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John D. Joannopoulos

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2024–2025
John D. Joannopoulos
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Huntington Hall (10-250)
4–5 PM
Lecture title TBA

John Joannopoulos, an innovator and mentor in the fields of theoretical condensed matter physics and nanophotonics, has been named the recipient of the 2024-2025 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award.

Joannopoulos is the Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics and director of MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies. He has been a member of the MIT faculty for 50 years.

Read more on MIT News
Photo credit: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT

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