News: Awards

Yearly American Association of Physics Teachers award, given to Nadya Mason, honors outstanding contributions to physics and their communication to physics educators.

Students built an AI-powered dashboard that could help airlines anticipate spikes in passenger demand. 

Excellence in research leads chemistry major Melody Tang to the prestigious award.

The global award, given once every three years, recognizes exceptional contributions to the field of microscopic simulation of matter. 

The Physical Sciences Division has selected three graduate students to receive a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Nobel laureate Moungi Bawendi reflects on quantum dot revolution with his alma mater. 

Two Argonne projects awarded over $10 million in funding as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPA-E) program to enable transmutation of U.S. commercial nuclear stockpile. 

Daniel Sa teamed up with classmates to build a way for commuters to better anticipate public transit delays at Transit Hacks 2025. 

The DSI recognizes the earliest graduates of the MSDS program’s inaugural cohort: Faye Dai, Harper Lyu, and Lai Wei.

This year, ten PSD instructors and students have been honored for excellence in teaching the next generation of scientists.

Congratulations to Professor of Computer Science David Cash and Professor of Chemistry Bryan Dickinson! In recognition of their incredible teaching and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students, Cash received a Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award, and Dickinson was awarded a PhD Teaching and Mentoring Award.

An internationally renowned theoretical physicist, Vitelli was recognized for his defining contributions to the fields of statistical physics, soft matter, and active matter.

Congratulations to Mark Levin! Each investigator, recognized for curiosity-driven research in chemistry or physics, will receive up to $2 million over five years.

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor Weixin Tang recognized for excellence in chemical biology research and undergraduate education at the University of Chicago.

Ziwan Xu, an alumna of the Department of Chemistry, is spotlighted in Nature for her innovative research in radiosensitizers and sustained-release drug delivery.