# Past Junior Fellows - Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering [ Go Back to All Fields arrow\_circle\_right ](/past-junior-fellows) ### Allan Adams **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2003-06 [MIT Faculty Website](https://www.mit.edu/~awa/Allan_Adams/Home.html) ### Stephen Adler **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1964-66 [IAS Faculty Website](https://www.ias.edu/sns/adler) ### Ian Affleck \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1979-81 [In Memoriam](https://phas.ubc.ca/memoriam-ian-affleck-1952-2024) ### Luis Alvarez-Gaumé **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1981-83 [Stony Brook Faculty Website](https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/physics/people/_profiles/alvarez-gaumel) ### Ariel Amir **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2011-14 [Weizmann Inst. Group Website](https://www.weizmann.ac.il/complex/amir/) ### Vijay Balasubramanian **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1997-2000 [UPenn Faculty Website](https://live-sas-physics.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/people/standing-faculty/vijay-balasubramanian) [Personal Website](https://www.physics.upenn.edu/~vbalasub/public-html/Home.html) ### John Bardeen \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1935-38 [Nobel Prize Biographical](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1956/bardeen/biographical/) [Wikipedia Page](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bardeen&ved=2ahUKEwj12KTFoqmQAxVHrokEHRHTI9gQFnoECCAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0WhsBFFhNCbCgfmZ5g8_He) ### Nicolaas Bloembergen \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1948-51 [Nobel Prize Biographical](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1981/bloembergen/facts/) [Wikipedia Page](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_Bloembergen&ved=2ahUKEwiG74f1oqmQAxV_nokEHdvMGjYQFnoECB8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0hXr9gbU4e6fEwoJhyr_bc) ### David Boulware **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1962-65 [U. Washington Faculty Website](https://phys.washington.edu/people/david-boulware) ### Jacob Bourjaily **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2011-14 [Penn State Faculty Website](https://science.psu.edu/physics/people/jlb7568) ### Lewis Branscomb \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1949-51 [Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/technology/lewis-branscomb-dead.html) [In Memoriam](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/announcements/passing-hks-professor-emeritus-lewis-branscomb) [Wikipedia Page](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_M._Branscomb&ved=2ahUKEwj2qO_do6mQAxWQkokEHY8hBO4QFnoECBAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1D_4kYf13Qar_Ijat9fCaz) ### Harvey Brooks \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1940-42 [NY Times Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/13/us/harvey-brooks-88-advised-us-on-science.html) [In Memoriam](https://officeofthesecretary.fas.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum2291/files/2024-11/Brooks_Memorial_Minute.pdf) ### Yuan Cao **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2021-24 [UC-Berkeley Faculty Website](https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Homepages/caoyuan.html) ### Andrew Cohen **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1987-90 [BU Faculty Website](https://www.bu.edu/physics/profile/andrew-cohen/) ### Clay Córdova **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2012-15 [U. Chicago Faculty Website](https://physics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/clay-cordova/) ### Jordan Cotler **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2020-24 [Harvard Faculty Website](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/cotler) ### Karin Dahmen **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1994-97 [UIUC Faculty Website](https://physics.illinois.edu/people/directory/profile/dahmen) ### Eugene Demler **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1998-2002 [ETHZ Faculty Website](https://www.phys.ethz.ch/the-department/people/person-detail.edemler.html) ### Louise Dolan **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1976-79 [UNC Faculty Website](https://physics.unc.edu/people/dolan-louise-a/) ### Rava da Silveira **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2000-02, 2003-04 [Personal Website](https://www.silveira-lab.com/rava-azeredo-da-silveira) ### Vincent Delaney **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1965-68 ### Peter Elias \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1950-53 [Obituary](https://news.mit.edu/2001/elias) ### James B. Fisk \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1936-38 [Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/13/obituaries/james-fisk-bell-labs-executive-and-leader-in-radar-dies-at-70.html) ### Melissa Franklin **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1987-90 [Harvard Faculty Website](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/franklin) ### Liang Fu **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2009-11 [MIT Faculty Website](https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/liang-fu/) ### S. James Gates, Jr. **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1977-80 [Brown Faculty Website](https://sites.brown.edu/sjgates/) ### Howard Georgi **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1973-76 [Harvard Faculty Website](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/georgi) ### Ivan A. Getting \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1935-40 [Obituary](https://news.mit.edu/2003/getting) [Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Getting) ### Steven Giddings **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1988-91 [UCSB Faculty Website](https://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~giddings/index.html) ### Paul Ginsparg **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1981-84 [Cornell Faculty Website](https://physics.cornell.edu/paul-ginsparg) ### David Goldhaber-Gordon **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1999-2002 [Stanford Faculty Website](https://web.stanford.edu/~goldhab/) ### Kurt Gottfried \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1955-58 [Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/09/science/kurt-gottfried-dead.html) ### David Gross **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1966-69 [Nobel Prize Biographical](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2004/gross/biographical/) [UCSB Faculty Website](https://www.ucsb.edu/about/faculty-and-alumni/david-j-gross) ### Steven Gubser \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1998-2001 [Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/science/steven-gubser-dead.html) ### Alfredo Guevara **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2020-24 [IAS Website](https://www.ias.edu/scholars/alfredo-guevara) ### Donald R. Hamilton \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1939-40 ### Pilar Hernandez-Gamazo **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1993-96 [IFIC Faculty Website](https://webific.ific.uv.es/web/en/content/ific-researcher-pilar-hern%C3%A1ndez-member-cern-scientific-policy-committee) ### Paul Horowitz **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1967-70 [Harvard Faculty Website](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/horowitz) ### Steve Hsu **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1991-93 [Michigan State Faculty Website](https://directory.natsci.msu.edu/directory/Profiles/Person/102190) [Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hsu) ### Tom Imbo **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1989-92 [UIC Faculty Website](https://phys.uic.edu/profiles/imbo-tom/) ### Roman Jackiw \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1966-69 [Obituary](https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-jackiw-giant-theoretical-physics-dies-0620) ### Shamit Kachru **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1994-97 [Stanford Faculty Website](https://physics.stanford.edu/people/shamit-kachru) [Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamit_Kachru) ### David B. Kaplan **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1985-88 [U. Washington Faculty Website](https://phys.washington.edu/people/david-kaplan) ### Lev Kaplan **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1996-99 [Tulane Faculty Website](https://sse.tulane.edu/lev-kaplan-phd) ### Joanna Karczmarek **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2002-05 [UBC Faculty Website](https://phas.ubc.ca/~joanna/) ### Mehran Kardar **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1983-86 [MIT Faculty Website](https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/mehran-kardar/) ### Vedika Khemani **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2016-19 [Stanford Faculty Website](https://sitp.stanford.edu/people/vedika-khemani) ### Abraham Klein \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1952-55 [Obituary](https://physicstoday.aip.org/obituaries/abraham-klein) ### Lawrence Krauss **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1982-85 [Personal Website](https://lawrencemkrauss.com/) ### Ulrich E. Kruse \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1951-54 [In Memoriam](https://physics.illinois.edu/people/memorials/kruse) ### Michael Levin **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2006-08, 2009-10 [U. Chicago Faculty Website](https://physics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/michael-levin/) ### Lawrence Litt **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1968-71 [UCSF Faculty Website](https://anesthesia.ucsf.edu/people/lawrence-litt) ### Alexandru Lupsasca **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2017-20 [Vanderbilt Faculty Website](https://as.vanderbilt.edu/physics-astronomy/bio/alex-lupsasca/) ### Paul C. Mangelsdorf, Jr. \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1952-55 [Obituary](https://www.whoi.edu/who-we-are/about-us/people/obituary/paul-christoph-mangelsdorf-jr/) ### Aneesh Manohar **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1983-86 [UCSD Faculty Website](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/aneesh.manohar) ### Vladimir Manucharyan **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2010-13 [EPFL Faculty Website](https://people.epfl.ch/vladimir.manucharyan?lang=en) ### Nadya Mason **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2002-05 [UIUC Faculty Website](https://physics.illinois.edu/people/directory/profile/nadya) ### Shiraz Minwalla **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2000-03 [TIFR Faculty Website](https://theory.tifr.res.in/~minwalla/) ### Gregory Moore **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1985-88 [Rutgers Faculty Website](https://physics.rutgers.edu/people/faculty-list/faculty-profile/moore-greg) ### Lubos Motl **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2001-04 [Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubo%C5%A1_Motl) ### Onuttom Narayan **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1992-95 [UCSC Faculty Website](https://narayan.sites.ucsc.edu/) ### Nikita Nekrasov **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1996-99 [Stony Brook Faculty Website](https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/physics/people/_profiles/nekrasovn) ### Ann Nelson \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1984-87 [Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/science/ann-nelson-dies.html) ### David R. Nelson **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1975-78 [Harvard Faculty Website](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/nelson) ### Philip Nelson **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1984-87 [UPenn Faculty Website](https://www.physics.upenn.edu/people/standing-faculty/philip-nelson) ### Kenneth Nordtvedt \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1963-65 [Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Nordtvedt) ### Monica Pate **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2019-22 [NYU Faculty Website](https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/monica-pate.html) ### Michael Peskin **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1977-80 [Stanford Faculty Website](https://profiles.stanford.edu/michael-peskin) ### Vasily Pestun **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2008-11 [IHES Faculty Website](https://pestun.ihes.fr/) ### Francis M. Pipkin \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1954-57 [Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/10/obituaries/francis-m-pipkin-66-harvard-physics-chief.html) ### David Politzer **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1974-77 [Caltech Faculty Website](https://www.pma.caltech.edu/people/hugh-d-david-politzer) ### Robert V. Pound \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1946-48 [Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/us/20pound.html) ### Manu Prakash **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2008-11 [Stanford Faculty Website](https://profiles.stanford.edu/manu-prakash) ### John Preskill **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1980-81 [Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Preskill) ### Joel Primack \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1970-73 [In Memoriam](https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/12/in-memoriam-joel-primack/) [Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Primack) ### Loganayagam Ramalingam **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2010-13 [ICTS Faculty Website](https://www.icts.res.in/people/loganayagam) ### Krishna Rajagopal **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1993-96 [MIT Faculty Website](https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/krishna-rajagopal/) ### Lisa Randall **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1990-92 [Harvard Faculty Website](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/randall) ### Nicholas Rivera **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2022-25 [Cornell Faculty Website](https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/people/nicholas-rivera/) ### Christopher Rogan **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2013-16 [KU Faculty Website](https://physics.ku.edu/people/rogan-christopher) ### Joshua Socolar **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1987-90 [Duke Faculty Website](https://scholars.duke.edu/person/socolar) ### Ramamurti Shankar **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1974-77 [Yale Faculty Website](https://campuspress.yale.edu/rshankar/) ### Suraj Shankar **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2019-22 [U. Michigan Lab Website](https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/shankar-lab/) ### Stephen Sharpe **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1983-86 [U. Washington Faculty Website](https://faculty.washington.edu/srsharpe/) ### Eric Siggia **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1972-75 [Rockefeller Faculty Website](https://www.rockefeller.edu/our-scientists/heads-of-laboratories/899-eric-d-siggia/) ### Larry L. Smarr **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1976-79 [UCSD Faculty Website](https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/node/3448) [Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Smarr) ### Wei Song **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2009-12 [Tsinghua Faculty Website](https://ymsc-strings.github.io/people/wei.html) ### Paul Steinhardt **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1978-81 [Princeton Faculty Website](https://phy.princeton.edu/people/paul-j-steinhardt) ### Adiel Stern **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1992-95 [Weizmann Faculty Website](https://webhome.weizmann.ac.il/home/stern/) ### Karl Strauch \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1950-53 [Obituary](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2000/01/karl-strauch-high-energy-physicist-dies-at-77/) ### Yaroslav Tserkovnyak **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2003-06 [Tserkovnyak Group Website](https://sites.google.com/site/tserkovnyak) ### Cumrun Vafa **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1986-89 [Harvard Faculty Website](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/vafa) ### Sagar Vijay **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2018-20 [UCSB Faculty Website](https://www.physics.ucsb.edu/people/sagar-vijay) ### Chong Wang **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2015-18 [Perimeter Faculty Website](https://perimeterinstitute.ca/people/chong-wang) ### Kenneth G. Wilson \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1959-62 [Obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/science/kenneth-wilson-nobel-physicist-dies-at-77.html) [Nobel Prize Biographical](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1982/wilson/biographical/) ### Mark Wise **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1980-83 [Caltech Faculty Website](https://www.pma.caltech.edu/people/mark-b-wise) ### Ed Witten **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1977-80 [IAS Website](https://www.ias.edu/sns/witten) [Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Witten) ### Gordon Woo **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1976-79 [CSER Website](https://www.cser.ac.uk/team/gordon-woo/) ### Tai Tsun Wu \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1956-59 [Obituary](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/news/tai-tsun-wu-1933-2024) [In Memoriam](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/10/tai-tsun-wu-90/) ### Cenke Xu **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2007-10 [Personal Website](https://sites.google.com/view/xucenkewebsite/home) [UCSB Faculty Website](https://www.physics.ucsb.edu/people/cenke-xu) ### Xi Yin **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2006-08, 2009 [Harvard Faculty Website](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/yin) ### Carolyn Zhang **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 2023-26 [Google Scholar Website](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0vEigX8AAAAJ&hl=en) ### Albert Zisook \* **Physics, Applied Physics & Engineering** Years Served as a Junior Fellow: 1982-85 [Obituary](https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/albert-zisook-obituary?id=52511916)