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Halzen, 26 Nobel Prize in Physics Winner, to Provide Keynote Address at AAPT 2027 Winter Meeting

October 6, 2026

Halzen received his Master’s and PhD degrees from what is now KU Leuven, Belgium, and has been on the physics faculty at UW–Madison since 1972; in 2021, Halzen was named a Vilas Research Professor. He has been a fellow of the American Physical Society since 1994 and was awarded their APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research in 2026, is a member of the National Academy, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2014 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, the 2015 Balzan Prize, a 2018 Bruno Pontecorvo Prize, the 2019 IUPAP Yodh Prize, the 2021 Bruno Rossi Prize, the 2021 Homi Bhabha Award, and honorary doctorates at several universities.

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