This table represents Nobel Prize award recipients, as well as Physics Departmental Awards by academic year. Each year, a number of Physics students receive departmental awards of recognition, usually presented at our departmental Commencement Ceremony in June. Click on the Award Name to read a description of the award.

First Name Last Name Award Name Academic Yearsort icon
Luca Delacretaz Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2015-2016
Albert Wandui David S. Levine Award 2015-2016
Qingyang Xu David S. Levine Award 2015-2016
Nora Brackbill Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2016-2017
Ethan Sussman David S. Levine Award 2016-2017
Vinson Luo David S. Levine Award 2016-2017
Nicolas Sanchez Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2016-2017
Albert Wandui Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2016-2017
Noah Toyonaga Award for Excellence in Honors Thesis Presentation 2016-2017
Daniel Bulmash Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2015-2016
Yijun Tang Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2015-2016
Scott Kravitz Centennial TA Award 2015-2016
Timothy Wiser Centennial TA Award 2015-2016
Zhiming Wang Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2015-2016
Andrey Sushko Award for Excellence in Honors Thesis Presentation 2015-2016
Ruizhu Chen Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2015-2016
Andrei Kamalov Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2015-2016
Saptarshi Chaudhuri Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2014-2015
Ying Zhao Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2014-2015
Tony Li Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2014-2015
Ruby Lai Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2014-2015
Alexander Kinsella Award for Excellence in Honors Thesis Presentation 2014-2015
David Lam Award for Excellence in Honors Thesis Presentation 2014-2015
Erica McDowell David S. Levine Award 2014-2015
Andrey Sushko David S. Levine Award 2014-2015
Emily Davis Hertz Award 2013-2014
Andrei Linde Kavli Prize in Astrophysics 2013-2014
Harry Desmond Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2013-2014
Tim Kovachy Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2013-2014
Scott Kravitz Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2013-2014
Alice Allafort Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2013-2014
Sasha Brownsberger Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2013-2014
Gabriel Ehrlich David S. Levine Award 2013-2014
Lampros Lamprou Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2013-2014
Kurt Barry Centennial TA Award 2013-2014
Alex Sugarbaker Centennial TA Award 2013-2014
Sho Uemura Centennial TA Award 2013-2014
Zoe Yan Award for Excellence in Honors Thesis Presentation 2013-2014
Gabriel Ehrlich David S. Levine Award 2013-2014
Alfred Zong David S. Levine Award 2013-2014
George Coss Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2012-2013
Ken Van Tilburg Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2012-2013
Akash Maharaj Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2012-2013
Kassahun Betre Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2012-2013
Kassahun Betre Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2012-2013
Bo Dwyer Award for Excellence in Honors Thesis Presentation 2012-2013
Anand Natarajan Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2012-2013
Andre Menck David S. Levine Award 2012-2013
Susannah Dickerson Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2011-2012
Kiel Howe Centennial TA Award 2011-2012
Paul Simeon Centennial TA Award 2011-2012
Sonny Vo Centennial TA Award 2011-2012
Andrea Klein Award for Excellence in Honors Thesis Presentation 2011-2012
Nicole Ackerman Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2011-2012
Gregory Peairs Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2011-2012
Ian Tenney David S. Levine Award 2011-2012
Timothy Wiser Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2011-2012
Kurt Barry Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2011-2012
Dan Nagasawa Award for Excellence in Senior Thesis Presentation 2011-2012
Andrew Larkoski Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2010-2011
Kiel Howe Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2010-2011
Caitlin Malone Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2010-2011
Ronnachi Jaroensri David S. Levine Award 2010-2011
Byungwoo Kang David S. Levine Award 2010-2011
Temple He Firestone Medal 2010-2011
Yu Xian Lim Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2010-2011
Douglas Applegate Centennial TA Award 2009-2010
Martin Mueller Centennial TA Award 2009-2010
Elizabeth Schemm Centennial TA Award 2009-2010
