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News & Research Highlights
Postdoc Fellowships: 2024 Bloch Fellowship in
Bloch Postdoctoral Fellowship in Quantum Science and Engineering
The Stanford-SLAC Quantum Initiative, Q-FARM, invites applications for the 2024 Bloch Fellowships in Quantum…
Ian Fisher named AAAS Fellow
Ian Fisher (Professor of Applied Physics) has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for "distinguished contributions to the field…
‘Ruler for light’ could enable detailed
Researchers in Prof. Amir Safavi-Naeini's lab have unveiled a new type of frequency comb, a high-precision measurement device, that is innovatively small, ultra-energy…
Harold Hwang awarded 2024 McGroddy Prize for
The American Physical Society recognized the SLAC and Stanford physicist for decades of groundbreaking work studying the strange behavior of electrons at the interfaces between…
Surya Ganguli named Schmidt Science Polymath
Surya Ganguli, associate professor of applied physics and an associate director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, has been named to the 2023 cohort of the Schmidt…
Jon Simon named APS Fellow
Jon Simon, associate professor of Physics and of Applied Physics, was elected as a 2023 American Physical Society Fellow for “significant and pioneering advances in quantum optics…