Department of Physics at UMass Amherst
Upcoming Events
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Mar28
Turning Polymer Insulators into Heat Conductors
Yanfei XuMechanical & Industrial Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst11:30amCondensed Matter Seminar -
Mar28
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Mar28
Physicist in Industry seminar: Tom Shneer
Tom ShneerSeromYx Systems5:00pmPhysics in Industry Seminar -
Apr2
Towards the determination of the absolute neutrino mass scale with Project 8
Juliana StachurskaMIT2:30pmACFI Seminar
Department News
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Muldrow Etheredge awarded KITP Graduate Fellowship
Physics graduate student Muldrow Etheredge was awarded a competitive KITP Graduate Fellowship to visit KITP and participate in ongoing workshops. Muldrow's PhD research is supervised by Prof. Ben Heidenreich. Congratulations, Muldrow! -
Varghese Mathai wins NSF CAREER award
Physics assistant professor Varghese Mathai was awarded a prestigious NSF CAREER award. Congratulations, Varghese! -
Dante Lamenza Naylor awarded UMass Rising Researcher prize
Physics senior Dante Lamenza Naylor has been recognized with the UMass Rising Researcher prize awarded to a select group of undergraduate students across campus who excel in research. Congratulations, Dante! -
Welcome to new faculty colleague Andrea Thamm!
Dr. Andrea Thamm joins our faculty as an Assistant Professor this fall. Andrea is a high energy theorist with a focus on phenomena in collider physics and in astrophysical experiments that challenge the Standard Model. Welcome to UMass! -
Welcome to new faculty colleague Michael Baker!
Dr. Michael Baker joins our faculty as an Assistant Professor this fall. Michael is a high energy theorist with an interest in puzzles arising from the phenomenology
of dark matter, early universe cosmology, and collider physics. Welcome to UMass! -
Congratulations to Scott and Tigran!
Scott Hertel and Tigran Sedrakyan were awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor.
Physics Spotlight
Congratulations to Physics Grad Student Utkarsh Agrawal on his Defense and KITP, Santa Barbara Postdoctoral Fellowship!
This spotlight highlights one of our recent Physics graduate students, Ph.D. recipient Utkarsh Agrawal. He was chosen to not only introduce him to the larger physics community, but also to showcase his achievement on becoming a KITP, Santa Barbara postdoctoral fellowship recruit. Congratulations Utkarsh on your recent defense here at UMass and on your new position!
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