The Michael and Ester Vaida Endowed Chair in Cosmology and Astrophysics has been awarded to Professor Lloyd Knox for a period of five years. There are 21 endowed chairs across the College of Letters and Science. This is the first one in Physics and Astronomy.
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) lab, which our department members have been involved with since 2006, has now been fully excavated at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.
Professor Crutchfield and colleagues have developed the "hydroambiphone," a device for 3D recordings of whale songs. They claim "this is a new tool for marine biology that promises to greatly expand the human appreciation of the three-dimensional acoustic world of marine animals.” For more, see this Discover Magazine article, "First 3D Recordings of Whale Songs Reveal Fascinating New Behaviors."
The NSF's Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity. It offers the NSF's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.
Professor Tucker Jones has been selected as a 2023-2024 Chancellor's Fellow. He will receive an award of $25,000 for use in his research, teaching, and service activities and hold the title for five years. The program was established in 2000 to honor the achievements of outstanding faculty members early in their careers.
Professor Andreas Albrecht was selected as a recipient of the Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award. This award recognizes faculty providing outstanding service in advising and mentoring at the program level.
Professor David Wittman was selected as a recipient of the 2023 Chancellor's Fellowship for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This fellowship recognizes exceptional contributions in supporting, tutoring, mentoring, and advising underrepresented students and/or students from underserved communities and comes with a $5,000 award.
Metals come in various flavors: heavy-fermions metals, half-metals, semimetals, strange metals, and others. There are also distinctions within each family.
