All first-year PhD/MS-seeking graduate students (except MS-NT-seeking students) are required to take two semesters of PHYS 8990, Introduction to Research, also known as Research Rotation. In this course, the student spends one half of each semester doing a research project under the supervision of a faculty member. Each semester the student will choose two topics from the list below. Availability is first-come, first-serve. To secure slots for this course, contact the instructors of your choice from the table below. Please do not choose more than one project from any given supervisor and do not choose projects from supervisors with whom you have already worked in an earlier semester. You must register for PHYS 8990 at ATHENA after choosing your topics. Furthermore, you must notify Ms. Robin Taylor (taylorr@uga.edu) of which instructors and topics you have chosen after registering for PHYS 8990. List of Topics for Fall 2025 Instructor Research Topic Title Yohannes Abate Low Dimensional Quantum Materials Physics Yohannes Abate Quantum and Nanoscale Optics Yohannes Abate Terahertz Nano-spectroscopic Imaging Alan Dorsey Andre Erpenbeck Data-Driven Methods for Simulating Complex Quantum Systems Andre Erpenbeck Simulating Nonequilibrium Quasiparticles in Photodoped Mott Systems Andre Erpenbeck Symmetry and Approximations in Nonequilibrium Quantum Simulations Andre Erpenbeck Modeling Noise and Decoherence in Quantum Computing Devices Michael Geller Quantum Computing and Quantum Simulation SCHUTTLER, Heinz-Bernd Biological Applications of Statistical Mechanics Inseok Song Nearby Young Stars Inseok Song Extreme Stars Susanne Ullrich Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Nanostructures and Materials Susanne Ullrich Nonlinear Ultrafast Optics Susanne Ullrich Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Biomolecules WELIWERIYA, Nandana(with SONG, Inseok) Developing an Astronomical Virtual Reality Platform to Enhance STEM Education and Research YOUNG, Nicholas Comparing student performance on traditional and complex multiple-choice questions Qun Zhao Medical Physics A: Machine learning and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Qun Zhao Medical Physics B: Graph theory analysis and human brain MRI Qun Zhao Medical Physics C: Biophysics simulations of brain activities/oscillators Yiping Zhao Sensor Development for Environmental and Biomedical Applications Yiping Zhao Nanocarrier-Based Drug Delivery and Disease Treatment Yiping Zhao Plasmonics and Chiral Metamaterial Platforms Yiping Zhao Fundamental Understanding via Theory, Simulation, and Data Science Theoretical, Computational, and Data-Driven Studies of Nanoscale Sensing and Delivery Systems Yiping Zhao Smartphone-Based Introductory Physics Labs and Related Projects View PDF of Descriptions
