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A multi-disciplinary team builds the world's highest rate quantum key distribution system
A team of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers from The Ohio State University, Duke University, and The National University of Singapore built world's highest rate quantum key…
Prof. Chris Orban receives AIP Meggers Project Award
Congratulations to Prof. Chris Orban’s STEMcoding project which recently received a $25k grant from the American Institute of Physics (AIP). The AIP Meggers Project Award is a biennial award …
Prof. Andrew Heckler selected as a mentor in the Faculty FIT program
Congratulations to Prof. Andrew Heckler for his selection as a mentor in the Faculty FIT: Foundation, Impact, Transformation program. The Faculty FIT program is a year-long program for faculty…
Shaun Hampton, physics graduate student, receives award at SACNAS conference
Physics Graduate Student Shaun Hampton won the award for best oral presentation by a graduate student in Physics and Astronomy at the 2017 SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics &…
Two Physics professors named 2017 American Physical Society Fellows
Congratulations to Chun Ning (Jeanie) Lau and Jonathan Pelz for being named 2017 Fellows of the American Physical Society! The criterion for election is exceptional contributions to the physics…
Dietrich Kiesewetter, a graduate student in Prof. DiMauro's group and U Virginia colleague published in NATURE
Researchers have—for just a fraction of a second—glimpsed an electron’s-eye view of the world. Read all about it at OSU News and the NATURE article. This drawing…
Results from a collaboration including Ohio State's Nandini Trivedi to be published in SCIENCE
Applying strong magnetic fields to matter can give rise to new and often unexpected phenomena. This is particularly true at very low temperatures, where the quantum nature of the particles in a…
John Beacom Named 2017 Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Professor John Beacom has been selected as a 2017 Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor. This honor is bestowed upon a select few of the amazing faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences …
Bunny and Thomas Clark Graduate Scholarship awardees are chosen
The department of Physics is proud to announce the most recent winners of the Bunny and Thomas Clark Graduate Scholarship. Shirley Li, recent PhD graduate advised by John Beacom and Shaun…