Members of the InSPIRE student organization, many of whom are physics students, organized a workshop on Tuesday, April 23 from 5:30 – 8:30 PM in 2108 SEL at UIC that attracted graduate and…
Students from the Microphysics Lab participated in the annual UIC Student Research Forum on April 16th. Chris Buurma, Eric Colegrove, Jin Hwan Park and Tejumade Durowade of MPL showcased their work with poster presentations giving…
On April 2nd, U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley visited the Department of Physics and met with the students and researchers of the Microphysics Laboratory to hear about MPL’s current research programs and their real-life applications. In…
Congratulations to Clinical Professor Andy Tillotson, who has been selected to receive a 2013-2014 CETL Teaching Recognition Award. The Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning recognize Professor Tillotson for being “an excellent example…
Doctoral student Qiao Qiao has been selected to receive a 2013 Microscopy & Microanalysis Student Award. The award will be conferred at Microscopy & Microanalysis 2013 meeting during the opening Plenary Session. Qiao…
Congratulations to graduate student Runzhe Tao, who won a Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award. MRS Graduate Student Awards “honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high…
Professor Mark Adams and Professor Cecilia Gerber, along with post-doctorates Bazterra and Strom, and PhD student Khalatian were featured in Fermilab Today (2/08/13) for the results of their work searching for the hypothetical Z-prime boson with…
Congratulations to Professor Olga Evdokimov who received a 2012-2013 Teaching Recognition Award. Professor Evdokimov was selected by the Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) to receive a 2012-2013 Teaching Recognition Award.…
Congratulations to Professor Dirk Morr who was elected an American Physical Society Fellow. Professor Morr’s citation is “For contributions to the theory of strongly correlated electron materials and complex phenomena at the nanoscale“. Additional…
Congratulations to Professor Chris Grein who was elected an American Physical Society Fellow. Professor Grein’s citation is “For achievements in novel superlattice-based infrared detectors and emitters“. Additional details will be published in the March…
Congratulations to Professor Nikos Varelas. He was elected co-spokesperson of the CTEQ Collaboration consisting of theorists and experimentalists from 21 institutions who are devoted to a broad program of research projects and cooperative…
Congratulations to graduate student Lucie Gauthier. She received a CMS 2012 Achievement Award with the citation, “For trigger menu development, implementation of SUSY triggers and outstanding service as an HLT on call expert“. Lucie has…
Congratulations to UIC distinguished professor George Crabtree, who will head the new $120-million Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR). JCESR (pronounced “J-Caesar”) will seek to achieve revolutionary advances in battery performance. The…
Congratulations to Professor Nikos Varelas for his election as chair of the Fermilab Users Executive Committee (UEC). As detailed in the November 1, 2012 Issue of Fermilab Today, the UEC handles the affairs of the…
Congratulations to the experimental High Energy Physics group for receiving a Deans Outstanding Faculty Award. Professor Mark Adams, Professor Rick Cavanaugh, Professor Cecilia Gerber, and Professor Nikos Varelas were headlined at the 17th…
Congratulations to Professor Dirk Morr for bringing physics and music together (and for making UIC physics look cool and hip) in an interview by Sami Jarroush on the “Rock it Out!” blog on…
Congratulations to Professor Nikos Varelas, who together with Professor Mary Ashley from biology was recognized by Dean Tantillo (center) with the 2012-2013 LAS Faculty Service Award. This award “recognizes faculty members who have made extraordinary contributions to LAS…
Governor Pat Quinn visited one of the best examples of Illinois entrepreneurship, Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. (Labs), and its companies in Bolingbrook, IL, on Friday, September 21, 2012. The leadership of the Labs, Professor Siva…
Professor Mark Schlossman has published a new book with Cambridge University Press entitled Liquid Surfaces and Interfaces: Synchrotron X-ray Methods together with Co-author Peter Pershan from Harvard University. The book is based on Professor Schlossman’s…
Congratulations to Professor Richard Cavanaugh for his receipt of the 2012 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career (CAREER) Development Award, one of the most competitive awards to honor young faculty members in the…