The Phyllis J. Fleming Award is presented annually to one or more graduating Wellesley College physics majors for excellence in physics.
The award is named in honor of Professor of Physics Emeritus Phyllis J. Fleming and is endowed by a fund created and sustained by many of Phyllis's grateful students and colleagues.
Phyllis with award winners
Tyler Wellensiek, Elaine Ulrich, Maggie Waung (2002)
and Gretchen Campbell (2001)
Jenny Ross and Alceste Bonanos (2000) Allison Dupuy (2002)
Heidi Warriner and Maureen O'Leary (1989)
Current/Past Winners
2023 - Cora Barrett, Eunice Beato, Laura Chin, Talia O'Shea and Jiatong Yang
2022 - Nora Fayyazuddin Ljungberg, Lizette Ortega, Abigail Pan, Amy Quintanilla and
Piper Wysocki
2021 - Kate Azar, Emma Chickles, Zi Chua, Paula DeAnda, Kimberly Hernandez and
Pearl Thijssen
2020 - Phoebe Amory, Hope Anderson, Jackie Ehrlich, Louisa Huang and Jennifer Wang
2019 - Clara Berger, Julia Wainwright, and Haimei Zhang
2018 - Mebatsion Gebre, Caroline Martin, and Jenny Xie
2017 - Sanaea Rose, Elsa Schlerman, and Hanae Yaskawa
2016 - Carina Belvin, Wanyi Li, Hikari Murayama, Emma Regan, and Hannah Sim
2015 - Kirsten Blancato, Kathryn Ledbetter, and Eunice Paik
2014 - Hannah Herde, Catherine Matulis, Helena Qi, and Samantha Stephens
2013 - Yoonji Choe, Lamiya Mowla and Rachael Zizza
2012 - Lucy Archer and Tiffany Lin
2011 - Catherine Lee, Floria Ngo, and Yomay Shyur
2010 - Jessica Lin and Allison Youngblood
2009 - Rebecca Dawson, Ying Wang, and Bilin Zhuang
2008 - Darrah Haffner, Sunita Kannan, and Christina Miller
2007 - Merideth Frey and Liz Rivers
2006 - Mona Ali, Xinxin Du, and Rachel Hock
2005 - Sheila Dwyer and Paulina Ponce de Leon Bariodo
2004 - Ama Baafra Abeberese. Eleanor Graham, Alyssa Meyer, Seila Selimovic, and Kali Wilson
2003 - Karen Hutchison and Stella Offner
2002 - Allison Dupuy and Maggie Waung
2001 - Gretchen Campbell, Elaine Ulrich, and Tyler Wellensiek
2000 - Alceste Bonanos and Jennifer Ross
1999 - Ava Erickson, Joan Marler, Hui Men, and Elizabeth Ricard
1998 - Rebecca Lippmann
1997 - Amy Picard
1996 - Katrin Hagemann and Michelle Parent
1995 - Kathie Cho and Emily Marciniack
1994 - Erika Abbas, Jill Fenske, and Heather Tavernier
1993 - Jen Glass and Lisa Wenner
1992 - Mary Alice Abbott and Laura Pisani
1991 - Amy Battles, Katherine Bedard, Beatrice Kendziorski, and Jeanette Ryan
1990 - Nergis Mavalvala and Bin Zhang
1989 - Maureen O'Leary and Heidi Warriner