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Karl Young is a graduate student in Shaul Hanany’s observational cosmology group, working on EBEX. EBEX is a planned balloon-borne telescope designed to observe polarization patterns in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The CMB is a remnant from the Big Bang. Physicists are searching the CMB for evidence of “B Modes”, a theorized polarization pattern imprinted in the CMB by the gravitational waves produced by the expansion of the universe during the Big Bang. Gravitational waves were theorized by Einstein and are a wave caused by the movement of a very large body in space. |
NewsScarlata receives Taylor Research Award
Associate Professor Claudia Scarlata won the College of Science and Engineering George W. Taylor Distinguished Research Award. The award comes with $3,000 to be used in Scarlata's research in astrophysics. The Distinguished Research Award recognizes younger faculty members who have shown outstanding ability in research. More » Pribiag Named McKnight Land-Grant Professor
Vlad Pribiag was named a 2019 McKnight Land-Grant Professor. The program is designed to advance the careers of new assistant professors at a crucial point in their professional lives. Pribiag's research is in novel low-dimensional quantum materials and devices for information processing. This research investigates new materials, aimed at transcending the limitations of traditional semi-conductor computers. More » Gherghetta receives Simons Fellowship
Professor Tony Gherghetta received the 2019 Simons Fellowship. The Simons Fellows program extends academic leaves from one term to a full year, enabling recipients to focus solely on research for the long periods often necessary for significant advances. Gherghetta is a theoretical physicist specializing in physics beyond the standard model. More » Mandic receives Distinguished McKnight Professorship
Professor Vuk Mandic of the School of Physics and Astronomy has been selected as a 2019 Distinguished McKnight University Professor. The award recognizes Mandic's research in the field of experimental cosmology and astrophysics. Mandic will receive a grant of $120,000 to be used over a five year period. More » Knauber wins Ovshinsky Award
Brenda Knauber, a physics Ph.D. candidate in Professor James Kakalios’s research group, has been selected for an Ovshinsky Student Travel Award to present her research at the 2019 March American Physical Society’s (APS) Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. More » |
CalendarThursday, April 25th
10:10 am: Biophysics Seminar
in 120 PAN Progress Report: Axial Super-Resolution with Two-Photon Microscopy — Siddarth Karuka, PhD student in Jochen Mueller’s lab, School of Physics and Astronomy 12:10 pm: MN Institute for Astrophysics Journal Club
in Physics Tate 301-20 Trevor Knuth and Evan Skillman 3:35 pm: Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in Physics Tate B50 Neutron stars come of age — Sanjay Reddy, University of Washington Friday, April 26th
11:00 am: Nuclear Physics Seminar
in Physics Tate 301-20 “Hunting for dark matter with neutron stars” — Sanjay Reddy, University of Washington 12:20 pm: Condensed Matter Sack Lunch Seminar
in Tate 301-20 Signatures of Superconducting Fluctuations on the Nonlinear Susceptibility of Layered Superconductors — Fei Chen 12:30 pm: High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in Tate 201-20 Entropy Bounds on Effective Field Theory from Rotating Dyonic Black Holes — Grant Remmen (UC Berkeley) 2:30 pm: MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium
in Physics Tate 301-20 There will be no colloquium today 3:35 pm: History of Science and Technology/Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Colloquium
in 275 Nicholson Republic of Venus: Shopping for Venereal Cures in Early Modern London — Olivia Weisser, History - University of Massachusetts Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m. 3:35 pm: Physics Education Seminar
in PAN 130 How computer coaches impact math anxiety in introductory physics students — Autumn Brower, University of Minnesota PLEASE NOTE THE SEMINAR IS IN ROOM PAN 130 THIS WEEK 4:40 pm: Career Advisory Board Visit + Meet, no seminar this week. 
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