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UCD Physics Alumnus Dustin Gilbert Receives DOE Early Career Research Program Award

Dustin Gilbert, UC Davis Physics alumnus (Ph.D. 2014; major professor Kai Liu) and Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was one of a select group of scientists to receive funding through the Department of Energy Early Career Research Program in 2020.

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UC Davis Researchers Adapt Amyloid Technology to Catch Coronavirus

Physics Professor Daniel Cox and colleague Professor Michael Toney of the Department of Chemistry are adapting technology to make self-assembling protein scaffolds to combat coronavirus.

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Message from the Chair - June 9th 2020

Message from the Physics Department chair, 6/9/2020

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UC Davis Moves to Phase 2 for Ramp-Up of Research

The Office of Research has announced a move to Phase 2 for research, starting Monday June 1. Continue reading for more information.

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Recent Graduate Daine Danielson Awarded Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship

Recent graduate Daine Danielson has been awarded a Hertz Foundation Gradaute Fellowship. Daine earned his Applied Physics BS in winter 2017. He worked on neutrino research in Professor Bob Svoboda's lab for most of his time at Davis and is now in physics graduate school at the University of Chicago. The Hertz Fellowship is highly selective; this year there were 16 awards nationwide across science, mathematics, and engineering.

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Tucker Jones Named Dean's 2020 Faculty Fellow

Professor Tucker Jones has been named one of three 2020 Dean's Faculty Fellows in the College of Letters & Science at UC Davis. The program, instituted by former Dean Elizabeth Spiller, aims to support emerging junior faculty who have a potential for extraordinary research impact in the coming years. The award will provide Professor Jones with $7,500 per year for three years. Congratulations!

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Summer Sessions 2020 - Physics Online Offering

Information about the Physics online offerings for Summer Sessions 2020.

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Postdoc Ryan Sanders Named Hubble Fellow

Ryan Sanders, postdoctoral scholar working with Professor Tucker Jones in observational astronomy, was just named a Hubble Fellow.