics: 2008-11 Incoming Fellows
Mr. Mustafa Amin, Stanford University
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Theoretical Astrophysics |
| Mr. James Battat, Harvard University |
Experimental Astrophysics; Experimental Nuclear & Particle Physics |
| Mr. Lu Li, Princeton University |
Experimental Condensed Matter |
| Dr. Yusuke Nishida, University of Washington, Institute for Nuclear Theory |
Nuclear & Particle Theory |
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Pappalardo Fellows in Physics: Former Fellows
Marija
Drndic, Assistant Professor of Physics,
University of Pennsylvania |
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
Michael
(Misha) Fogler, Assistant Professor of Physics
University of San Diego |
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics |
Joshua Folk, Assistant Professor of Physics
University of British Columbia, Vancouver |
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
Margaret Gardel, Assistant Professor of Physics
University of Chicago
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Biophysics |
Ilya
Gruzberg, Assistant Professor of Physics
University of Chicago |
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics |
Matthew Headrick, Postdoctoral Associate
Stanford University |
String Theory |
Walter
Hofstetter, Professor of Physics,
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics |
David Kaplan, Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow
MIT
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research |
Experimental Astrophysics |
David Kielpinski, Assistant Professor of Physics
Griffith University, Australia |
Atomic Physics |
Benjamin Lane, Research Associate MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research |
Experimental Astrophysics |
J.
Michael Niczyporuk, Management Consultant,
Washington, DC |
Theoretical Particle Physics |
Carlos Nunez, Lecturer [Assistant Professor]
University of Swansea, Wales |
String Theory |
Katherine Rawlins, Assistant Professor of Physics
University of Alaska |
Gravitational-wave Astronomy |
Gabriella
Sciolla, Assistant Professor of Physics
MIT |
Experimental High Energy Physics |
Robert Simcoe, Assistant Professor of Physics
MIT |
Experimental Astrophysics |
Marin
Soljacic, Assistant Professor of Physics
MIT |
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics |
David
Tong, Lecturer [Assistant Professor]
University of Cambridge |
String Theory |
Arpita Upadhyaya, Assistant Professor of Physics
University of Maryland |
Biophysics |
Ashvin
Vishwanath, Assistant Professor of Physics
University of California, Berkeley |
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics |
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