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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: 2007–08 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	Theoretical Astrophysics
Carol Breen Communications & Pappalardo Fellowships Program Administrator

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Pappalardo Fellows in Physics: 2007–08 Academic Year

Dr. Henriette Elvang 2005-08	String Theory
Dr. Jeffrey Gore 2007-10	Biophysics
Dr. Nitya Kallivayalil 2007-10	Experimental Astrophysics
Dr. Michael Miller 2005-08	Experimental Nuclear & Particle Physics
Dr. Jocelyn Monroe 2006-09	Experimental Nuclear & Particle Physics
Dr. Paola Rebusco 2007-10	Theoretical Astrophysics
Dr. Jacob Taylor 2006-09	Hard Condensed Matter Theory
Dr. Olivia White 2005-08	Soft Condensed Matter Theory

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Pappalardo Fellows in Physics: 2008-11 Incoming Fellows

Mr. Mustafa Amin, Stanford University	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	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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