2023 News
Rutgers SPS Chapter Wins National Recognition as 2022-23 Outstanding Chapter by the SPS National Office
Dec 20, 2023
The Rutgers chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) has won an Outstanding Chapter Award from the SPS National Office. This is the 5th time in the last decade that the chapter has been recognized for its excellence as a top-tier student-led physical sciences organization, a designation given to fewer than 10 percent of all SPS chapters at colleges and universities in the United States and internationally.
The Society of Physics Students (SPS) is a professional association designed for students and membership is open to anyone interested in physics and related fields. SPS operates within the American Institute of Physics (AIP), an umbrella organization for professional physical science societies.
- Profile(s): Mastbaum, Andrew, Pixley, Jedediah H.
Professor Ron Ransome involved in a surprising neutrino scattering measurement that has been named one of the "top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year for 2023" by PhysicsWorld.
Dec 11, 2023
The measurement was performed by Fermilab's MINERvA experiment, of which Ron is a founding member. The new study discovered that neutrino scattering could be used as a robust probe of the internal structure of the proton.
Electron scattering has been used since the 1950's for this purpose, determining the proton size and the charge distribution of its constituent quarks.
As PhysicsWorld writes "If this [neutrino] scattering can be measured, it would not only complement electron scattering experiments in probing proton structures; it may also provide important new insights into how neutrinos and protons interact."
Congratulations to Ron and the MINERvA team for this important new result!
- Profile(s): Ransome, Ronald D.
24th Rutgers Faraday Children's Lecture Dec 9 & 10, 2023
Dec 4, 2023
Saturday and Sunday this weekend (Dec 9 and 10), Prof Mark Croft and Physics support specialist Dave Maiullo will stage the 24th Rutgers Faraday Children's Holiday Lecture in the Physics Lecture Hall on Busch Campus.
- Profile(s): Croft, Mark, Maiullo, David
Rutgers HEX postdoc Olena Karacheban wins 2023 CMS Young Researcher prize!!
Sept 18, 2023
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) collaboration has awarded the 2023 CMS Young Researcher prize to Rutgers HEX postdoc Olena Karacheban!!
Daniel Kaplan has won the prestigious Zuckerman Fellowship
July 11, 2023
Incoming CMT group postdoc Daniel Kaplan has won the prestigious Zuckerman Fellowship. He will be a Zuckerman Israeli Postdoctoral Scholar at the Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the academic year, 2023-2024.
Sanghyuk Lee, John Paul Chou, Sevil Salur, Eric Gawiser and Saurabh Jha promoted
June 23, 2023
At its meetings on April 20 and June 23, 2023, the Rutgers Board of Governors approved the following promotions of our colleagues
- Profile(s): Chou, John Paul, Gawiser, Eric, Jha, Saurabh W., Lee, Sang-Hyuk, Salur, Sevil
Andrew Baker Receives Fellowship with the Harvard Radcliffe Institute
(May 11, 2023)
Andrew Baker, a professor of physics and astronomy, has been selected as a 2023-2024 fellow of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, one of the world's leading centers for interdisciplinary research and exploration.
- Profile(s): Baker, Andrew J.
Tom Banks elected to the National Academy of Sciences
(May 2, 2023)
Tom Banks, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and NHETC member has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences!
Dorothy Doughty Receives 2023 LLNL-AIP Leadership Scholarship
(May 1, 2023)
Dorothy Doughty, a Rutgers Undergraduate Class of 2024 major, was selected to receive the 2023 Lawrence Livermore National Lab - AIP Leadership Scholarship by the Society of Physics Students (SPS). Dorothy is the president of our SPS chapter and has worked with Jak Chakhalian to explore Quantum Materials, at the Rowan University Summer Undergraduate Research Program investigating X-radiation exposure on thin metallic films, and during a SULI at the Princeton Plasma Physic Lab on plasma decomposution of plastics. Congratulations, Dorothy!
Here is a link with more information:
https://www.spsnational.org/scholarships/llnl-aip-leadership-scholarship/2023/dorothy-doughty
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Chaz Ruggeri wins Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovations
Apr 3, 2023
Congratulations to Prof. Charles (Chaz) Ruggieri on his recently announced Chancellor-Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovations for 2022-2023.
- Profile(s): Ruggieri, Charles M.
Two 2023 Goldwater Scholarship winners in the physics and astronomy department
April 2, 2023
We are pleased to announce that for the 14th year in a row (and in 16 of the last 18 years) a Physics & Astronomy major has been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.
Two graduate students and one undergraduate win NSF Graduate Fellowships
March 29, 2023
Current graduate students Lita de la Cruz and Nicole Firestone as well as graduating senior Eesh Gupta have received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. Lita and Nicole won for projects in Astronomy and Astrophysics, while Eesh's is for Quantum Information Science. Congratulations to all!
Rutgers physicists provide theoretical insights on experiment involving a “strange metal” that could be foundational to next-generation quantum technologies
- Profile(s): Chandra, Premala, Coleman, Piers
Congratulations to Kristy McQuinn our new 2023 Cottrell Scholar!
Feb 9, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Kristin (Kristy) McQuinn has been selected as a 2023 Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement (RCSA). The RCSA is America's first foundation dedicated wholly to science and is over 100 years old.
- Profile(s): McQuinn, Kristen B W
Saurabh Jha elected to AAAS Fellowship
Jan 31, 2023
It gives us great pleasure to announce Prof Saurabh Jha's 2022 election to Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). From the AAAS: "Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues."
- Profile(s): Jha, Saurabh W.