Wells Wulsin Centennial TA Award 2009-2010
Ahmed Ismail Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2009-2010
Nathaniel Craig Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2009-2010
Paul Simeon Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2009-2010
Josh Cogan Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2009-2010
Patrick Gallagher Firestone Medal 2009-2010
Temple He David S. Levine Award 2009-2010
Yu Xian Lim David S. Levine Award 2009-2010
Aaron Meisner Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2009-2010
Michael Shaw Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2008-2009
George Karakonstantakis Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2008-2009
Dmitri Pavlichin Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2008-2009
Sean Hart Firestone Medal 2008-2009
Patrick Gallagher David S. Levine Award 2008-2009
Brian Padden David S. Levine Award 2008-2009
Joshua Dillon Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2008-2009
Adam Mantz Centennial TA Award 2007-2008
Jack Perng Centennial TA Award 2007-2008
David Starr Centennial TA Award 2007-2008
Douglas Applegate Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2007-2008
David Miller Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2007-2008
Mariangela Lisanti Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2007-2008
Keith Bechtol Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2007-2008
Benjamin Shank Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2007-2008
Christina Hall Firestone Medal 2007-2008
Jessica Lee David S. Levine Award 2007-2008
Douglas Stanford David S. Levine Award 2007-2008
Shih-Arng Pan Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2007-2008
Julie Bert Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2006-2007
Elizabeth Schemm Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2006-2007
Jaehee Kim Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2006-2007
A. J. Kumar Firestone Medal 2006-2007
Erica Cherry David S. Levine Award 2006-2007
George Margulis David S. Levine Award 2006-2007
Ed Schlafly Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2006-2007
Philip Van Stockum Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2006-2007
Asimina Arvaniktaki Centennial TA Award 2005-2006
Mustafa Amin Centennial TA Award 2005-2006
Navin Sivanandam Centennial TA Award 2005-2006
Inna Vishik Firestone Medal 2005-2006
Ariel Sommer David S. Levine Award 2005-2006
Jennifer Meyer Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2005-2006
Erez Berg Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2005-2006
Eran Mukamel Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2005-2006
Andrea Burbank David S. Levine Award 2004-2005
David Starr Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2004-2005
Wells Wulsin Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2004-2005
Mustafa Amin Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2004-2005
Tess Williams Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2004-2005
Matt McQuinn Firestone Medal 2003-2004
Robert McConnell David S. Levine Award 2003-2004
Evan Kirby Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2003-2004
Jason Hogan Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2003-2004
Ben Frievogel Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2003-2004
Timothy Holme Firestone Medal 2002-2003
Colin Connolly David S. Levine Award 2002-2003
Evan Kirby David S. Levine Award 2002-2003
Joel Hartman Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2002-2003
Lynford Goddard Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2002-2003
Martin Mueller Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2002-2003
Paul San Giorgio Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2002-2003
Justin Vandenbroucke Firestone Medal 2001-2002
Joel Hartman David S. Levine Award 2001-2002
Ee Hou Yong David S. Levine Award 2001-2002
Colin Bischoff Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2001-2002
Stirling Churchman Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2001-2002
Jamie McGuire Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2001-2002
Carl Wieman Nobel Prize 2001-2002
Etan Ilfeld David S. Levine Award 2000-2001
Brian Vancil David S. Levine Award 2000-2001
Puneet Batra Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2000-2001
George Marcus Paul H. Kirkpatrick Award 2000-2001
Klara Elteto Jeffrey Willick Memorial Award 2000-2001
Andrei Bernevig David S. Levine Award 1999-2000
Klara Elteto David S. Levine Award 1999-2000
Robert Laughlin Nobel Prize 1998-1999
Steven Chu Nobel Prize 1997-1998
Douglas Osheroff Nobel Prize 1996-1997
Felix Bloch Nobel Prize
Robert Hofstadter Nobel Prize
Arthur Schawlow Nobel Prize