Cryogenic probe station recently awarded to the Slinker Lab from the Office of Naval Research. Photo credit: Ashan Wettasinghe.The Department of Physics is now located in the newly open Sciences Building.Congratulations to Fan Zhang, PhD, assistant professor of physics, on his NSF CAREER Award.Quantum systems researcher Michael Kolodrubetz, assistant professor of physics, earns NSF CAREER Award and Welch Grant.Assistant professor of biological sciences Dr. Nicole De Nisco was awarded a Welch Foundation grant to investigate how the microorganisms native to the urinary tract prevent infections.Dr. Fan Zhang, assistant professor of physics, and doctoral student Qiyue Wang collaborated with Dr. Fengnian Xia’s group at Yale to study twisted bilayer graphene conductivity changes in response to mid-infrared light. Their research was published in Nature Photonics.Dr. A. Dean Sherry, Cecil H. and Ida Green Distinguished Chair in Systems Biology, recently received an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Debrecen in Hungary.NIH Grant Enables Dr. Sheena D'Arcy To Unwrap DNA MysteriesDr. Morocos recently received two federal grants totaling $2.7 million to support research aimed at better understanding — and perhaps exploiting — the role of protein evolution and interactions in human health and disease.Researchers Brighten Path for Creating New Type of MRI Contrast Agent

 

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