The Department of Physics seeks a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Theoretical Astrophysics.
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Employment opportunity: Assistant/Associate Scientist in Low Temperature Physics
The Department of Physics seeks a full-time, twelve-month, timelimited, non-tenure track Assistant/Associate Scientist in Low Temperature Physics.
Professor Mark Meisel named MagLab High B/T Facility Director
News and photo source: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) Congratulations to UF Physics Professor Mark Meisel on his recent appointment to Director of the National MagLab’s High B/T Facility at the University of Florida. Meisel succeeds Neil Sullivan, one of the original principal investigators of the MagLab. Sullivan, who had […]
Dr. Piotr Konieczny, Visiting Professor
UF Physics welcomes Dr. Piotr Konieczny who is visiting Professor Mark Meisel’s Group for a short term visit of three months (July-September). This visit is funded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA). Dr. Konieczny is a staff member in the Department of Magnetic Materials and Nanostructures, Institute […]
Sujata Krishna recipient of Rising Star Award
Congratulations to UF Physics Lecturer, Sujata Krishna, one of the recipients of UF’s Center for Teaching Excellence 2019 Rising Star Award. The Rising Star Awards recognize faculty for their commitment to ongoing educational improvements and excellence. Rising Star faculty participate in professional development of teaching activities through the Center for […]
Undergraduate Student Awards 2019
On May 3, 2019 physics undergraduate students were presented the following awards in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments at the Spring 2019 graduation celebration. Awards were presented by Undergraduate Coordinator, Katia Matcheva. Sean Deyo (advisor Selman Hershfield) is recipient of the Outstanding Thesis Award and Academic Excellence Award. “Sean […]
APS Moore Award Recipient
Qiaoli Yang, former UF Physics PhD recipient (2012) and present Associate Professor of Physics at Jinan University in China, has been awarded the American Physical Society (APS) Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Visitor award. As award recipient, Yang will return to physics to work with his former advisor, Pierre Sikivie, to […]
A nearby neutron-star merger explains the actinide abundance in the Early Solar System
Source: UF News Astrophysicists Imre Bartos at the University of Florida and Szabolcs Márka at Columbia University have identified a violent collision of two neutron stars 4.6 billion years ago as the likely source of some of the most coveted matter on Earth. This single cosmic event, close to our […]
David Reitze to speak at UF Physics
David Reitze, Executive Director of LIGO and UF physics professor, will be speaking on “The Gravitational Wave Astronomical Revolution” this Sunday, April 28 at 6pm in room 1001 (auditorium) of the physics building. More information: https://lisacon4.phys.ufl.edu/revolution.
Graduate student selected for Department of Energy research program
Congratulations to #UFPhysics graduate student Tyler Reynolds who has been selected as one of 70 US students to pursue research at the Department of Energy (DOE), as part of the Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program (SCGSR). The SCGSR program provides supplemental funds for graduate awardees to conduct part of their thesis […]