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Clem Pryke is a cosmologist who uses telescopes at the South Pole in Antarctica to learn about the origins of the Universe. Over the last couple of decades cosmology has moved from being the domain of mystics and philosophers to being a hard observational science. One of the pillars of this progress has been measurements of the radio "after-glow" of the Big Bang - known as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). |
NewsMinnesota physicists receive grant to develop quantum computing
Professors Vlad Pribiag and Paul Crowell from the School of Physics and Astronomy are part of a group that will receive a $2.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop materials and device knowledge for creating quantum computing. More » Skillman elected as APS Fellow
Professor Evan Skillman was elected a 2018 Fellow of the American Physical Society. He was cited for his contributions to "observational constraints on the primordial helium abundance and significant contributions to understanding the chemical evolution of galaxies." More » Shklovskii awarded 2019 Buckley Prize
Professor Boris Shklovskii of the School of Physics and Astronomy and William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute was jointly awarded the Oliver E. Buckley Prize in Condensed Matter Physics. The prize recognizes his "pioneering research in the physics Chubukov Awarded Bardeen Prize
FTPI Professor Andrey Chubukov was a winner of the 2018 John Bardeen Prize for his "seminal contributions to the theory of unconventional superconductivity, including applications to the iron-based superconductors." The prize was given at the International Conference on the Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity. More » Solar probe to provide closest-ever observations of a star
The Parker Solar Probe launched on August 12, 2018 will travel closer to the surface of the Sun than any previous spacecraft. Space physicist from the School contributed to the design and build of instruments on the probe. More » |
CalendarThursday, January 24th
12:10 pm: MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club/Faculty Candidate Presentation
in Physics Tate 301-20 Frontiers Of Multi-Messenger Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics — Stephen Taylor, California Institute of Technology Today's Journal Club meeting will be the faculty candidate presentation 3:35 pm: Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in B50 Tate From the Old to the New World of Nuclear Physics, 1919-1939 — Roger Steuwer, U of Minnesota Refreshments in atrium after the Colloquium. Friday, January 25th
12:20 pm: Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in Tate 301-20 Anomalous Electronic Conduction in Composite Silicon Films — Nathan Bosch 12:30 pm: High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in Tate 201-20 1:15 pm: Thesis Defense
in PAN 110 High charge-to-spin and spin-to-charge conversion enhanced by quantum confinement effect in sputtered topological insulator thin films" — Mahendra DC, University of Minnesota This is the public portion of Mr. DC's thesis defense. His advisor is Jian-Ping Wang. 2:30 pm: MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium
in Tate 101 There will be no colloquium this week. (Faculty candidate presentation on Thursday). 4:00 pm: History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium
in 275 Nicholson Optimizing the Human-Machine Partnership with Zooniverse — Lucy Fortson, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota Note change of Colloquium time, this week only. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m. 
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