Congratulations to graduate student Fanyi Zhao for receiving the Bhaumik Institute Nina Byers Summer Fellowship in Theoretical Physics.
Fanyi conducts theoretical research in the theory of strong subnuclear interactions Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) in Prof. Zhongbo Kang's research group. She is particularly interested in studying the internal structure of QCD jets (which are streams of particles emerging from particle collisions) and recently developed a framework, referred to as “polarized jet fragmentation functions”, which utilizes jet substructure for probing spin dynamics of hadrons.
The Bhaumik Institute congratulates Professor Thomas Dumitrescu on his naming as a 2026 Laureate of the New Horizons in Physics Prize for his discovery and development of the theory of “generalized symmetries” in quantum field theory. 
The International Congress of Basic Science recently awarded Zvi Bern and Mikhail Solon a 2026 Best Paper Frontiers of Science Award for their paper, together with their collaborators, "
Congratulations to Prof. Eric D'Hoker and former graduate student Justin Kaidi on the publication of their book, "Modular Forms and String Theory," by Cambridge University Press.