The Center for Molecular Magnetic Quantum Materials (M2QM) aims to deepen understanding and optimize control of electron-level physical processes to turn molecular magnets into quantum materials. We tune inter-molecule communication via magnetic interactions in clusters and solids and we design and perfect the underlying materials science for future computers and […]
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UF physics professor named AAAS 2018 Fellow
Congratulations to physics professor, David Howard Reitze, who was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for outstanding leadership of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory into the era of the discovery of the first gravitational waves. Read More. Image: College of Liberal Arts and […]
LIGO and Virgo Announce Four New Gravitational-Wave Detections
and release their first catalog of gravitational-wave events On Saturday, December 1, LIGO and Virgo scientists presented new results from searches for coalescing cosmic objects, such as pairs of black holes and pairs of neutron stars, by the National Science Foundation’s LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) and the European-based VIRGO […]
2018 Distance Learning Innovation Award Recipients
UF Online has received the 2018 Distance Learning Innovation Award in the faculty-led team category from the Online Learning Consortium. Congratulations to the UF Physics team, Emma Brady, Robert DeSerio, and Shawn Weatherford for their innovations in bringing rigorous at-home data acquisition labs to online students with interactive online lab technology. The […]
CLAS Dissertation Fellowship Recipients
Congratulations to UF Physics graduate students, Sankha Chakrabarty and Ankita Sarkar, both recipients of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dissertation fellowship. Sankha’s fellowship is funded by the McGinty Endowment and Ankita’s is funded by the Charles Vincent and Heidi Cole McLaughlin Endowment. Each will receive a $7000.00 stipend […]
Recent passing of Professor Emeritus Dwight Adams
Physics Emeritus Professor E. Dwight Adams passed away earlier this week. Dwight was a faculty member in Physics from 1962 until his retirement in 2003. He brought distinction to the department through his experimental research in low-temperature physics, which was recognized by the American Physical Society’s 2005 Joseph F. Keithley […]
Dark Matter Day 2018
Today is Dark Matter Day! Learn more about UF physicists’ research into dark matter with Professor Tarek Saab.
UF Physics Alumni in the News
Rana Adhikari, BS 1998 Rana Adhikari earned a UF Physics BS in 1998 and is now a professor at Caltech. Rana has been awarded the Breakthrough Prize Foundation New Horizons Prize for early-career achievement. He is heavily involved in LIGO and other gravitational-wave experiments. Rana shares a $100,000 New Horizons […]
The American Association of Physics Teachers Annual Fall Meeting hosted by UF Physics
The Florida Section’s Annual Fall Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers was held in Gainesville at the New Physics Building on the campus of the University of Florida on October 19-20th, 2018. The meeting began informally on Friday evening with a social gathering at MiDiCi Italian Pizzeria to […]
Faculty positions available in biological and condensed matter physics
The department is currently seeking applicants for multiple faculty hires in biological and condensed matter physics. Assistant/Associate Scientist in Low Temperature Experimental Physics Assistant Professor in Condensed Matter Experimental Physics Assistant Professor in Computational Biological Physics Assistant Professor in Experimental Biological Physics Assistant Professor in Theoretical Biological Physics