Student Organizations
HoFoP is an interdisciplinary group of students and faculty at Yale dedicated to exploring and discussing topics in the philosophy and history of physics, and of science more broadly. We engage with foundational texts as well as with contemporary ideas and guest speakers. Meetings are once a month.
Contact: Yarone Tokayer
Faculty Advisor: Priya Natarajan
We are an academic organization formed to promote and facilitate the participation of undergraduates in quantum information science at Yale.
Current Officers:
Sofia Fausone ‘24 (co-president)
Pranav Parakh ‘24 (co-president)
Pranet Sharma ‘26 (Events Coordinator)
Zachary Zitzewitz ‘26 (Social Chair)
Brennan Lagasse ‘26 (Invited Talks Director)
Shaun Pexton ‘26 (Treasurer)
Mason Abrell ‘26 (Projects Manager)
Jeb Cui ‘26 (Website Manager)
George Holm ‘26 (Sponsorships & Outreach)
Once a month, usually on a Friday afternoon, the physics department holds a departmental happy hour. The happy hour is a chance for physics graduate students, faculty and staff to socialize and build relationships in a relaxed environment. The department provides free food, including pizza and snacks, as well as a variety of non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages. The event is usually held inside Sloane Physics Laboratory or, weather permitting, in the courtyard outside Sloane.
Colin Coane colin.coane@yale.edu
Cecily Lowe cecily.lowe@yale.edu
Tal Sheffer tal.sheffer@yale.edu
Lauren Vannell lauren.vannell@yale.edu
Faculty Advisor
Rona Ramos rona.ramos@yale.edu
The Society of Physics Students at Yale is a registered undergraduate organization dedicated to serving the physics community. Yale SPS hosts weekly study sessions (lovingly dubbed “pizza and pset night”) as well as biweekly dinners with students and physics faculty. We also organize bi-annual prize lectures where distinguished physicists are invited to speak and spend the day with undergraduate students. Additionally, the Society of Physics Students serves as a platform for mentorship and community-building – we host social events, and maintain a variety of resources and student-oriented help guides on our website. Yale SPS works very closely with the Physics Department, the Student Advisory Committee for Physics, and the department-elected peer mentors.
Finally, Yale SPS is a chapter of the national Society of Physics Students, as well as a member organization of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) since 1998. We thus provide students access to AIP memberships and associated benefits, such as journal/magazine access and information about scholarships.
Current officers
Co-Presidents: Aaron Chizhik and Nikita Mazotov
Vice President: Robin Tsai
Treasurer: Henry Kaplan
Community Outreach Chairs: Anh-Thai Le and Matthew Balestier
Website and Media Developer: Lucy Xiao and Jerry Li
Prize Lecture Chair: Max Watzky
Liason to National SPS/Sigma Pi Sigma Liason:
DEI Liaison: Maddi Brown and Diya Naik
Faculty Advisor