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Assistant professor Geoffrey M. Diederich has been awarded the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from ORAU. Professor Diederich was one of just 36 recipients of the award from 164...

Dr. Gonzales is the recipient of the 2025 Excellence in Leadership and Engagement Award from the UMBC Latinx and Hispanic Faculty Association.

(Left to right: Dr. Zhai, Dr. Pittman, Carson Evans, Maurice Roots, Dr. Gougousi & Dr. Demoz) (Left to right: Dr. Demoz, Mathew Varghese, Amanda Vieira dos Santos, Joshua Richards, Devjyoti...

We are excited to announce the newly elected members of the Physics Graduate Student Association (PGSA) Council for the 2025–2026 academic year: Joshua Richards (ATPH) Roshan Mishra...

Erik is a recipient of the 2025 Staff Award for Superior Service for the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. The Staff Award for Superior Service recognizes excellence, dedication,...

Dr. Goolsby-Cole is the recipient of the 2025 Carl S. Weber Award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching. The Carl S. Weber Excellence in Teaching Award honors a CNMS faculty member at UMBC with...

On March 11, 2025, undergraduate and graduate physics students had the incredible opportunity to engage in a thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Strickland. This event allowed students to gain...

Dr. Adi Foord was recently selected as a Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) Scialog: Early Science with LSST Fellow and awarded a grant to study year-1 data from the Vera Rubin...

Optica Names James Franson the 2025 Leonard Mandel Quantum Optics Award Recipient. The Leonard Mandel Quantum Optics Award recognizes distinguished contributions to the foundations of...

UMBC recently launched the Quantum Science Institute (QSI) -- an interdisciplinary research and teaching facility composed of faculty and students from 4 academic departments at UMBC (Physics,...