Physics & Astronomy Alumni News
Recent Alumni News:
Notable Ph.D. Alumnus Reflects on His OHIO Experience
By Kate Nichols NQPI Editorial Intern Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute 2020 Spring Newsletter Theoretical physicist and Ohio University alumnus Andreas Weichselbaum (Ph.D. 2004) returned to OHIO to deliver an NQPI colloquium on numerical techniques based on tensor network states. During his visit, the College of Arts & Sciences presented […]
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Read MoreNQPI Director’s Message | Spring 2020
By Dr. Eric Stinaff Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute 2020 Spring Newsletter Dear Colleagues: We hope this newsletter finds you safe and healthy. With the global spread of COVID-19, these past months have certainly been a challenging time. As our daily routines have been upended and our personal and professional […]
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Read MorePhysics & Astronomy Alumni Chronicles, 2000-2020
2000-2010 Bassem Sabra (Ph.D. 2000, Shields) writes: “I am still at Notre Dame University – Louaize in Lebanon. I was promoted in September of last year (2018) to full professor. I recently completed a 10-week continuing education on space systems engineering. I will be taking part in building the Lebanese […]
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Read MorePhysics & Astronomy Alumni Chronicles, Pre-2000
Derek Beck (HTC Physics 1999) is now a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He is presently on long-term active duty status at the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania. Marty Kordesch visited with Derek in Carlisle, PA, recently. Robert Borger (Physics 1968) After receiving his bachelor’s degree […]
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Read MoreChair’s Message | Recognizing Faculty, Refurbishing Edwards Accelerator, Clippinger Labs
July 2020 Alumni e-newsletter I first want to congratulate Martin Kordesch, the editor of this newsletter, for receiving the College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Outstanding Teacher Award. Many of you may remember his music and physics, and we look forward each time to his standing wave flame demonstration at […]
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Read MoreAlumni News | Kumar Named General Manager at Transition Networks
Ohio University alumna Anita Kumar was promoted to General Manager of Transition Networks, says a news release by Communications Systems, Inc. Kumar earned an M.S. in Physics and a Ph.D. in Physics in 1994 from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO. She started at has been with […]
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Read MoreChair’s Message | Welcoming Alumna from Malaysia, Celebrating Open House
January 2020 Alumni e-newsletter Greetings to friends and alumni of the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Fall was a busy term. In October one of our alums, Professor Zainuriah Hassan (Ph.D. 1998, Marty Kordesch), came all the way from Malaysia to receive the College of Arts & Sciences Notable Alumni […]
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Read MorePhysicists Identify Ways to Unmask Elusive Quarks within Neutron Stars
What form of matter resides in the cores of neutron stars? A team of astrophysicists from Ohio University and Kent State University has published the latest in a series of articles about neutron star interiors, “Treating quarks within neutron stars,” in Physical Review D, a journal of the American Physical […]
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Read MoreOHIO Today Honors Harold Brown, One of the Last Living Tuskegee Airmen
Ohio Today honors Lt. Col. Harold Brown, an Ohio University alumnus who flew a P-51 Mustang fighter in World War II, spent time in a German POW camp, then returned home to begin a career that would eventually find him retiring as vice president of academic affairs at Columbus State […]
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Read MoreNotable Alumni | Andreas Weichselbaum Models Quasiparticles That Could Be Future of Quantum Computing
Editor’s Note: The College of Arts & Sciences Notable Alumni Awards honor alumni for broad career accomplishments, commitment to community service, and valuable contributions to Ohio University and the College of Arts & Sciences. Andreas Weichselbaum ’04 Ph.D. Physics Dr. Andreas Weichselbaum is working on tiny correlated puzzles in material […]
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