James Peebles, the 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physics, will be delivering the first “Robert E. Pollock Distinguished Lecture” in Myers Hall 130 at 7:30 PM on April 5th. The title of his talk will be “Our Universe is Evolving”. Prof. Peebles will also be giving a Physics Colloquium on April 6th entitled “The Sociology and Practice of Physical Science” at 4:00 PM in Swain W. 119.
This year, for the first time in recent memory, two of our graduate students received prestigious dissertation year fellowships from the College. These fellowships are designed to provide support to students that will allow them to devote all of their time to research and writing (without, for instance, serving as an AI).
Jammel Brooks Wins Second Place in IUB Three Minute Thesis Competition.
Caryn Palatchi to join the IUB physics department as a tenure-track assistant professor in fall 2022.
1986 IU physics PhD Chang Kee Jung has won the 2022 Julius Edgar Lilienfield Prize from the American Physical Society. His citation reads :”For outstanding contributions and leadership in experimental neutrino physics, and for outstanding teaching and outreach, especially on the physics of sports."
Congratulations to Rebecca Barsotti, one of 65 graduate students nationwide to receive a fellowship through the Department of Energy's Office of Science Graduate Student Research Fellowship Program.
An international team of physicists led by researchers at Indiana University has announced the world's most precise measurement of the neutron's lifetime.
Former IUB physics graduate student, Andrew Jackura (PhD 2019, Prof. Szczepaniak , advisor) currently a postdoctoral researcher at Old Dominion University, received the 2021 Jefferson Science Associates (JSA) Postdoctoral Prize for his research.
Indiana University is collaborating on a new National Science Foundation project to study one of the mysteries of the universe and better understand the nature of matter.
Recent work by researchers in the Richerme lab at Indiana University demonstrates a new platform for quantum simulation-- two-dimensional (2D) ion crystals in a radio-frequency (rf) trap.
The Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) and Indiana University successfully organized and co-hosted by Zoom the first distance version of the National Nuclear Physics Summer School.
The Physics Department at Indiana University invites applications from qualified individuals for a Visiting Lecturer position, starting in fall 2021.
IU professor, Radovan Dermisek, and IU Physics students show that muon g-2 measurements can be explained by a much heavier new lepton in a recent publication.
Current graduate student Marvin Jones's work at NASA was recently highlighted on their website as a recruiting tool for their intern programs.
Theoretical physicists at Indiana University and Illinois State University may have found a new way stars can explode—with snowflakes.
An article by Aaron Dubrow published on the website of the Texas Advanced Computing Center focuses on the research done there by IU distinguished Professor Emeritus Steven Gottlieb and his collaborators.
IUB physics graduate student Krystyna Lopez has won a GEM fellowship from the National GEM Consortium.
IU Physics research garners recognition in Physical Review Letters.
Late in 2020, the department created the Homer Neal Diversity Student Support Fund in acknowledgement of our department’s past and in support of our future. Our vision for this fund is to provide students from groups that have traditionally been underrepresented in Physics with fellowship support to reduce the cost of attending IU and/or facilitate the development of their Physics Identity by covering the expenses of attending conferences. Read more to learn how you can contribute.
Senior Research Scientist Daria Zieminska retired at the end of December 2020 after 38 years in the Physics Department
We are excited to announce a new collaboration among Big Ten neuroscientists. Neuroscience, the scientific study of the nervous system, is one of the fastest growing research fields. The scope of scientific activities involved in neuroscience has evolved over time from its roots in anatomy and psychology to include a wide range of efforts in developmental and molecular biology, mathematical modeling and physics.
An outreach project devleoped by a subset of Fall 2020 physics students continue working on building a full VR app.
A long-time colleague and dear friend loses battle against COVID-19.
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