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February 27, 2020
On February 21, 2020 Judith Hoeller successfully defended her thesis: “Topological quantization of Berry phases in quantum and classical systems” (Advisor: Nicholas Read)....
Richard Majka, Senior Research Scientist (1946-2020)
February 21, 2020
It is with a heavy heart that I share with you the sad news about the passing of our friend and colleague Dick Majka. Please see the note below from John and Helen. We will...
February 20, 2020
On February 14, 2020, Catherine Matulis successfully defended her thesis: “Contrast adaptation in Drosophila direction-selective circuits” (Advisor: Damon Clark). Matulis...
February 20, 2020
On February 14, 2020, Kyungjoo Noh successfully defended his thesis, “Quantum computation and communication in bosonic systems” (advisor: Liang Jiang). Noh explained “Quantum...
February 5, 2020
Priyamvada Natarajan (Professor of Astronomy) in Yale News (February 4, 2020), “Franke Program, blending science and humanities, hits the right note”. “We are creating an...