New APS Rising Stars

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The APS Rising Star designation is presented to outstanding APS Members in the earliest stages of their research career post-PhD. Drawing its name from an Observer editorial series that featured exemplars of the exciting work being done by the field’s newest researchers, this designation recognizes researchers whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.

The following are the most recent members to be named APS Rising Stars in February of 2024:

  • April Bailey, University of New Hampshire
  • Jessie Baldwin, University College London
  • Damian Blasi, Pompeu Fabra University
  • Dries Bostyn, Ghent University
  • William Brady, Northwestern University
  • Casey Brown, Georgetown University
  • Alexander Burgoyne, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Yuan Cao, University of Hong Kong
  • Jaime Castrellon, University of Pennsylvania
  • Kimberly Chaney, University of Connecticut
  • Edward Chang, Harvard Business School
  • Jacky Chi Kit Ng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Alexander Christensen, Peabody Research Institute, Vanderbilt University
  • Jeremy Clifton, University of Pennsylvania
  • Junhua Dang, Xi’an Jiaotong University
  • Juan Del Toro, University of Minnesota
  • Veronica Derricks, IUPUI
  • Serra Favila, Columbia University
  • Chardée Galán, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  • Maria Galano, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Sarah Grainger, The University of Queensland
  • Lusine Grigoryan, University of York
  • Joao Guassi Moreira, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Dominic Guitard, Cardiff University
  • Julia Haaf, University of Amsterdam
  • Andree Hartanto, Singapore Management University
  • Zachary Hawes, University of Toronto
  • Katie Hoemann, KU Leuven
  • Catherine Insel, Northwestern University
  • Adela-Maria Isvoranu, National University of Singapore
  • Tonglin Jiang, Peking University
  • Yanping Jiang, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Jillian Jordan, Harvard Business School
  • Keanan Joyner, University of California, Berkeley
  • Yoona Kang, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Andrew Kim, University of Calgary
  • Jinhyung Kim, Sogang University
  • Erica LaFata, Drexel University
  • Sarah Lamer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
  • Ashely Martin, Stanford University
  • Joel Martinez, Harvard University
  • Lidia Meshesha, University of Central Florida
  • Dana Miller-Cotto, Kent State University
  • Catherine Molho, VU Amsterdam
  • Jennifer Murphy, Royal Holloway University of London
  • Erik Nook, Princeton University
  • DongWon Oh, National University of Singapore
  • Irmak Olcaysoy Okten, Florida State University
  • Amy Orben, University of Cambridge
  • Yafeng Pan, Zhejiang University
  • Steven Pan, National University of Singapore
  • Laura Quinones-Camacho, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Steve Rathje, University of Cambridge
  • Dongning Ren, Maastricht University
  • Jon Roozenbeek, University of Cambridge
  • Julian Rucker, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Hannah Schacter, Wayne State University
  • Matthew Southward, University of Kentucky
  • Giuliana Spadaro, VU Amsterdam
  • Jessie Sun, Washington University, St. Louis
  • Tianjun Sun, Kansas State University
  • Brenden Tervo-Clemmens, University of Minnesota
  • Andrea Vial, New York University Abu Dhabi
  • Jianqin Wang, Fudan University
  • Xijing Wang, City University of Hong Kong
  • Eric Wilkey, Vanderbilt University
  • Adrienne Wood, University of Virginia
  • Charley Wu, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
  • Jordana Wynn, UVIC