Departmental News
Dr. Zhangbu Xu joins the ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Department of Physics faculty
March 18, 2024
The ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Department of Physics is proud to welcome our newest faculty member, Dr. Zhangbu Xu.
Read More »Physics professor receives a DOE topical collaboration grant to study heavy-quark physics
Jan. 23, 2023
Dr. Michael Strickland's group will participate in a new Topical Theory Collaboration funded by DOE’s Office of Nuclear Physics to explore the behavior of heavy flavor particles. The collaboration will receive $2.5 Million from the DOE Office of Science, Office of Nuclear…
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Research Update: Studying neutron stars with gravitational waves
Oct. 11, 2022
Neutron stars are some of the densest objects in the universe, and as such, the conditions at the cores of these extreme objects are impossible to reproduce on Earth. However, we can use data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo…
Read More »Physics professor receives DOE grant to study the quark-gluon plasma
Sept. 25, 2022
Up until approximately 10^(-5) seconds after the Big Bang, the Universe was is a primordial state of matter called a quark-gluon plasma (QGP). This is due to the fact that the early Universe was extremely hot and in such a hot environment normal matter, e.g., atoms, atomic…
Read More »Physics professor receives NIH grants to study membrane proteins
Sept. 25, 2022
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins. …
Read More »Physics Professor receives R35 Grant from the National Institutes for Health
Sept. 25, 2022
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins. …
Read More »Professors from Physics and Chemistry receive an NIH grant to study genetic transcription regulation
Sept. 9, 2022
Using single molecule and ensemble level methods, the Balci and Basu Labs will perform in vitro and in cellulo experiments to establish the capabilities and limitations of nuclease-dead mutant of Cas9 (dCas9) to target G-quadruplex forming sequences in the promoter regions and…
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ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ receives an NSF grant for quantum computing training
Aug. 18, 2022
Co-PIs Dr. Michael Strickland (Professor and Chair, Physics), Dr. Qiang Guan (Assistant Professor, Computer Science), and Dr. Barry Dunietz (Associate Professor, Chemistry) have received a $500k grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a quantum computing (QC)…
Read More »Physics faculty uncover new insights into structure of protons and neutrons
April 20, 2022
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Read More »Six ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Physics professors are in the top 2% scientists in the world
Oct. 29, 2021
According to a , six members of the ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Physics Faculty are among the top 2% most cited scientists in the world. Congratulations to the…
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