- Congratulations to Jane Park (current postdoc) and Kevin Nuckolls (Princeton Ph.D. 2023) who were selected to receive the American Physical Society’s 2025 Richard L. Greene Dissertation Award in Experimental Condensed Matter or Materials Physics. (posted March 2025).
- Congratulations to Ali Yazdani awarded the Fritz London Memorial Prize. The award is widely recognized as the highest international honor in low-temperature physics. (posted March 2025).
- Congratulations to Cheng-Li Chiu (Princeton Ph.D. May 2024), who joined Five Dimensions Energy as a Trading Analyst.
- Quantum crystal of frozen electrons - the Wigner crystal - is visualized for the first time, by Tom Garlinghouse for the Dept. of Physics. (posted April 2024)
- Congratulations to Ryan Lee, who was awarded the Princeton Department of Physics' Procter Fellowship in Physics 2024.
- Congratulations: Ali Yazdani, named University Professor, Princeton’s highest honor for faculty. (posted Feb. 7, 2024)
- Congratulations to Xiaomeng Liu, who joined the Department of Physics at Cornell University as an Assistant Professor. Xiaomeng was a PCCM postdoctoral fellow with the Yazdani lab (2019-2023).
- Visualizing the microscopic phases of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene, by Tom Garlinghouse for the Dept. of Physics. (posted August 2023)
- Congratulations to Yuwen Hu (Princeton Ph.D. July 2023), moving on as a Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford.
- Congratulations to Kevin Nuckolls (Princeton Ph.D. May 2023), moving on as a Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics, MIT.
- Congratulations to Gelareh Farahi (Princeton Ph.D. May 2023), moving on to Apple, Inc.
- Congratulations to Myungchul Oh, who joined the Department of Semiconductor Engineering, POSTECH, Korea as Assistant Professor. Myungchul was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Yazdani lab (2018-2023).
- Congratulations to Dillon Wong, who joined McKesson. Dillon was a PCCM postdoctoral fellow with the Yazdani lab (2017-2023).
- Congratulations: Xiaomeng Liu, awarded the 2023 Lee Osheroff Richardson (LOR) Science Prize. (posted April 2023)
- Congratulations: Ali Yazdani, awarded the 2023 Oliver E. Buckley Prize for visualizing complex quantum states of matter. (posted Oct. 2022)
- Congratulations to Kevin Nuckolls, who was awarded the Princeton Department of Physics' Kusaka Memorial Prize in Physics 2022.
- Scientists visualize electron crystals in a quantum superposition by Tom Garlinghouse for the Dept. of Physics. (posted Feb. 2022)
- Congratulations to Hao Ding, who joined Chongqing University as Assistant Professor of Physics. Hao was an Associate Research Scholar with the Yazdani lab 2016-2021.
- ‘Magic’ angle graphene and the creation of unexpected topological quantum states by Tom Garlinghouse for the Dept. of Physics (posted Dec. 2020)
- Congratulations to Mallika Randeria (Princeton Ph.D. 2019) selected to receive the American Physical Society’s 2021 Richard L. Greene Dissertation Award in Experimental Condensed Matter or Materials Physics. (posted October 2020).
- Congratulations to Berthold Jäck, who joined the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) as an Assistant Professor of Physics. Berthold was an associate research scholar and Humboldt Fellow with the Yazdani lab since March 2016. (posted August 2020)
- Congratulations to Eduardo da Silva Neto (former Yazdani Lab grad student) who joined Yale University as an Assistant Professor of Physics. (posted July 2020)
- Cascade sets the stage for superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research (June 2020)
- Ali Yazdani awarded Moore Foundation funding for quantum systems
Princeton University home page (posted May 28, 2020)
- Congratulations to Kevin Nuckolls, selected as one of 16 recipients for the APS Physics "5 Sigma Physicist Award" for Outstanding Advocacy. (posted April 2020)
- When electrons follow new interaction rules, superconductivity ensues
Energy.gov (posted February 2020)
- Mallika Randeria captures images of the quantum world
Discovery> Research at Princeton Magazine (posted December 2019)
- Congratulations: Yonglong Xie, selected for a Harvard Quantum Initiative Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship after completing his thesis in fall 2019. (posted Fall 2019)
- Experiments explore the mysteries of ‘magic’ angle superconductors
by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research (posted July 31, 2019)
- Mysterious Majorana quasiparticle is now closer to being controlled for quantum computering
by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research (posted July 1, 2019)
- Congratulations: Ali Yazdani, elected to the National Academy of Sciences. (posted May 2019)
- Congratulations: Mallika Randeria, selected for an MIT Pappalardo Fellowship in Physics. Mallika completed her Ph.D. in spring 2019 and joined MIT in Fall 2019. (posted January 2019)
- Congratulations: Sangjun Jeon, now an assistant professor of physics at Chung-Ang University (Republic of Korea). Sangjun was the lab manager for the Yazdani lab since January 2013. (posted August 2018)
- Congratulations: Benjamin Feldman, now an assistant professor of physics at Stanford University. Ben was an associate research scholar and Dicke Fellow with the Yazdani lab since November 2013. (posted November 2017)
- Congratulations: Hiroyuki Inoue, now a postdoc at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Hiro was a postdoctoral research associate with the Yazdani lab since November 2014. (posted May 2017)
- Congratulations: Adam Bowman, Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University. Adam (Princeton class of 2017) worked on his junior paper and senior thesis with the Yazdani group.
