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Inside Professor McLeod’s Nano-Imaging Laboratory
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Professor Alexander McLeod’s nano-imaging lab creates novel ways to study materials as well as looking for new physics in those materials. Nano-spectroscopy is a technique that attaches conventional optics like lasers and photodetectors to a probe that consists of a tiny, very sharp needle that vibrates 100 thousand times per second.
Liu receives prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship for early-career researchers
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School of Physics and Astronomy Assistant Professor Zhen Liu is one of only 126 early-career researchers who will receive a prestigious 2024 Sloan Research Fellowship.
Coughlin and Criswell part of comprehensive UV light survey
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Assistant Professor Michael Coughlin and graduate student Alexander Criswell of the School of Physics and Astronomy are part of a new NASA mission that has just been selected to conduct a comprehensive survey of ultraviolet light spanning the entire sky.
Three School Alumni elected to National Academy of Engineering
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Three alumni of the School of Physics and Astronomy: Martha C. Anderson (Ph.D., Astrophysics ‘93), Kei May Lau (B.A.,’76, M.S. ‘77), and Jeffrey Puschell (Ph.D., Astrophysics ‘79) have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for 2024.
Coughlin receives McKnight Professorship
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School of Physics and Astronomy Assistant Professor Michael Coughlin has been awarded a 2024 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship.
Humphreys Awarded Medal from Royal Astronomical Society
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Professor Emerita Roberta Humphreys of the School of Physics and Astronomy will receive the 2024 Herschel Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society for her discovery of the empirical upper luminosity boundary for the most massive stars.
John Broadhurst, 1935 - 2023
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Professor Emeritus John Broadhurst of the School of Physics and Astronomy passed away on October 17 th , 2023. He was 88 years old. John was born in England in 1935 and received all of his degrees from the University of Birmingham, where he was also a Research Staff Fellow. John first visited the School in 1965 while on sabbatical, and he was instrumental in the construction and commissioning of the “Emperor” van de Graaf accelerator.
Burnell elected APS Fellow
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Associate Professor Fiona Burnell of the School of Physics and Astronomy has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Moving Target: New Faculty member does neutrino research with a twist
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Professor Michael Wilking is a new faculty member in high energy physics. Wilking’s research is focused on neutrinos and he is a member of several international neutrino collaborations, including DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment).
Three faculty positions open at the School
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The School of Physics and Astronomy invites applications for three tenure track or tenured faculty positions in Experimental Particle Physics, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, and Experimental Condensed Matter Physics.