In the last few years several graduates of the UAlbany Physics Department entered graduate school:
gradschool
2026
2026
- Joseph Cordone and Nathan Zwack (University at Albany - College of Nanoscale, Science & Engineering)
- Atticus Savage (Syracuse University)
- Mia LaMontagne (University of Rochester)
- Abigail Greco (Johns Hopkins University - Space Systems Engineering)
- Casey Rojas (Russell Sage College - Post-baccalaureate Pre-Med program)
2025
2025
- Reth Lopes (Stonybrook University)
- Chad Wamsganz (University at Albany)
2023
2023
- Henry Ashley (University at Albany)
- Santiago Vargas-Daniels (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
- Kelly Nagel (University of Maryland, College Park)
2022
2022
- Dylan Van Allen (Syracuse University)
- George Homenides (University of Alabama)
- Caroline Corona (University of Iceland)
2021
2021
- Carli Pelletier (Indiana University)
- Justin Pickett (The Ohio State University)
2020
2020
- Andrew Knutson (University at Albany)
- Erik Trippi (University at Albany)
2019
2019
- Shane Carney (University at Albany)
- Emily Flanagan (Brandeis University)
2018
2018
Yujia Huang (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
2017
2017
- John McFarland (Florida State University)
- Michael Dolce (Tufts University)
- Udit Gupta (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
2016
2016
- Bertrand Carado (University at Albany)
- Ashley Chontos (University of Hawaii)
- Jack Genovesi (South Dakota School of Mines)
- Nicole Wallack (California Institute of Technology)
2015
2015
- Nick Carrara (University at Albany)
- Xinzhong Chen (Stony Brook University)
- Eric Dohner (University at Albany)
- Ryan Hood (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
- Thomas Yocono (Stony Brook University)
2014
2014
- Sam Agnello (University of Rochester)
- Anneliese Antonucci (Ohio State University)
- Carisa Miller (University of North Carolina)
- Chris Myers (University at Albany)
- Cody Schlafer (North Carolina State University)
- Steven Young (University at Albany)
- Yexin Zheng (Polymer Science, University of Akron)
2013
2013
- Daniil Gladkov (University of Oregon)
- David Jenkins (University of California, Santa Cruz)
- Ryan Richards (Stony Brook University)
- Zachary Richards (University at Albany)
- Stephanie Racz (University at Albany)
- Seth Shapiro (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Jared Spaulding (University at Albany)
- Vicky Tang (University at Albany)
2012
2012
- Troy Broderick (University at Albany)
- Kate Burleson-Lesser (City University of New York)
- Christopher Coronel (State University of New York at Binghampton)
- April Jeffries (Arizona State University)
- Jessica Kim (University at Albany)
- Mathew Wright (University at Albany)
- Kevin Wynne (University at Albany)
In the last few years several UAlbany physics majors successfully completed REU (or Internship) programs:
internships
2024
2024
- Abby Greco (Space Camp, U.S. Space and Rocket Center)
- Alex Balarezo (University of Rochester)
2023
2023
Soeun Bang (Center for Internet Security)
2022
2022
Soeun Bang (IBM)
2021
2021
- Kelly Nagel (University at Albany)
- Mary Fucci (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- Caroline Corona (Sustainable energy research, Iceland)
2020
2020
Santiago Vargas (Columbia University)
2019
2019
- Justin Picket (Boston University)
- Gilian Thompson ((Software) automations specialist (TD Bank))
2017
2017
Michael Dolce (Brookhaven National Lab)
2015
2015
- Ashley Chontos (Stanford University)
- Nicole Wallack (Cornell University)
2014
2014
- Nicole Wallack (American Museum of Natural History)
- Thomas Yocono (Stony Brook University)
2013
2013
- Eric Dohner (University at Albany)
- Carisa Miller (University of Washington)
- Steven Young (University of Wisconsin)
2011
2011
- April Jeffries (University of Nevada)
- Maggie Lovell (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Awards received by UAlbany physics majors:
- Emily Mangus, 2018, Presidential Award for Undergraduate research
- Nicole Wallack, 2016 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
- Ali Chaudry, 2011 Provost's Award in Undergraduate Research
Many undergraduate students involved in research publish their work before graduation.
awards
Non-academic jobs:
(This is an incomplete list, and will keep updating it as best we can. It is mainly intended to show the variety of jobs one can get after a Physics BS. - more information can be found here)
- Josh Martin, 2021, TikTok tutor
- Gilian Thompson, 2019, (Software) automations specialist (TD Bank)
- Emily Mangus, 2018, Optical Engineer, Northrop Grumman
- Madison Wyman, 2018, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
- Sean Fallon, 2015, Physics software and hardware developer, Bristol Instruments
*We try to keep this page as complete as possible, but names do get missed
jobs