Agnes Mocsy

Dr. Ágnes Mócsy is a Hungarian-American theoretical physicists, documentary filmmaker, professor at the Pratt Institute. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and Yale Fellow. Prof. Mócsy made significant science contributions in nuclear physics research, in particular investigating how matter formed microseconds after the Big Bang. Prof. Mócsy held positions at Michigan State University, Yale University, The Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, as Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and at École Polytechnique in Paris.

Her recent years and current research explores the intersection and deep connection of science and the arts, and that of the gender and racial landscape and inclusivity in science and beyond. Her films are Smashing Matters (2017) and Rare Connections (2025). She is a thought after science communicator, who also produced/performed physics fashion and art shows.

Ph.D. in theoretical physics – University of Minnesota
M.Sc. in theoretical physics – University of Bergen, Norway
B.S. in physics – Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Transylvania, Romania