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Asmar Wins 4th Annual NQPI Outstanding Dissertation Award

Mahmoud Asmar

The Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute is proud to announce Mahmoud M. Asmar as the recipient of the NQPI Outstanding Dissertation Award. He will receive a $500 prize for his dissertation titled “Electronic and Spin Transport in Dirac-Like Systems.” In his dissertation, he focused on the study of the relation between […]

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May 16, 2016 at 5:10 pmNews

Celebrating Life of Chemistry, Physics Alum Wilfred Konneker, March 31

Wilfred Konneker

Ohio University will celebrate the life of Wilfred R. Konneker with a special service in Galbreath Chapel on Thursday, March 31, at 4:30 p.m. (Doors open at 4:15 p.m.) No black attire, please. Guests are asked to RSVP to Tiffany Tomeo (via email at tomeot@ohio.edu or phone 740-593-2554) by Thursday, […]

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March 2, 2016 at 4:30 pmAlumni Events

Physicists Awarded $520,000 for Collaborative Materials Research

Distinguished Professor of Physics David Drabold

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. David Drabold, Ohio University Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy, and two researchers with ties to OHIO have been awarded a three-year $520,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study and develop new approaches for jointly using experimental and theoretical information for […]

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February 16, 2016 at 12:05 pmNews Research

Colloquium | Alum on Confluence of Superconductivity and High-Energy Physics in the Quest to Cure Cancer, Feb. 10

Joseph Jachinowski

Vice President for Research and Creative Activity, Russ College of Engineering and Technology, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Physics & Astronomy Department present Joseph Jachinowski on “The Confluence of Superconductivity and High-Energy Physics in the Quest to Cure Cancer” on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245 […]

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February 1, 2016 at 9:45 pmAlumni Events

Physics Alum Assumes Presidency of London’s Royal Society

Dr. Venkatraman ‘Venki’ Ramakrishna

Ohio University alum Venkatraman “Venki” Ramakrishnan started his five-year term as President of the Royal Society in London on Dec. 1. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. The Guardian’s science editor, Robin McKie, says Ramakrishnan “takes over the Royal Society […]

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December 3, 2015 at 2:35 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News News

Physics Alum Heads Natural Sciences Division at Bridgewater College

Dr. Philip Spickler

Ohio University alum Philip Spickler is one of four Bridgewater College faculty members named “to head up a new divisional structure designed to address major initiatives in the college’s strategic plan,” reports the Augusta Free Press. Spickler earned an M.S. in Physics from the College of Arts & Sciences at […]

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August 22, 2015 at 12:05 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

2014 B.S. Graduates from Physics & Astronomy

2014 B.S. Graduates in Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University Matthew Burket (B.S. cum laude, Astrophysics) Tyler Coy (B.S., Physics) Robert Harrington (B.S., Applied Physics) Justin Hunneshagen (B.S., Astrophysics) Yashashree Jadhav (B.S., magna cum laude, HTC Astrophysics). She is going to a Ph.D. program in astrophysics at the Rochester Institute […]

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April 27, 2015 at 11:45 amAlumni