Barkotel Zemenu, a rising senior majoring in Physics (Intensive), co-president of Yale Society of Physics Students (SPS), and member of Yale Wright Lab’s Moore group, was named the 2023 recipient of the Jocelyn Bell Burnell Outstanding Leadership Scholarship. This award, annually given to one student in the nation for demonstrating academic excellence and leadership, is the highest honor in the scholarship program administered by SPS, an organization of the American Institute of Physics.
Zemenu expressed his gratitude to the mentors who have guided him in his journey, including his research adviser Prof. David Moore and SPS adviser/Physics DUS Prof. Sarah Demers. “From hands-on research assistance to academic guidance to personal mentorship, their support is irreplaceable,” he sums it up.
According to the official selection criteria, the SPS Scholarship Committee considers, with equal weight, three factors in evaluating award applications: “high scholarship performance both in physics and overall studies, the exhibition of the potential and intention for continued scholastic development in physics, and active participation in SPS programs.”
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