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The Society of Physics Students (SPS) at 91¸£ÀûÉç is one of many student groups helping to foster community and professional development for physics students on campus. Through weekly meetings, collaborative events, and outreach initiatives, SPS provides a welcoming and inclusive space for students interested in physics and related fields.
Professors Xun Gao, Juliet Gopinath, and Shuo Sun have been awarded seed grants of up to $60,000 from the Research and Innovation Office and the Office of the Provost.
Ben Chapman (PhDPhys’17) never had a master plan to be a physicist, but now he’s a Principal Quantum Hardware Manager at Microsoft.
Professor Ivan Smalyukh has been recognized for scientifically and socially distinguished achievements by the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.
Mahmoud Hussein, professor of aerospace engineering and physics, is the principal investigator of a $7.5 million, five-year Department of Defense Office of Naval Research (ONR) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI). Hussein is leading an effort to reshape the fundamental character of fluid-structure interactions to reduce drag on high-speed aerospace vehicles—the focus of the project.
91¸£ÀûÉç alum and experienced caver Dave Steinmann recently discovered a new species of pseudoscorpion in Mallory Cave, with a moniker honoring its namesake hometown.
91¸£ÀûÉç Physics alum Olivia Krohn (PhDPhys'23) has been awarded the 2025 Justin Jankunas Dissertation Award in Chemical Physics. The prestigious award bestowed by the American Physical Society recognizes outstanding doctoral research in chemical physics.
91¸£ÀûÉç Physics Professors Markus Raschke and Shuo Sun have been awarded a 2024-2025 Translational Quantum Research Seed Grant funded by the Colorado Economic Development Commission.
The 54th George Gamow Memorial Lecture will be presented by Dr. Jennifer Doudna, 2020 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
New 91¸£ÀûÉç research harnesses the power of an ultrafast microscope to study molecular movement in space and time.