Justyn Friedler wins the 2025 APS LeRoy Apker Award

Justyn M. Friedler has been selected to receive the American Physical Society's 2025 LeRoy Apker Award for groundbreaking undergraduate research integrating theory and experiment to reveal the fracture energy of adsorbed proteins, advancing fundamental understanding of surface-tension-driven thin film fracture.

Justyn performed his undergraduate research with Prof. Kate Jensen at Williams College till summer 2025 and joined our group in September 2025.

Congratulations Justyn!