Current & Past Fellows
Panofksy Fellows
Since the Panofsky Fellowship award was created in 1989, there have been 30 Fellows performing research at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in experimental and theoretical particle physics, astrophysics, and accelerator physics.
Starting with fellowships awarded in 2015, we expanded the scope of the Panofsky Fellowship to encompass the full range of scientific research at SLAC.
Explore the research of current and past Panofsky Fellows below.
Panofsky Fellows Areas of Research
| NAME | YEAR | RESEARCH FIELD |
|---|---|---|
| Julia Gonski | 2023 | Machine learning applications for new physics |
| Kelly Stifter | 2023 | Quantum information science for dark matter |
| Chelsea Bartram | 2022 | Quantum information science |
| Brian Lenardo | 2022 | Neutrino |
| Pete Dahlberg | 2021 | Biological function |
| Ben Ofori-Okai | 2021 | High energy density matter |
| Auralee Edelen | 2020 | Machine learning applications to accelerator control |
| Wai Ling (Kimmy) Wu | 2020 | Particle astrophysics, cosmology, and CMB study |
| NAME | YEAR | RESEARCH FIELD | CURRENT POSITION HELD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Gruen | 2019 - 2021 | Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology | Professor/Chair, Astrophysics, Cosmology, & AI, University Observatory of the Ludwig-Maximilians - Universität München |
| Caterina Vernieri | 2018 - 2022 | Fundamental Forces of Nature | Assistant Professor SLAC/Stanford |
| Emma McBride | 2018 - 2022 | Investigation of warm dense matter using X-ray scattering | UKRI Future Leaders Fellow Queen's University Belfast |
| Franklin Fuller | 2017 - 2022 | Mining big data to understand catalysts | Machine Learning Engineer, Unlearn.AI, Redwood City, CA |
| Cornelius Gati | 2017 - 2020 | Biomolecules Imaging | Assistant Professor University of Southern California |
| Taisia Gorkhover | 2016 - 2020 | X-Ray Nanoparticle Holography | Professor University of Hamburg |
| Michael Kagan | 2016 - 2021 | Experimental Particle Physics | Lead Scientist SLAC |
| Zeeshan Ahmed | 2015 - 2020 | Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology | Associate Professor SLAC/Stanford |
| Agostino Marinelli | 2015 - 2020 | Accelerator Science & Research | Assistant Professor SLAC/Stanford |
| Giacinto Piacquadio | 2012 - 2015 | Experimental Particle Physics | Associate Professor Stony Brook University |
| Eduardo Rozo | 2012 - 2014 | Particle Astrophysics | Professor University of Arizona |
| Joel England | 2010 - 2013 | Accelerator Physics | Lead Scientist SLAC |
| Yasunobu Uchiyama | 2008 - 2013 | Particle Astrophysics | Professor Rikkyo University |
| Andy Haas | 2008 - 2011 | Experimental Particle Physics | Associate Professor New York University |
| Ariel Schwartzman | 2006 - 2008 | Experimental Particle Physics | Professor SLAC/Stanford |
| Saurabh Jha | 2006 - 2007 | Particle Astrophysics | Professor Rutgers University |
| Eric Colby | 2000 - 2005 | Accelerator Physics | Sr. Technical Advisor Office of High Energy Physics, Office of Science, DOE |
| Colin Jessop | 1998 - 2003 | Experimental Particle Physics | Professor University of Notre Dame |
| Frank Zimmermann | 1997 - 1999 | Accelerator Physics | Senior Scientist Center for European Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Tor Raubenheimer | 1994 - 1997 | Accelerator Physics | Professor SLAC/Stanford |
| Emlyn Hughes | 1992 - 1996 | Experimental Particle Physics | Professor Columbia University |
| Lance Dixon | 1989 - 1992 | Elementary Particle Theory | Professor SLAC/Stanford |
Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky
Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, known affectionately to most as “Pief,” was born in Berlin in 1919. Learn more about his life and remarkable career.
MISSION
The Panofsky Fellowship intends to foster the creativity and high achievement to which W.K.H. Panofsky devoted himself both as a researcher and as a visionary leader in enabling fundamental science research.
