June 1, 2022
Four students have been honored by the Enrico Fermi Institute with Nathan Sugarman Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate and Graduate Research: Zihni Baykara and Macallan Maedke, fourth-year students in the College studying physics, and graduate students, Kaeli Hughes of the Department of Physics and Rostom Mbarek of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The awards were presented on May 31, 2022.
These awards, which are now in their 31st year, are given in honor of Prof. Nathan Sugarman, who was a pioneer in the field of nuclear chemistry, and a charter member of the Enrico Fermi Institute. He was also a long-time member of the Chemistry department. The awards were endowed by generous gifts from the friends and family of Sugarman, following his death in 1990.
Zihni Baykara
“For contributions to an improved understanding of duality and exceptional symmetry und laboratory of Modane, France. In structures in string theory.” – Jeffrey Harvey
Macallan Maedke
“For developing firmware algorithms using high-level synthesis for real-time data processing in the ATLAS Global Event Processor at the High Luminosity LHC." – David W. Miller
Kaeli Hughes
“For leading the lowest threshold ultra-high energy neutrino search to date, with data from the Askaryan Radio Array, and her efforts toward the development of future radio detectors for ultra-high energy neutrinos.” – Abigail Vieregg
Rostom Mbarek
“For fundamental contributions in developing a self-consistent theory for the origin and the propagation of high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos.” – Damiano Caprioli