Quantum Optics group Hall of Fame
									
									
2025
- Nic DeStefano received third place in the Jefferson Lab User Organization annual meeting poster competition
- Kevin Su  received the Harrison Award for excellence in Physics - the highest recognition for a 
graduating Senior in the Physics Department. 
- Owen Rollins received E.G. Clark Memorial Scholarship, awarded  to a rising senior who has demonstrated an outstanding aptitude for the study of physics.
2024
- Charris Gabaldon was awarded the Honorable Mention in the DLS Poster Competition at CLEO.
- Kevin Su received E.G. Clark Memorial Scholarship, awarded  to a rising senior who has demonstrated an outstanding aptitude for the study of physics.
- Ramisa Rahman received Physics Research Prize that is awarded to the senior with the highest demonstrated achievement in physics research. 
- Rob Behary was awarded a graduate research fellowship from 
Virginia Space Grant Concorcium.
2023
- Nic DeStefano researched a fellowship award from DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.
- Nic DeStefano was awarded a graduate research fellowship from 
Virginia Space Grant Concorcium.
- Ramisa Rahman  received a Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Undergraduate Research Scholarship 
2022
- Jiahui Li  received the Harrison Award for excellence in Physics - the highest recognition for a 
graduating Senior in the Physics Department. 
- Sofia Brown received Physics Research Prize that is awarded to the senior with the highest demonstrated achievement in physics research. 
2021
- Sofia Brown and Alex Toyryla received a Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Undergraduate Research Scholarship 
2020
																
- Kangning Yang  received the Harrison Award for excellence in Physics - the highest recognition for a 
graduating Senior in the Physics Department. 
- Hana Warner received Alumni Research Prize that is awarded to the senior with the highest demonstrated achievement in physics research. 
2019
- Hana Warner received Frank Hohl Memorial Physics Award for excellence in pre-senior research. 
- Hana Warner was awarded Goldwater Scholarship! 
- Nik Prajapati was awarded a graduate research fellowship from 
Virginia Space Grant Concorcium.
2018
- Savannah Cuozzo  was awarded a graduate research fellowship from 
Virginia Space Grant Concorcium.
- Jason Creeden has won the second place at the American Vacuum Society Mid Atlantic Meeting Poster Competition. 
2017
- Nathan Super received Frank Hohl Memorial Physics Award for excellence in pre-senior research. 
- Jason Creeden has won the first place at the American Vacuum Society Mid Atlantic Meeting Poster Competition. 
2016
- Melissa Guidry  received the Harrison Award for excellence in Physics - the highest recognition for a 
graduating Senior in the Physics Department. 
- Melissa Guidry was awarded Goldwater Scholarship! 
- Haley Bauser Alumni Research Prize that is awarded to the senior with the highest demonstrated achievement in physics research. 
- Melissa Guidry received Frank Hohl Memorial Physics Award for excellence in pre-senior research. 
- Several of our group members, who are also members of LIGO scientific collaboration, have been featured 
in the local news: WM News, 
Daily Press, Flat Hat.
- Ellie Radue was awarded 2016 Cheryl Griffith Tropf Fellowship in Physics. 
- Haley Bauser received the first prize in the poster session during CUWIP'16 conference. 
2015
- Ellie Radue received Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Natural and Computational Science during  14th Annual Graduate Symposium held at the College of William and Mary on March 20 and 21, 2015. 
- Haley Bauser received Frank Hohl Memorial Physics Award for excellence in pre-senior research. She is also a 
recipient of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Scholarship.
- Ellie Radue's recent paper in the Journal of Optics  ``Substrate-induced microstructure effects on the dynamics of the photo-induced metal–insulator transition in VO2 thin films'' has been selected as a paper of the week (1/27)!
- Kelly Roman was awarded 
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship for her future training as a STEM school teacher.
2013
- Bain Bronner received Alumni Research Prize that is awarded to the senior with the highest demonstrated achievement in physics research. 
- Ellie Radue was awarded a graduate research fellowship from 
Virginia Space Grant Concorcium.
2012
- Ellie Radue has won the third place in the poster competition of AVS Mid-Atlantic Chapter meeting held in Newport News on April 12, 2012.
-  Matt Simons won the Northrop Grumman Corporation Award for Excellence in 
Scholarship in the Natural and Computational Sciences
at the 11th Annual Graduate Symposium held at the College of William and Mary on March 23 and 24, 2012.
- Travis Horrom was awarded a graduate research fellowship from 
Virginia Space Grant Concorcium.
2011
-  Matt Simons has been awarded an SPIE Scholarship in Optics and Photonics. 
- Kevin Cox received Alumni Research Prize that is awarded to the senior with the highest demonstrated achievement in physics research. 
- Travis Horrom  received Honorable Mention for Excellence in 
Scholarship in the Natural and Computational Sciences
at the 10th Annual Graduate Symposium
 held at the College of William and Mary on March 25 and 26, 2011.
 
2010
	
- Kevin Cox  received a Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Undergraduate Research Scholarship 
for the 2010-2011 academic year. 
- Nate Phillips  won the Northrop Grumman Corporation Award for Excellence in 
Scholarship in the Natural and Computational Sciences
at the 9th Annual Graduate Symposium held at the College of William and Mary on March 26 and 27, 2010.
 His paper "Quantum memory under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency and four-wave mixing in a hot atomic gas" has been also featured in 
the W&M news story.
- Francesca Fornisini  received the Harrison Award for excellence in Physics - the highest recognition for a 
graduating Senior
in the Physics Department. She also was awarded highly competitive 
NSF graduate fellowship.
2009
- Will Ames  received 
NSF graduate fellowship.
- Matt Simons  received graduate research fellowship from 
Virginia Space Grant Concorcium.
2008
- Nate Phillips  won the first place in Physical sciences section in the student poster competition 
during Hampton Roads 2008 Research Expo.