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April 18th, 2008, UAB Expo - Congratulations to UAB Physics undergraduate students for strong participation.  Read more

December 9, 2007 Einstein Lectures – “The Beginning and Ending of the Universe” and “Finding our Origins with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes”  Jonathan P Gardner, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.  For more information, see UAB eReporter article.

September, 2007 While Dr. Tom Nordlund is on sabbatical fall semester in residence at the Daniel House, London, UK,  he made a presentation to European Society for Photobiology, Bath, UK: Florescence dynamics of UV-B sunscreens.  Read more

September, 2007, Research Nuggets for:

August, 2007 The Department of Physics appoints David Hilton as assistant professor.  Read more.

June, 2007 Hadiyah-Nicole Green wins the NPSC Fellowship The National Physical Science Consortium and the National Security Agency have awarded Hadiyah-Nicole Green the National Physical Science Consortium Graduate FellowshipRead more.

May 22, 2007 NSF Biophotonics Program recognized Notable Accomplishment of Sergey B. Mirov for Development of Infrared 'Optical Nose'. The outcome of this development project will be offered as a "technology opportunity" for U.S. laser and photonics companies, in order to maximize the societal impact of the project. For more information, contact Sergey Mirov or the UAB Research Foundation.

March 21, 2007 Dr. Renato Camata has been selected to be the 2007 recipient of the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Read more.

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The Department of Physics is located within the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. It offers courses in astronomy, physical science, and physics for non-majors; several undergraduate program options, including honors physics program, biophysics track, and a physics education track for physics majors planning an interdisciplinary career; and graduate programs. The Graduate Program in Physics offers training in the basic and applied skills necessary for interdisciplinary research in academia, national laboratories, and industry. The Department of Physics has 18 full-time and 8 adjunct/emeritus faculty, and research expenditures of $2.2 million in astrophysics, biophysics, condensed matter, materials physics,  nanophysics, optics, lasers, spectroscopy, and physics education. Opportunities exist for interaction with major government laboratories including NASA AMES Research Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, and Marshall Space Flight Center; the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Lab; the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) at Brookhaven National Lab; the Lawrence Livermore National Lab; the Naval Research Lab; Oak Ridge National Lab; and the Air Force Research Lab.


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