Two Duke University seniors are among the 41 recipients of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, the program announced Monday. Yasa Baig of Foxborough, Massachusetts, and James Marek of Yardley, Pennsylvania, have been chosen from applicants throughout the country. Approximately 40 Marshall Scholarships are awarded each year to high-achieving American students to pursue post-graduate studies at any university in the UK in any field. The award covers all university fees, cost-of-living expenses and many other… read more about Two Duke Seniors Join 2022 Marshall Scholars for Graduate Study in the United Kingdom »
Andrew Smith is one of nine recipients of the Jefferson Science Associates (JSA) graduate fellowships to doctoral students for the 2021-2022 academic year. The fellowship will support Smith's advanced studies at Duke and research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Jefferson Lab is a nuclear physics research laboratory managed and operated by JSA, a joint venture between SURA and PAE. Smith, who is advised by Haiyan Gao, is a repeat winner, and has just completed the 2020-2021… read more about Ph.D. student Andrew Smith receives Jefferson Science Associates Graduate Fellowship »
Something hits a gigantic underground tank, flashes dimly for a few seconds and you have 15 minutes to figure out where it came from. The catch? It could have come from anywhere in the universe. We’re talking about neutrinos, the lesser-known cousin of protons and electrons, and how scientists can use them to detect a supernova, the spectacularly explosive (and very rare) death of a star. Thanks to a newly funded National Science Foundation Institute, Kate Scholberg, Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics… read more about Physics Professor Joins $15 million NSF Institute to Develop Accelerated AI-Driven Algorithms »
Congratulations to Dr. Jungsang Kim, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Physics, and to Dr. Patrick Charbonneau, Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics, who were just named fellows of the American Physics Society. Kim was nominated for pioneering contributions to the research, development, invention, and entrepreneurship in trapped ion-based quantum computing, large-scale optical switches, and gigapixel-scale cameras. Charbonneau was nominated for his… read more about Patrick Charbonneau and Jungsang Kim named APS fellows »
The coronavirus pandemic upended many academic traditions, including graduation and hooding ceremonies. Our Ph.D. students, however, remained brilliant, determined, and productive. Twenty-five of our students obtained their Ph.D. degree since March 2020. You'll find their names, their advisors, and their dissertations' titles below: Summer 2020 Doctor of Philosophy in Physics Graduates: Dr. Christian Moritz Binder: [Advisor: Thomas Barthel] – Novel Tensor Network Methods for… read more about Congratulations to our 2020 - 2021 Ph.D.s! »
The New York Stock Exchange welcomes executives and guests of IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) in celebration of becoming the first publicly traded pure-play quantum computing company. To honor the occasion, Peter Chapman, President & CEO, will ring The Opening Bell®. At his sides are Professors Christopher Monroe and Jungsang Kim, IonQ's founders. read more about IonQ Opens for Public Trade »
Imagine taking a snapshot of the Big Bang with a computer chip. Ashutosh Kotwal, Fritz London Professor of Physics at Duke University, thinks we may have a first step in that direction. In a paper published last week in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, Kotwal melds two fascinating ideas from technology and physics - the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for image recognition and the search for dark matter, the mysterious stuff that makes up 84% of the total amount of matter in the universe.… read more about Capturing secrets of the Universe on a silicon chip »
When a lab is shut down, something big has ended. A cycle of activity has ceased. Some cycles end abruptly while others reach slow and carefully-orchestrated conclusions. In the case of the Behringer Lab, both types of endings were simultaneously true. On July 10, 2018, Duke lowered its flags to mark the passing of Robert Behringer, James B. Duke Professor of Physics. Behringer was an active researcher, with a lab full of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Three years later, the last of his graduate students,… read more about Closing the Door on the Behringer Lab »
Applying to graduate school can be a confusing and intimidating process. Come join current Physics Graduate students for a chat and a Q&A aimed at demystifying the graduate school application process. Open to all undergraduates interested in physics graduate school! When: SEPTEMBER 23 | 5PM-6:30PM Where: LSRC A155 Hosted by the Duke Physics Students Society For questions email Elliott Kauffman (emk50@duke.edu) or Henry Burns (hab22@duke.edu) read more about Understanding the Grad School Application Process »
The recently established Advanced Light Imaging and Spectroscopy (ALIS) facility is now officially a service center and we're here to help with your custom optical microscopy needs. In celebration of the inauguration, ALIS and the Duke Light Microscopy Core Facility LMCF are organizing a seminar series on Advanced Optical Imaging Technology. There will be lectures on the technologies and applications, with a keynote lecture on lattice light sheet from Wes Legant from UNC.… read more about New Core Facility: ALIS! »
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Every year, at the start of the Fall semester, the Physics department announces its internal awards and fellowships, and gathers to celebrate with faculty and students. This year the Annual Welcome Picnic took place at the Duke Forest, and was attended by over 130 people. Awards These are the Academic Year 2020-2021Physics Awardees: American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)'s Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Ryan Bouabid James Wheeler Duke Physics Mary Creason Memorial Award for… read more about Congratulations 2021 Graduate Fellowship Winners! »
The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $20 million grant to Duke University researchers to explore and optimize the chemical structure and physical properties of individual molecules in a polymer network. “The long-term potential of this research includes cost- and time-efficient optimization of the polymers used in products like biomedical implants, building materials and even automobile tires,” said principal investigator Stephen Craig, the William T. Miller distinguished professor of chemistry at Duke… read more about NSF Creates Polymer Chemistry Optimization Center at Duke for Future Materials »
Iman Marvian, assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics at Duke University, has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The award supports outstanding young faculty members in their efforts to build a successful research enterprise For the next five years, the $510,000 award will support Marvian’s efforts in Quantum Information Science to use insights gained from developing models for quantum computing algorithms and quantum… read more about Marvian Wins National Science Foundation CAREER Award »
Ayana Arce studies quarks, which involves colliding atoms at high speeds and watching those constituent particles come into focus. But a recent collaboration between the associate professor of Physics and a visual artist is making vital human bonds visible instead. Arce’s research is the inspiration behind “We Contain Multitudes,” a new mural in northeast Washington, D.C., depicting quarks artistically as creative, resilient and interconnected women. It’s the second piece in a public art series by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya… read more about Duke Physicist’s Work Inspires Washington D.C. Mural »