Adam Distler, a 2024 UW–Madison graduate, has been named one of the 2026 Hertz Fellows.
As the Hertz Foundation describes it: “The Hertz Fellowship provides financial and lifelong professional support for the nation’s most promising doctoral students in the applied sciences, engineering and mathematics. Awarded through a rigorous selection process honed over seven decades, Hertz Fellows receive up to five years of funding and join an influential community dedicated to solving our most pressing challenges.”
Originally from Minnesota, Adam was a physics undergraduate at UW–Madison, where he also completed majors in Astronomy-Physics and Mathematics. He worked with Professor Melinda Soares-Furtado, co-authoring two papers before beginning his doctoral studies at Harvard, and is also completing projects with Professors Juliette Becker and Nicholas Stone.