- Unusual quantum liquid on crystal surface could inspire future electronics by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research (posted October 2016)
- Congratulations: András Gyenis, now Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. András completed his Ph.D. in 2016 with the Yazdani group and will join Prof. Andrew Houck's group.
- Congratulations: Ilya Drozdov, now a researcher with Brookhaven National Laboratory. Ilya completed his Ph.D. in 2016 with the Yazdani group and will join Dr. Ivan Bozovic's group.
- Congratulations to Ali Yazdani on his election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
by Department of Physics, Princeton University (posted Apil 2015)
- Schmidt fund awards promote new technologies in computation and health
by Staff, Princeton University (posted March 2015)
- Congratulations: Stevan Nadj-Perge, now an Assistant Professor, Caltech. Stevan has been a postdoctoral research associate with the Yazdani group since 2012. (posted March 2015)
- Finally! Sub-atomic particle observed, both matter & antimatter
By RT.com (posted October 2014)
- Capping decades of searching, Princeton scientists observe elusive particle that is its own antiparticle
by Steven Schultz, Office of Engineering Communications, Princeton University (posted October 2014)
- New Particle Is Both Matter and Antimatter: Researchers see signature of “Majorana particles” inside superconducting iron
by Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American (published October 2014) - Four win awards from The Moore Foundation by Department of Physics, Princeton University (posted September 2014)
- Congratulations to Ali Yazdani on receiving a Humboldt Research Award. Article by the Department of Physics, Princeton University (posted September 2014)
- Congratulations: Brian Zhou now an Assistant Professor at Boston College. Brian completed his Ph.D. in 2014.
- Congratulations: Gabe Peterson, moved on as Ph.D. candidate at U. Colorado, Boulder.
Gabe (Princeton class of 2014) worked on his junior paper and senior thesis with the Yazdani group.
- Congratulations: Pegor Aynajian, now an Assistant Professor, Binghamton University. Pegor was a postdoctoral research associate with the Yazdani group since 2009. (posted August 2013)
- Congratulations: Eduardo H. da Silva Neto now an Assistant Professor at Yale University.
Eduardo completed his Ph.D. in 2013 at Princeton and will join the Quantum Matter Institute at UBC. (posted August 2013)
- Congratulations: Shashank Misra now a Staff Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories. Shashank was a postdoctoral research associate with the Yazdani group since 2010. (posted June 2013)
- Princeton ‘seed money’ yields research results, by Jennifer Altmann, Princeton Alumni Weekly (published March 2013)
- Congratulations: Jungpil Seo now an Assistant Professor, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology. Jungpil was a postdoctoral research associate with the Yazdani lab since 2009. (posted December 2012)
- Yazdani elected as Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (posted November 2012)
- Congratulations: Haim Beidenkopf now an as Assistant Professor, Weizmann Institute. Haim was a postdoctoral research associate with the Yazdani lab since 2009. (posted September 2012)
- Topological insulators for improved electronics, by Research at Princeton (published December 2011)
- Placing a $1.2 million bet on a pair of risky ideas, by Brett Tomlinson and W. Raymond Ollwerther '71, Princeton University (published January 2011)
- Princeton scientists find unusual electrons that go with the flow, by Kitta MacPherson, Princeton University (posted July 2010)
- Electrons On The Brink, by Shelly Dubois, Science Friday (posted March 2010)
- Where's the glue? Scientists find a surprise when they look for what binds in superconductivity, by Kitta MacPherson, Princeton University (posted April 2008)
- Yazdani named one of 'Brilliant 10' by Popular Science magazine, by Kitta MacPherson, Princeton University (posted October 2008)
- Scientists build 'magnetic semiconductors' one atom at a time, by Chad Boutin, Princeton University (posted July 2006)
- Nanotech Fine-Tuning, by Mark K. Anderson, Wired (posted January 2002)
Congratulations to Jane Park (current postdoc) and Kevin Nuckolls (Princeton Ph.D. 2023), selected to receive the American Physical Society’s 2025 Richard L. Greene Dissertation Award in Experimental Condensed Matter or Materials Physics.
The 2025 Fritz London Memorial Prize awardees are (left to right): Robert Hallock, John Saunders and Ali Yazdani. (Image credit: Duke University)
Congratulations: Ali Yazdani, awarded the 2023 Oliver E. Buckley Prize in condensed matter physics. (posted Oct. 2022) full story
Congratulations to Kevin Nuckolls, selected as one of 16 recipients for the APS Physics "5 Sigma Physicists" for Outstanding Advocacy (April 2020). full story
Mallika Randeria captures images of the quantum world (December 2019). full story
Unusual quantum liquid on crystal surface could inspire future electronics (Oct. 2016). full story
Ali Yazdani at the RQMP’s “Grandes Conférences” (June 2016). details
Princeton physicists (from left) N. Phuan Ong, B. Andrei Bernevig and Ali Yazdani are trying to harness particles known as Majorana fermions to build a quantum computer (March 2015). full story