Prestigious APS Awards Recognize CEMS Researchers in Bharat Jalan’s Group
The headshots of the award recipients.
From left to right: Sreejith Nair, Zhifei Yang, and Dr. Seung Gyo Jeong.

CEMS is proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of graduate students Sreejith Nair (CEMS) and Zhifei Yang (School of Physics and Astronomy), as well as CEMS postdoctoral researcher Dr. Seung Gyo Jeong, for earning prestigious awards from the American Physical Society (APS). All three are valued members of Professor Bharat Jalan’s research group.

Sreejith and Zhifei received the APS Division of Materials Physics (DMP) Ovshinsky Student Travel Award, which provides travel grants to support student researchers’ participation in the APS Global Physics Summit. Dr. Jeong was honored with the APS DMP Postdoctoral Travel Award, which recognizes innovative materials physics research presented at the APS Global Physics Summit. This award highlights research quality, impact, and innovation while supporting the participation of postdoctoral researchers in DMP Focus Topic sessions.

These prestigious accolades will be presented during the 2025 APS March Meeting.

Their work was supported by funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the University of Minnesota’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and College of Science and Engineering.

Congratulations to Sreejith, Zhifei, and Seung Gyo for these well-deserved honors!

Learn more about Professor Bharat Jalan’s research group on their website.

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