Professor Hai-Ping Cheng has been selected for a University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship. These awards recognize faculty with a distinguished record of research and scholarship that is expected to lead to continuing distinction in their field. The UFRF Professorship carries a 3-year salary supplement and an allocation of research funds. […]
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Sid Abhinav is recipient of the 2018-19 Graduate Student Teaching Award
Graduate student Sid Abhinav was recently awarded the University of Florida Graduate Student Teaching Award for 2018-2019. These teaching awards are based on the teaching assistant’s contribution to course development, their instructional technique, and involvement with students. Sid will receive his award at a reception that will be held Tuesday, […]
Physics undergraduate Daniel Ally awarded the CLAS Student Excellence Award
Congratulations to Physics major, Daniel Ally, recipient of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Student Excellence Award. Daniel was one of three graduating seniors named winner of the third annual CLAS Excellence Award. Initiated in 2017, these awards are given out in a variety of categories to those […]
Prof. Pierre Ramond inducted into the Newark College of Engineering (NCE) Hall of Fame
Congratulations to Professor Pierre Ramond, Distinguished Professor of Physics, on his recent induction into the inaugural Newark College of Engineering (NCE) Hall of Fame, “NCE 100,” established as part of the College’s celebration of its centennial. The “NCE 100” distinction is bestowed upon only one in about 500 NCE alumni. […]
“Einstein, Gravitational Waves, Black Holes, and Other Matters” by Gabriela González
Dr. Gabriela González, LSU and LIGO, was guest speaker for Women & Girls in Science Day events 2019. The following is the public Astronomy lecture on “Einstein, Gravitational Waves, Black Holes, and Other Matters” given by Gabriela at the Alachua County Library on February 9.
Discovery of a new kind of composed particles, “chiral excitons”
A joint team from Rutgers, UF Physics (graduate student Adamya Goyal and Professor Dmitrii Maslov), and University of North Carolina (Professor Alex Kemper, UF Physics alum), discovered a new kind of composed particles—“chiral excitons”—on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator of the bismuth selenide family. A chiral exciton is […]
Cliff Will wins the 2019 Albert Einstein Medal
Distinguished Professor Clifford Will has been awarded the 2019 Albert Einstein Medal by the Albert Einstein Society in Bern, Switzerland for his “important contributions to General Relativity, in particular including the Post-Newtonian expansions of approximate solutions of the Einstein field equations and their confrontation with experiments.” The award will be […]
UN International Women & Girls in Science Day, February 11, 2019
Come Celebrate women in the sciences! Events for kids and adults are free and open to the public. More information at facebook.com/ufsps. Sponsors College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Institute for High Energy Physics and Astrophysics UF Office of Diversity Depts. of Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geology & Physics Biodiversity Institute […]
Society of Physics Students recognized as outstanding chapter
The UF physics Society of Physics Students (SPS) and their advisor, Professor James Hamlin, have been recognized by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) as an outstanding chapter for 2017-2018. “We at the SPS National Office want to take this opportunity to commend and applaud you for your tireless efforts […]
Graduate Student Awards 2018
On Friday, December 7, the physics department hosted its annual poster session event and recognition of the 2018 graduate student award recipients. Congratulations to all award recipients (listed below). Wayne R. Bomstad II Memorial Awards These are awarded annually to two Teaching Assistants who have displayed excellence in teaching in […]