News Archive
Scarlata named Distinguished McKnight Professor
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Claudia Scarlata was named as a 2022 Distinguished McKnight Professor. She was recognized for her significant contributions to the study of the sources responsible for the last major transformation of the Universe, only a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, and to our understanding of the processes that regulate the growth of galaxies over cosmic time.
McLeod Awarded IUPAP Young Scientist Prize
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Assistant Professor Alex McLeod has been awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics 2022 Young Scientist Prize in the Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter.
Kelly named McKnight Land-Grant Professor
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Assistant Professor Patrick Kelly, has been awarded a McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments and promise among the the University's assistant professors.
Valls' book published
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Professor Oriol Valls of the School of Physics and Astronomy has published a book "Superconductor/Ferromagnet Nanostructures: An Illustration of the Physics of Hybrid Nanomaterials."
Rusack part of effort that could help improve AI models
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School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Roger Rusack is part of an effort to make data usable across multiple disciplines. It is hoped that doing so will allow scientists outside of Rusack’s area of experimental particle physics to build better algorithms and solve problems using artificial intelligence.
FTPI announces Larkin Award in Theoretical Physics
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The William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute (FTPI) is taking nominations for the inaugural Anatoly Larkin Award in Theoretical Physics 2022.
Laboratory Manager Retires
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William “Bill” Miller recently retired from his position as Laboratory Manager at the Ash River research facility in northern Minnesota. Miller began working for the School in 1987 His career at the School began with what was supposed to be a temporary 6-8 week job that lasted for 34 years. Miller was working in civil construction in Ely, Minnesota–building houses, roads and septic systems–when he was brought in to help inspect some work being done for Professor Marvin Marshak on the Soudan II neutrino experiment in an old iron mine near Tower, Minnesota.
Focus on Nano Microscopy: New Faculty member develops tools to unlock novel physics
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Alex McLeod is a new faculty member in Condensed Matter Experimental Physics at the School. His area of focus is materials, which he studies with nano-scale microscopes.
WiPA receives APS Grant
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The Women in Physics and Astronomy (WiPA) group at the School has received a grant from the American Physical Society (APS) to expand their programs and outreach. The group requested a grant in order to sponsor a colloquium speaker and to facilitate visits of WiPA in middle schools and high schools. Jenna Freedberg, WiPA Coordinator, said that the grant will allow them to do up to 14 in-school visits in the community.
UMN solar astrophysics research to get a boost from citizen science
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The latest Zooniverse citizen science project called “Solar Jet Hunter” will help benefit a small research team led by members of the School of Physics and Astronomy: former postdoctoral researcher Dr. Sophie Musset, Associate Professor Lindsay Glesener, and Professor Lucy Fortson.