--- title: John Joannopoulos receives 2024-2025 Killian Award description: John Joannopoulos, a professor at MIT, has been awarded the 2024-2025 Killian Award for his contributions to the fields of theoretical condensed matter physics... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/john-joannopoulos-receives-2024-2025-killian-award-jpqj7ylih twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: John Joannopoulos receives 2024-2025 Killian Award | daily.dev og:description: John Joannopoulos, a professor at MIT, has been awarded the 2024-2025 Killian Award for his contributions to the fields of theoretical condensed matter physics... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/john-joannopoulos-receives-2024-2025-killian-award-jpqj7ylih og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JPqJ7yliH.png og:image:alt: John Joannopoulos receives 2024-2025 Killian Award og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # John Joannopoulos receives 2024-2025 Killian Award **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary John Joannopoulos, a professor at MIT, has been awarded the 2024-2025 Killian Award for his contributions to the fields of theoretical condensed matter physics and nanophotonics. He is recognized for his pioneering work in harnessing ab initio physics to understand materials at the atomic level and his research in the development of photonic crystals. Joannopoulos has also been highly regarded as a mentor and has made significant contributions to entrepreneurship and industry. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#mit](https://daily.dev/tags/mit), [#physics](https://daily.dev/tags/physics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/john-joannopoulos-receives-2024-2025-killian-award-jpqj7ylih) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"John Joannopoulos receives 2024-2025 Killian Award","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/john-joannopoulos-receives-2024-2025-killian-award-jpqj7ylih","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/john-joannopoulos-receives-2024-2025-killian-award-jpqj7ylih"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T20:36:59.349Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T20:36:58.784Z","description":"John Joannopoulos, a professor at MIT, has been awarded the 2024-2025 Killian Award for his contributions to the fields of theoretical condensed matter physics...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f68dccda586b0a63b28e1ceeb8f3333b?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f68dccda586b0a63b28e1ceeb8f3333b?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"MIT News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MIT News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/881e20a40aa44b12ba4bd27f5c14289d","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/mit"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/john-joannopoulos-receives-2024-2025-killian-award-jpqj7ylih","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"mit,physics","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MIT News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/mit"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"John Joannopoulos receives 2024-2025 Killian Award"}]} ```