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Columbia University Professor Andrew Millis will give his talk titled "Meeting Dirac’s Challenge: Quantum Many-body Physics in the 21st Century" In-person and Online. The 2022 Chhabra-Landau Lecture will take place on April 7 at 3:55-4:55 PM in the Physics Auditorium (Rm. 202) and virtually on Zoom. Our guest speaker this year is Professor Andrew Millis from the Physics Department at Columbia University. He provided the following introduction…

This annual workshop series highlights advances in applications, algorithms, and parallel implementations of computer simulation methods for the study of condensed matter systems. For 33 of the last 35 years, the Center for Simulational Physics' (CSP) annual workshop has been a week-long in-person event held on campus. This will be the second year that the workshop, "Recent Developments in Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics…

C3E recognizes outstanding mid-career women for their exceptional leadership and achievements in clean energy Dr. Simona Hunyadi Murph was selected as a finalist for the U.S. Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Research Award. C3Erecognizes outstanding mid-career women for their exceptional leadership and achievements in clean energy by conferring awards in the broad categories of Advocacy, Business, Entrepreneurship, Law…

His term of office will last three years Congratulations to David Landau, Distinguished Research Professor of Physics, for his appointment as Chair of the U.S. Liaison Committee between the National Academy of Sciences and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). His term of office will last three years. Becoming Chair of the U.S. Liaison Committee to IUPAP is a prestigious honor. The U.S. Liaison…

Eleven grants totaling $1.5 million were awarded in November 2021 in the third round of Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grants How can nanotechnology and big data be used to improve diagnosis of infectious viruses like SARS-CoV-2? That’s one of the questions that will be explored through funding provided by a third round of Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grants. One project, led by primary investigator and Distinguished Research…

The viewing took place outside the Physics building in late October with the department’s largest portable telescope The Astronomy Club took the department’s 14 inch Meade telescope out for viewing of the night sky. Department staff members Tom Barnello and Dan Boyd, with help from Astronomy Club president Jennifer Teissler, set up this gargantuan telescope, then let club members and interested passersby have a look through it. They saw…

The James L. Carmon Scholarship Award is presented to University of Georgia graduate students who have used computers in innovative ways. In a year of particularly intense competition, the selection committee awarded Jason Terry the $4,000 scholarship for his excellent academic record and outstanding dissertation research. The James L. Carmon Scholarship Award is presented to University of Georgia graduate students who have used computers in…

40 Under 40 celebrates young alumni leading the pack in their industries and communities. Each year, UGA honors 40 previous graduates who stand out as leaders and role models in their fields and communtiies. They also have to be under 40 years old. Congratulations to Alumna Dr. Whitney Ingram for being accepted to the 2021 Class of 40 Under 40! Dr. Ingram graduated from the University of Georgia with her BS in Physics in 2011 and PhD in…

The evidence confirms Dr. Cassandra Hall's prediction made in 2020. Photo Info: Using gas velocity data, scientists observing Elias 2-27 were able to directly measure the mass of the young star’s protoplanetary disk and also trace dynamical perturbations in the star system. Visible in this paneled composite are the dust continuum 0.87mm emission data (blue), along with emissions from gases C18O (yellow) and 13CO (red). Credit: ALMA (ESO/…

Congratulations to Alireza Fali! Alireza Fali, a PhD candidate working in Professor Yohannes Abate’s group, has been selected as a recipient of the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship for the 2021-2022 academic year. The purpose of the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship is to recruit, support, and encourage exceptional graduate-level students who will study and conduct research in all fields. Recipients of the Graduate…