To celebrate National Immigrant Heritage Month, Columbia remembers Michael Pupin, or Mihajlo Idvorsky Pupin, Columbia College Class of 1883, member of the Columbia physics faculty from 1890 until his death in 1935, and inventor of coils to facilitate long-distance telephone calls.
Raquel Queiroz at Weizmann Institute has accepted an assistant professor position with Columbia Physics and will start her appointment in January 2022.
Columbia 2021 Goldwater Scholars in Physics
Chiu Fan Bowen Lo
Institution Name: Columbia University in the City of New York
Field of Study: Physics and Astronomy
Career Goal: I plan to obtain a PhD in Condensed Matter and conduct research in topological and geometric aspects of condensed matter physics. I will also teach and mentor students as a university professor.
Mentor(s): Hoi Chun Po, Alex McLeod, Dmitri Basov
Andrew Sullivan
Institution Name: Columbia University in the City of New York
Field of Study: Physics and Astronomy
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Physics. I hope to…
Ana Asenjo-Garcia is an assistant professor of physics whose research focus is on theoretical quantum optics and its intersection with quantum information and condensed matter physics. Read more about the award on the Official Columbia News Site.
Chien-Shiung Wu is a pioneering physicist who changed the way scientists viewed the structure of the universe. To learn more about her life story, check out the Columbia News Article and this Science article. Check out the official commemoration details here.