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Editor’s Note: The College of Arts & Sciences launches the Notable Alumni Awards, honoring 37 Notable Alumni in 2017 for broad accomplishments in their careers, a commitment to community service at Ohio University, and valuable contributions to Ohio University, the College of Arts & Sciences, and its students. Costel Constantin […]

“Stars are giant thermonuclear plasma furnaces that slowly fuse the lighter elements in the universe into heavier elements, releasing energy, and generating the pressure required to prevent collapse. To understand stars, we must rely on nuclear reaction rate data obtained, up to now, under conditions very different from those of […]

By Angela Woodward From Compass A world of opportunity awaits students who graduate from Ohio University’s Physics & Astronomy Department and who engaged in research efforts while at OHIO. “Our graduates have gone on to do really neat things in academia, scientific facilities and industry,” said Dr. Carl Brune, Professor […]

The Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute announces Andrada-Oana Mandru as the recipient of the 2016 NQPI Outstanding Dissertation Award. This honor recognizes her quality research, presentations, multiple publications and numerous awards. Mandru received a Ph.D. in Physics & Astronomy in 2016. Her dissertation was titled “Ferromagnetic Thin and Ultra-Thin Film […]

Physics & Astronomy alumni news from 2015-16. 2000 – 09 David Principe, B.S. 2009, completed his Ph.D. at Rochester Institute of Technology in 2014 and is currently a Fondecyt Postdoctoral Fellow at Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago, Chile. He will be transitioning to a postoc at MIT in 2016. Daniel […]

Physics & Astronomy alumni news from 2015-16. 1990 – 1999 Derek W. Beck, HTC Physics 1999, remains an active U.S. Air Force Reservist, and has been selected for a promotion to lieutenant colonel. He should actually promote midsummer 2017. While Derek spends much of the year on active duty with […]

Physics & Astronomy announces the following 2015-16 graduate degrees awarded. Master’s Degrees Pooja Chopra (M.S.) Saroj Dhakal (M.S.) Sushila Khadka (M.S.) Riffat Munir (M.S.) Yuanzhi Wang (M.S.) Leo Zella (M.S.) Doctoral Degrees Rami Amro, Ph.D. Adviser: Dr. Alexander Neiman Dissertation: ‘Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamics and Signal Amplifications in Sensory Hair Cells’ […]