Sept 3, 2007 Dr. Nordlund presents to the European Society for Photobiology, Bath, UK

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

• Oct, 2007: Asked to write Biophysics textbook by Taylor & Francis Books, Inc.; proposal submitted, "Quantitative Understanding of Biosystems: An Introduction to Biomolecules, Bionanostructures, and Light" (under review).
• Oct 18, 2007: Manuscript accepted, "Fluorescence dynamics of three UV-B sunscreens", Rajagopal Krishnan & Thomas M. Nordlund, Journal of Fluorescence, DOI 10.1007/s10895-007-0264-3
• Upcoming:
  • Nov 1, 2007: Seminar, St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge, UK: "Modern Physics: does "God" fit in here somewhere?"
  • Nov, 2007:  Teach classes to 18 Samford University Students in London: "Modern Physics" and "UV Light and Sunscreens"

Aug 15, 2007, the Department of Physics appoints David Hilton as assistant professor.

Dr. Hilton received his Ph. D from Cornell University in Applied Physics in 2002. He then had post-doctoral position at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnology at Los Alamos National Lab.  Subsequently, he was a post doctoral researcher at the Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory and the Department of Electrical Engineering at Rice University.  His research focuses on ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy of correlated electron systems, semiconductors, ferromagnetic semiconductors, and carbon-based semiconductors (carbon nanotubes, graphene).  In addition, he plans on expanding his research to include imaging using infrared and terahertz sources.

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 Fellowship.  This fellowship is awarded to tomorrow’s most promising science scholars aspiring to obtain a doctoral degree in the physical sciences.

Green, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, is currently a doctoral graduate student in the Department of Physics at UAB with an emphasis in Optics & Lasers.  Under the advisement of UAB Professor Sergey Mirov, Ph.D. (http://www.phy.uab.edu/~mirov), she is engaged in research to develop and improve a non-invasive nano-enabled method for a laser-based cancer treatment. 

Green, a poet and spoken-word artist, has earned a B.S. degree from Alabama A&M University in Physics where she once reigned as Miss AAMU.  She plans to pursue a career in medical physics.  However, her ultimate career goals are to become a university president and an administrator of an international organization.