The Physics Department gives many prizes to physics majors. These include the Farres P. Mattar Scholarship, the Dr. Leonard Yarmus Fellowship, the Sigma Pi Sigma Prize, the George Granger Brown Scholarship and the Samuel F.B. Morse Medal, and being nominated for the National Physics Honors Society Sigma Pi Sigma.
Society of Physics Students Chapter Recognition
Samuel F. B. Morse Medal
The Samuel F. B. Morse Medal is an award, provided for in the will of Samuel Morse, presented annually to a student who shows special ability in physics.
Winners:
- Andreas Tsantilas(2023)
- Zilu Zhou(2022)
- Alex Cushen(2021)
- Michael O'Brien(2020)
- Yvonne Zagzag(2019)
- Kaitlyn Morrell(2018)
- Lauren Blackburn(2017)
- Scott Malley(2016)
- George Wong(2015)
- Natalie M Bernat(2014)
- Ilana B. Gat(2013)
- Ellery Russell(2012)
- Chaney Lin(2011)
- Adrian Price-Whelan(2010)
- John Thompson(2009)
- Arthur X. Yu(2008)
- Alexander Drakh(2007)
- William Terrano (2006)
- Alejandro Quintero(2005)
- Mariano A. Zimmler(2004)
Farres Mattar Scholarship
The Farres Mattar Memorial Scholarship was established by Dr. Eliana Mattar in 1989 to honor the memory of her husband, Dr. Farres P. Mattar, a senior research physicist at New York University. This scholarship is awarded to physics students in their junior year at New York University on the basis of academic excellence.
Winners:
- Aashay Pai(2023)
- Andreas Tsantilas(2022)
- Zilu (Tony) Zhou(2021)
- Alex Cushen(2020)
- Michael O'Brien(2019)
- Joseph Corrado(2018)
- Michio Tanaka(2017)
- Lauren Blackburn(2016)
- Jesse M Hanlan(2015)
- Jeffrey M Gertler(2014)
- Omar M. Dia(2013)
- Ilana Gat(2012)
- Ellery Russell(2011)
- Paul Leybov(2010)
- Jesse Amato-Grill(2009)
- Dina Genkina(2009)
Dr. Leonard Yarmus Fellowship Award
The Dr. Leonard Yarmus Fellowship is awarded annually to a graduating senior who has demonstrated enthusiasm and excellence in physics as a major field of study.
Winners:
- Claire Hornburg(2023)
- Abigail Williams(2023)
- Brian Chiang(2022)
- Yetao Zhang(2021)
- Hillary Gao(2020)
- Sophie Dvali(2019)
- Dean Huang(2018)
Sigma Pi Sigma Prize
The Feynman Lectures are awarded each year by Sigma Pi Sigma to the student with the highest scholastic average in introductory physics.
Winners:
- Dylan Lane(2023)
- Aashay Pai(2022)
- Ruihao (Daniel) Li(2021)
- Brian Chiang(2020)
- Angela Hsieh(2019)
- Michael O'Brien(2018)
- Ahmed Sherif(2017)
- Michio Tanaka(2016)
- Iraj Eshghi(2015)
- Jesse M Hanlan(2014)
- Jeffrey Gertler(2013)
- Michael Abraham(2012)
- Benjamin Burdick(2011)
- Ellery Russell(2010)
- Paul Leybov(2009)
- Emma Storm(2008)
- John D. Thompson(2007)
- Arthur X. Yu (2006)
- Anna Basanskaya(2005)
- Brian M. Haines(2004)
George Granger Brown Scholarship
The George Granger Brown Scholarship are merit awards presented in the middle of the junior or senior year to undergraduates majoring in physics or chemistry for excellence and promise in these fields.
