---
title: "John Joannopoulos receives 2024-2025 Killian Award"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/john-joannopoulos-receives-2024-2025-killian-award-jpqj7ylih
source_url: https://news.mit.edu/2024/john-joannopoulos-receives-killian-award-0515
type: article
source: "MIT News"
published: 2024-05-15T20:36:59.349Z
updated: 2024-05-15T20:36:58.784Z
tags: ["mit", "physics"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# 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.

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