UF physics graduate student Corey Bathurst has been selected to receive a 2020-2021 Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Research (SCGSR) fellowship. This fellowship will allow Corey to continue his PhD research, with his advisor Professor Tarek Saab, at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory starting in January 2021. Corey’s research, […]
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Cliff Will who has been awarded the American Physical Society’s 2021 Einstein Prize. Cliff shares the prize with Saul Teukolsky of Cornell and Caltech. They are cited “for outstanding contributions to observational tests of general relativity with theories of gravitational waves, astrophysical black holes, and neutron […]
Above image: An artist’s rendition of the two black holes of GW190521 orbiting each other in a gas disk that surrounds a supermassive black hole. Image credit: R. Hurt/IPAC/Caltech. On September 2, 2020 the LIGO Scientific collaboration and the Virgo collaboration announced the observation of an intermediate mass black hole, […]
Distinguished Professor Art Hebard has retired after 24 years with UF Physics. Art was a long-time member of the technical staff at Bell Labs before he joined the department as a Professor in 1996. He quickly showed that he could master the teaching side of his new academic job, and […]
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics has announced that the 2020 Dirac Medal and Prize has been awarded to UF Physics professor, Pierre Ramond, along with Andre Neveu (U. Montpellier) and Miguel Virasoro (U. Rome Sapienza). These distinguished physicists are being recognized “for their pioneering contributions to the […]
UF Physics professor James Hamlin has been selected for a 2020-23 University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship. The University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professorships are awarded to tenured faculty members who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing […]
UF physics graduate student Alexandria Tucker has been selected as a 2020-2021 STEM Chateaubriand Fellow. She will be awarded $14,200 to continue her PhD research in collaboration with Clifford Will and with Luc Blanchet at the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris for 9 months commencing April 2021. The projects include analytically modeling the evolution of […]
Source: National Science Foundation announcement via Acting Assistant Director, Sean L. Jones. Congratulations to UF Physics alum, Dr. Alexios Klironomos (PhD 2003, Alan Dorsey, advisor), on his new appointment as Deputy Division Director (DDD) for the Division of Materials Research (DMR), effective May 24, 2020. Dr. Klironomos received his Ph.D. […]
UF Physics graduate student Istvan Kereszy has been awarded a Fulbright fellowship for 2021. As part of the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program, the Fulbright program involves the participation of a large set of collaborating partners in supporting Fulbright fellows at the University of Florida. As a recipient of the […]
UF Physics graduate student, Suzanne Rosenzweig (advisor Darin Acosta), has been awarded a 2020 University Women’s Club graduate scholarship. Suzanne, one of physics’ top teaching assistants, recently led the effort to create the Physics Graduate Mentorship Program (PGMP), which has made a significant impact on the department. In addition, she […]