Winners:
- Ruihao Li(2023)
- Sally Liang(2023)
- Donovan Thompson(2023)
- Claire Homburg(2022)
- Joshua Levy(2022)
- Abby Williams(2022)
- Lauren Kayli Jones(2021)
- Aashish Khubchandani(2021)
- Mitchell Karmen(2020)
- Serah Moldovsky(2020)
- Joshua Tong(2020)
- Hillary Gao(2019)
- Jack Lillian(2019)
- Javan Tahir(2019)
- Kaitlyn Morrell(2018)
- Michio Tanaka(2018)
- Mats Henricksen Thijssen(2018)
- Arvi Gjoka(2017)
- Dean Huang(2017)
- Randall Kayser(2017)
- Iraj Eshghi(2016)
- Shannon Haley(2016)
- Scott Malley(2016)
- Hao Li(2015)
- Jiaji Lin(2015)
- George Wong(2015)
- Chengzhao (Richard) Zhang(2014)
- Omar M Dia(2014)
- Rahul Dev Roy(2014)
- Natalie Bernat(2013)
- Mark Korpics(2013)
- Kelvin Rodriguez(2013)
- Benjamin Burdick(2012)
- Abi Polin(2012)
- Quinn Gibson(2011)
- Aukosh Jagannath(2011)
- Saif Dia(2010)
- Chaney Lin(2010)
- Annie Weathers(2010)
- Adrian Price-Whelan(2009)
- Elizabeth Shanblatt(2009)
- Tarun Jain(2008)
- Jacob Lynn(2008)
- John D. Thompson(2008)
- Yu-Jin Chen(2007)
- Russell Ferri(2007)
- Arthur Xuexun Yu(2007)
- Anna Basanskaya (2006)
- Brian Haines (2006)
- Alejandro Quintero(2005)
- Matthew Evinger(2005)
Extramural Prizes
SPS Leadership Scholarship
by the National Society of Physics Students of the American Institute of Physics
- Abigail Polin(2012)
Goldwater Scholarship
Honorable Mention:
- Dean Huang(2017)
Winners:
- Andreas Tsantilas(2022)
- Chaney Lin(2010)
- Jesse Amato-Grill(2009)
- Timothy Berkelbach(2008)
- Tarun Jain
- Jessica Lin
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Winners:
- Adrian Price-Whelan(2012)
- Aukosh Jagannath (2011)
- Jesse Amato-Grill(2010)
- Bernie Beckerman (2010)
- Timothy Berkelbach(2010)
- Annie Weathers (2010)
- Jessica Lin (physics minor, 2009)
- Jacob Lynn (2009)
Barbara Lotze Scholarship for Future Teachers
Winners:
- Michael Zitolo(2006)
National Physics Honor Society Sigma Pi Sigma members
2023
- Leonardo Betancourt
- Greta Goldberg
- Noah Johnson
- Sean Ku
- William Kuhlke
- Elijah Labowe-Stoll
- Evan Laljit
- Dylan Lane
- Xutong Liu
- Aashay Pai
- Yijun Shi
- Donovan Thompson
- Eren Tuksal
- Robert Xi
- Ting Zhou
2022
- Claire Hornburg
- Ruihao Li
- Yuelong Li
- Constantine Stake
- Andreas Tsantilas
- Abby Williams
- Yuwei Yang
- Tom Yi
2021
- Lauren Chiriboga
- Taylor Coakley
- Krishna Dindial
- Dylan Francis
- Ben Mor
2020
- Brian Chiang
- Saranath Kannan
- Aashish Khubchandani
- Joshua Levy
- Ron Nguyen
- Yetao Zhang
- Zilu Zhou
2019
- Alex Cushen
- Paul Erlanger
- Angela Hsieh
- Mitchell Lewis
- Matthew Mirante
- Serah Moldovsky
- Aditya Pandey
- Alex Shpylko
- Josh Tong
2018
- Patrick Anker
- Hillary Gao
- Kim Mishra
- Michael O'Brien
- Roy Rinberg
- Javan Tahir
- Sidney Wolin
- Kelly Wurtz
- Yvonne Zagzag
2017
- Joseph Corrado
- Akshunna Dogra
- Sophie Dvali
- Adolfo Holguin
- Kaitlyn Morrell
- Ahmed Sherif
- Mats Henricksen Thijssen
- Niclas Wahlstrom
- Jeffrey Wang
- Jiayang Wang
- Yusheng Zhao
2016
- Arvi Gjoka
- Liam Hardiman
- Dean Huang
- Priya Kasimbeg
- William Redman
- Michio Tanaka
- Annemarie Winters
2015
- Lauren Blackburn
- S. Nathasha Egodage
- Iraj Eshghi
- Felix Feist
- Shannon Haley
- Lauren Hirai
- Christopher Ick
- Nikitas Kanellakopoulos
- Randall Kaiser
- Hao Li
- Scott Malley
- Kishan Patel
- Daniel Alexander Polin
- Nathaniel Stemen
- George Wong
- Susanne Zhang
2014
- Johnathon Gales
- Jesse Hanlan
- Aaron Hoffman
- Jiaji Lin
- Yuanhui Liu
- David Mykytyn
- Ekta Patel
- Rahul Roy
2013
- Misha Bhandari
- Jeffrey Gertler
- Jakob Gollwitzer
- Benjamin Marshall
- Daniel Seara
2012
- Michael Abraham
- Natalie Bernat
- Omar Dia
- Charles Goullaud
- Bezia Laderman
- Gregory Lembirskiy
2011
- Benjamin Burdick
- Ilana Gat
- Zachary Glantz
- Mark Korpics
- Abigail Polin
- Mikelann Scerbo
- Tianyou Xu
2010
- Roman Baglay
- Quinn Gibson
- Aukosh Jagannath
- Antony Kaplan
- Chaney Lin
- Paul Rozdeba
- Ellery Russell
2009
- Jesse Amato-Grill
- Bernard Beckerman
- Saif Dia
- Ruben Gepner
- Paul Leybov
- Matt McMahon
- Adrian Price-Whelan
- Annie Weathers
- Jiexun Xu
For more information about the the Physics Honors Society consult their web site http://www.sigmapisigma.org/ and for more information about prizes contact Bill Le Page: wlp1@nyu.edu