U. student awarded $250K from the Hertz Foundation for excellence in physics

He is also only the second student at the U. to win the award after former student Eric Kelson won it in 1989. Kelson is now chairman of the chemistry department of Cal State Northridge after receiving his Ph.D. at Caltech and doing post-doctorate work at Princeton.

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