Awards

2022 Nathan Sugarman Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate and Graduate Research

Undergraduate Students

Zihni Baykara
“For contributions to an improved understanding of duality and exceptional symmetry structures in string theory.”
– Jeffrey Harvey

Zihni Baykara
Zihni Baykara and EFI Director Scott Wakely

Macallan Maedke
“For developing firmware algorithms using high-level synthesis for real-time data processing in the ATLAS Global Event Processor at the High Luminosity LHC."
– David W. Miller

Mac Maedke
Mac Maedke and EFI Director Scott Wakely

Graduate Students

Kaeli Hughes
“For leading the lowest threshold ultra-high energy neutrino search to date, with data from the Askaryan Radio Array, and her efforts toward the development of future radio detectors for ultra-high energy neutrinos.”
– Abigail Vieregg

Kaeli Hughes
Kaeli Hughes and EFI Director Scott Wakely

Rostom Mbarek
“For fundamental contributions in developing a self-consistent theory for the origin and the propagation of high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos.”
– Damiano Caprioli

Rostom Mbarek
Rostom Mbarek and EFI Director Scott Wakely