Faculty Accolades
American Physical Society (APS) Fellow
Heidi Jo Newberg 2013
Humberto Terrones 2016
Materials Research Society Fellow
Gwo-Ching Wang 2016
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Esther A. Wertz 2020
Trevor David Rhone 2021
Rensselaer Alumni Association Teaching Award
Moussa N'Gom, 2023
School of Science Award: Outstanding Research
Moussa N'Gom 2024
Trevor Rhone 2024
Ethan Brown 2019
School of Science Awards: Outstanding Teaching
Moussa N'Gom 2023
Charles Martin 2019
J. Darryl Michael 2020
Senior Member Optical Society of America (OSA)
Ingrid Wilke 2012
Trustees' Outstanding Teacher Award
Peter Persans 2009
William H. Wiley Distinguished Faculty Award
Heidi Newberg 2025
2026 Internal/External Award Recipients
Graduate Student Award Recipients:
The Edmond Brown Graduate Prize in Physics: Presented to an outstanding graduate student in Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy for research in theoretical condensed matter physics.
- Amit Lahiri
The Hillard B. Huntington Award: Presented to an outstanding graduate student in Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy.
Weichang Lin
The Paul S. Ho ’65 Graduate Prize in Physics: Presented to an outstanding graduate student enrolled in Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy.
- Hiroka Warren
The Walter Eppenstein '52 Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Presented to a graduate student for outstanding contributions to our teaching program in Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy.
- Erin Battaglia
- Gregory Hubbard
Undergraduate Student Award Recipients:
The G. Howard Carragan Award (1961): Presented to a senior in Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy for outstanding scholarship.
- Eric Dunnington
The Nadia Trinkala Service Award: Presented to a student majoring in Physics or Applied Physics who has made significant contributions to the community and to the quality of life at Rensselaer and the City of Troy.
- Megan Schlogl
The Richard Madey '43 Prize: Presented to the undergraduate physics major with the highest grade point average at the end of the junior year.
- Nathan John Laposky
The Robert Resnick Academic Prize: Presented to an undergraduate student majoring in Physics or Applied Physics for Academic Achievement.
- Luke Daignault
The Robert Resnick Physics Mentoring Award: The Fund shall be used by Rensselaer to financially support an award that celebrates outstanding mentoring by an undergraduate student in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy.
- Emily Vieru
* For Institute award descriptions, please see the Rensselaer Catalog (“Academic Information and Regulations”).
School of Science Awards: Outstanding Staff
Joan Perras 2007, 2023
