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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...

Atmospheric Physics Ph.D. candidate Emily Faber is improving climate modeling with Weather Program Office Innovation for Next Generation Scientists (WINGS) Dissertation Fellowship, sponsored by...

Ph.D. in Physics: Rachel Gelfand Mentor: Dr. Matthew Pelton "Spectroscopic Studies of Metals, Fluids, and Molecules on the Nanoscale Using Computational and Experimental Method" David Kanaar...

The following students were recognized at the 2024 CNMS Awards and Recognition Day on Friday, May 10, 2024. Outstanding Graduating Senior with Honors in Physics Cameron Hahn Maxfield Hartley...

Dr. Eileen Meyer has received the CNMS Mid-Career Faculty Excellence Award for 2024. This CNMS College-level award recognizes excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service/leadership by a...

On Monday, April 29, 2024, Physics graduate students, Kamal Aryal, Maurice Roots, Tony La Luna, Adeleke Ademakinwa, Roshan Mishra, along with GES students, Rhonda Plofkin and Erin Hamner,...

Data from the HARP2 instrument is now available. Please see the UMBC news release and the NASA press release for more details. The first images from PACE’s HARP2 polarimeter captured data...

As part of the Curious Kids series on The Conversation, Assistant Professor Adi Foord writes about our ability to see the beginning of time with NASA's recent flagship mission The James Webb Space...

Adeleke Ademakinwa and Hannah Seppala were selected for Best Student Presentation/Poster Awards by the American Meteorology Society at the 104th AMS Annual Meeting. Both Adeleke and Hannah...