MIT faculty members Anna Frebel, Liang Fu, Nuh Gedik, Or Hen, Nuno Loureiro, and Jesse Thaler were selected as American Physical Society fellows for 2022. This award recognizes their contributions to the physics community through their innovative research, leadership, and teaching.
MIT physics professors Tracy Slatyer and Jesse Thaler and mathematics professor Wei Zhang were among 16 selected to receive 2022 Simons Investigator awards in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics, and Computer Science.
Peter H. Fisher has announced he will step down as head of the MIT Department of Physics. The MIT professor led the department for eight years, playing pivotal leadership roles at the Institute and in physics research and community-building. He will begin a new role as the head of the Office of Research Computing and Data.