Prof. Charles Ahn, Prof. Robert Grober, Prof. Robert Schoelkopf


Prof. Charles Ahn, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, won a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, in 2001. Packard Fellowships are awarded to the nation's most promising young professors to pursue their research with few funding restrictions and limited paperwork requirements. The Fellowship provides $625,000 for research during a five year period. 

Established in 1988, the Packard Fellowship, has become the most prestigious award in the United States for young scientists. Twenty-four Fellows are selected each year from all disciplines of science and engineering. 

The Yale Department of Applied Physics is one of only two academic departments in the country to have three active Packard Fellows. Prof. Robert Schoelkopf, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, was awarded a Packard Fellowship in 2000 and Prof. Robert Grober, Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, received a Packard Fellowship in 1997.