Department of Physics Nobel Prize Winners
The Ohio State University Department of Physics has a proud history of decorated alumni and faculty. Among those, are a handful of Nobel Laureates. Until recently, the Department of Physics had two members who had won a Nobel Prize: one undergraduate alumnus (William Fowler) and one faculty member (Ken Wilson). Then, this autumn, Professor Emeritus Pierre Agostini was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on electrons with Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier (read more here).
We are very proud of the achievements of these individuals and are happy to have been a part of their academic journeys. Here is a little more about each of the Ohio State Department of Physics' Nobel Laureates.
OSU Department of Physics Nobel Laureates
Kenneth G. Wilson was a member of The Department of Physics faculty from 1988 until 2002. He received The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1982, for "his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions." (nobelprize.org)
William A. Fowler was an alumnus of The Department of Physics, who graduated with a BS in 1933. He received The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 alongside Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar for "his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe." (nobelprize.org)
Pierre Agostini is a current Department of Physics emeritus faculty member. He received The Nobel Prize in Physics in 2023 for his work on electrons with Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier. Read more about Professor Agostini on our website, here.
You can read more about all The Ohio State University faculty and alumni Nobel Laureates at this link.
Nobel Laureates Plaques on the 18th Avenue Library
