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Chin Lab Visits Enrico Fermi’s Gravesite

08/17/2025

Chin Lab members visited the resting place of Enrico Fermi. We honored Enrico Fermi—a Nobel laureate and former University of Chicago professor.


 

Farewell Party for Leon and Nathan

08/14/2025

Congratulations on your graduation, Leon and Nathan! Thank you for your contributions to the Chin Lab over the past years🫡. Wishing you all the best in your next chapters!

 

 

Weiss-Elhussein Wedding

07/19/2025

Cheers to the newlyweds, Lauren and Ahmed! Wishing you a lifetime of love and happiness❤️!

For more photos from the wedding, click here.

 

SMART 2025 (K12 High School Science Education Outreach)

07/10/2025 - 07/15/2025

This year, we hosted 16 high school students for a five-day journey in science and discovery! They dove into hands-on experiments—from 3D printing and microscopy to solar cars and quantum science—and visited Argonne and the Adler Planetarium!


 

 

DAMOP 2025

06/16/2025 - 06/20/2025

Shu, Lauren, Henry, and Evan gave wonderful talks about their research progress at DAMOP conference.

 

Jiamei's Defense

05/24/2025

Jiamei successfully defended her thesis today! Congratulations Dr. Zhang!

 

Physics 335 Poster Presentation

05/14/2025

Clarie, Lambert, and Rahaf presented their projects at the 335 poster session!


 

Shu wins the Sidney Nagel Prize for Creativity in Research

05/06/2025

Congratulations to Shu on winning the Sidney Nagel Prize for Creativity in Research, and to Lynn on receiving the Grainger Foundation Fellowship! 

 

 

Alain Aspect visits

04/03/2025

Nobel Laureat Dr. Alain Aspect is visiting UChicago this week!

 

Frank's Defense

02/10/2025

Frank successfully defended his thesis today! Congratulations Dr. Cai!

 

Leon wins Quad Grant

02/6/2025

Leon was awarded a Quad Undergraduate Research Grant for continuing his work with the LiCs experiment. Congratulations Leon!