Student Awards

2024

DaVonne Henry was selected as the recipient of the Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship for the 2024-25 academic year. The merit-based scholarship supports graduate students pursing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.
DaVonne Henry was selected to be the 2024-25 Hesse Endowment Scholar, sponsored by the Metropolitan Washington ARCS Foundation.
Timothy Corbett and Jason Tran received the department’s 2024 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

Willie Beeson was selected as the recipient of the Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year. The merit-based scholarship supports graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.
Amjad Alqahtani and Shambavi Natarajan both received the 2023 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.
Carina Vazquez Nunez awarded Healy Fellowship.
Berkley Delmonico named Clare Boothe Luce Graduate Fellow

Christopher Jensen was selected as the recipient of the Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year. The merit-based scholarship supports graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.
Orelle Bulgin and Wayan Fontaine-Seiler both received the 2022 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

Daniel O’Brien was selected as the recipient of the Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship for the 2021-2022 academic year. The merit-based scholarship supports graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.
Will Buchholtz and Yijing Liu both received the 2021 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.
Fabiola Diaz Ruiz was named a Clare Boothe Luce Graduatue Fellow.

Christina Daniel was named a Quantum Information Science and Engineering Network Triplet awardee
Daniel O’Brien was selected as the recipient of the Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship for the 2020-2021 academic year. The merit-based scholarship supports graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.
Eleni Hughes, Christina Daniel, and Shichen Wang received a grant from the American Physical Society to launch the Georgetown Women in Physics Group (GUWiP)
Jeremy Canfield and Scott Melis both received the 2020 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.
Daniel O’Brien was selected to be an ARCS Scholar for 2020 – 2021 academic year.
Darrian Mills awarded Healy Fellowship
Daniel O’Brien awarded Spring 2020 Conference Travel Grant from Georgetown Graduate School

Luke St. Marie was selected as the recipient of the Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year. The merit-based scholarship supports graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.
Shichen Wang and Kara Googins both received the 2019 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.
Daniel O’Brien was selected to be an ARCS Scholar for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Christopher Jensen awarded Fall 2019 Conference Travel Grant from Georgetown Graduate School
Davonne Henry awarded the Healy Fellowship

Scott Melis was selected as the recipient of the Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year. The merit-based scholarship supports graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.
Christina Daniel and Daniel O’Brien both received the 2018 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.
Brian Rost named Quantum Information Science and Engineering Network (QISE-NET) Triplet Awardee

Scott Melis was selected as recipient of the Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year. The merit-based scholarship supports graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.
Xiaowan (Kelly) Zheng and Luke St. Marie both received the 2017 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

Kara Googins and Tabitha Yewer received the 2016 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.
Kyle DiCamillo was selected as recipient of the Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship for 2016 and 2017. The merit-based scholarship supports graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.

Bryce Yoshimura has been selected to be an ARCS Scholar for the 2014-2015 academic year. This award provides funding to support his research. (Bryce’s second year as an ARCS Scholar)
Alan Tabatabai was selected as recipient of Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship for 2014 and 2015.

Marguerite Brown was selected to be an ARCS Scholar for the 2013-2014 academic year.