News
- Katie Koch awarded poster prize
Katie Koch was awarded a poster prize at the Gordon Research Conference for Unconventional Semiconductors and their Applications earlier this month at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts.
- Keith Bonin named Richard T. Williams Faculty Chair in Physics
Prof Keith Bonin has been awarded the Richard T. Williams Faculty Chair in Physics, effective July 1, 2024. This endowed chair position is designated to go to an excellent faculty member who is engaged in interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, and student mentorship.
Richard Williams was the first WFU Department of Physics Speas award recipient and returned to the faculty as the Reynolds Professor of Physics. Dr. Williams passed away in 2021 and we are grateful for his having established a Chaired position and all he has done for the department.
- Ryan Sullivan receives Gordon A. Melson Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
The 2024 Gordon A. Melson Outstanding Doctoral Student Award has been given to Dr. Ryan Sullivan. The Gordon A. Melson Outstanding PhD Student Award is presented each year during the Hooding & Awards Ceremony for outstanding research productivity and quality. In particular, the originality, importance and impact of the dissertation is weighted highly in the award determination.
Dr. Sullivan defended his thesis entitled “Molecular Rectifiers: Design and Applications” in November 2023. He completed his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Oana Jurchescu.
- Prof Stephen Winter named Gale Family Faculty Fellow
Assistant Professor Stephen Winter was named the Gale Family Faculty Fellow. The Wake Forest College Faculty Fellowships are fellowships that honor our best teacher-scholars. Dr. Winter has excelled as a teacher in the classroom and as a mentor for members of the excellent research group he has built.
- Congratulations Ajay Kandada and Steve Winter
Congratulations to Professors Ajay Kandada and Steve Winter for each winning a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation! These grants are awarded to junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and together they total over $1 million. See Wake Forest News for more info.
Both Professor Kandada and Professor Winter work within WFU’s Center for Functional Materials, which aims to connect a broad range of materials-focused research through research, education and outreach. Professor Kandada’s research uses ultrafast optical spectroscopy to observe light-matter interactions within materials, while Professor Winter uses theory and computation to classify and predict the behavior of quantum materials.