Deep Jariwala and Rob Riggleman Named 2026 APS Fellows

Vagelos Institute faculty members Deep Jariwala and Rob Riggleman have been named 2026 Fellows of the American Physics Society, an honor recognizing exceptional contributions to physics and service to the physics community. Jariwala, Associate Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering and Peter and Susanne Armstrong Distinguished Scholar, was cited for his “pioneering contributions to the physics and technology of ferroelectric nitrides—advancing them from newly discovered materials to commercially viable memory technology—and for creating excitonic metamaterials from van der Waals semiconductors, which have applications in nanophotonics.” Riggleman, Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was recognized "for revealing how molecular structure and dynamics control phase behavior, glassy relaxation, deformation, and failure in polymer nanocomposites and polymer glasses; and for establishing simulation approaches that connect molecular insights with materials behavior."