School of Physics and Astronomy
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Catching lightning in a bottle: new faculty member studies the physics of transient events
Ben Margalit is a new faculty member in the School and a theoretical astrophysicist who studies the fundamental physics of star explosions, collisions and other examples of intergalactic violence
Liu group helps expand the search for new particle
A team led by Assistant Professor Zhen Liu of the School of Physics and Astronomy has discovered a new way to search for axions, hypothetical particles that could help solve some of nature’s most
Pribiag group creates new superconducting diode that could improve performance of quantum computers and artificial intelligence
Professor Vlad Pribiag of the School of Physics and Astronomy led a team that developed a more energy-efficient, tunable superconducting diode—a promising component for future electronic devices—that
Kelly leads first-of-its-kind measurement of the Universe’s expansion rate
Assistant Professor Patrick Kelly of the School of Physics and Astronomy led a team which used a first-of-its-kind technique to measure the expansion rate of the Universe, providing insight that
2023 Graduate Awards and Fellowships
There are 14 graduate award and fellowship recipients in the School for 2021.
2023 Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients
There are 28 undergraduate recipients for 14 separate scholarships.