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Stamatikos Awarded Top Prize in Astrophysics
For the third time in his career, The Ohio State University at Newark Assistant Professor Michael Stamatikos, PhD, has received the prestigious Bruno Rossi Prize from the American Astronomical…

Zach Addison chosen for the President’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program
The Department of Physics is pleased to announce that Zachariah Addison, a postdoc working with Prof. Nandini Trivedi and Prof. Mohit Randeria was chosen as one of 10 members of the…

Thermal chiral anomaly in the magnetic-field induced ideal Weyl phase of Bi1-xSbx
If you have a symmetry in a classical system are you guaranteed that the symmetry will persist in the quantum system? An anomaly is the breakdown of a symmetry in the quantum system arising from…

Prof. Chris Hirata awarded 2021 Distinguished Scholar Award
Christopher Hirata, professor in the Department of Physics and the Department of Astronomy, has received the Distinguished Scholar Award, awarded each year to six Ohio State…

Assoc. Prof. Yuanming Lu awarded Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Prof. Yuanming Lu who was recently awarded the Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA Macronix Prize) by the International organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) for…

Prof. Robert Baker named Deputy Director of the Institute for Optical Science
Prof. Robert Baker (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has agreed to serve as Deputy Director of the Institute of Optical Science. The Institute’s Director, Prof. DiMauro, stated that as activities at…

Asst. Professor Brian Skinner awarded CAREER Award from NSF
Asst. Professor Brian Skinner has been awarded The Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from The National Science Foundation. CAREER: The Faculty Early Career…

Podcast: The Quirks of Quarks and Other Aspects of Quantum Mechanics with Yuri Kovchegov
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The Quirks of Quarks and Other Aspects of Quantum Mechanics with Yuri Kovchegov
Yuri Kovchegov, professor of physics at The Ohio State…

Graduate Student Highlight: Michael Tripepi
Graduate Student Highlight Questions
Short answer questions:
What year are you in?
I’m in my 4th year.
What group are you in?
Dr. Enam Chowdhury
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