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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,...

Ph.D. in Physics: Nimarta Chowdhary “Investigating the Properties of Transition Metal-Based Thin Films” Advisor: Dr. Theodosia Gougousi Maxwell Aifer “Linear Computing and Thermodynamics”...

Physics fans walk around the Hilltop circle in the perfect October sunshine on 10/18/2024. More walks and fun times ahead!   

Join us next week at GRIT X for an enlightening talk by Dr. Pittman! Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights—register now! https://research.umbc.edu/grit-x/

Physics fans enjoy the weather and walk around the hilltop circle during the lunch time on Sept. 20, 2024. More walks and fun times ahead!   

Matthew Pelton, Professor of physics, is a co-investigator and UMBC lead for the Quantum Photonics Integrated Design Center (QuPIDC), one of 10 new Energy Frontier Research Centers funded by the...

The UMBC Department of Physics is excited to welcome three new faculty members this Fall: Benjamin Owen, Geoffrey Diederich, and Fabio Anzà. Together, they bring new strengths to the department in...