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The group, led by Yiping Zhao and Ralph Tripp, tested nanotechnology-based optical sensors designed for COVID-19 detection and saw the potential for their home-grown technology. A University of Georgia nanotechnology research group entered the race to develop a rapid test for COVID-19 in August 2020, running experiments on a new sensor for an American manufacturing company. The group, led by Yiping Zhao and Ralph Tripp, tested nanotechnology-…
Yiping Zhao

Yiping Zhao
UGA Team Develops Faster, Cheaper COVID Tests

Lewis is one of five UGA faculty members to earn the university’s highest recognition for excellence in instruction. Five University of Georgia faculty members have been named Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professors, the university’s highest recognition for excellence in instruction. One of the five 2022 Meigs Professors is Steven P. Lewis, Associate Professor of Physics. Lewis is an inspirational instructor who cares deeply for the…
Steven Lewis (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)

Steven Lewis (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
Associate Professor Steven P. Lewis named Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor

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…
Andrew J. Mills

Andrew J. Mills
The 2022 Chhabra-Landau Lecture, April 7, 3:55 PM

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…
Group photo for the 33rd Annual Workshop in February 2019

Group photo for the 33rd Annual Workshop in February 2019
The 35th Annual CSP Workshop, February 21-24 2022, will be held virtually this year

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…
Dr. Simona Hunyadi Murph

Dr. Simona Hunyadi Murph
Dr. Simona Hunyadi Murph selected as a finalist for the U.S. Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Research Award

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…
Professor David Landau

Professor David Landau
Prof. David Landau Appointed Chair of the U.S. Liaison Committee between the National Academy of Sciences and IUPAP

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…
Yiping Zhao is Distinguished Research Professor of Physics in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)

Yiping Zhao is Distinguished Research Professor of Physics in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
Three Faculty Members in the Department of Physics and Astronomy lead two Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grants

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…
Astronomy Club Photograph

Astronomy Club Photograph
The Astronomy Club views Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon through our Meade 14 inch telescope

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…
Jason Terry

Jason Terry
Graduate Student Jason Terry Selected as Recipient of this Year's James L. Carmon Scholarship Award

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…
Dr. Whitney Ingram BS Physics ’11, PhD Physics ’16

Dr. Whitney Ingram BS Physics ’11, PhD Physics ’16
Physics Alumna Dr. Whitney Ingram Honored as One of UGA Alumni's 40 Under 40 class of 2021

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