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The Department of Physics welcomed its largest incoming class of graduate students ever on Monday, August 21. The students participated in a full day of orientation activities, including an...

Contradicting long-standing theories, a recent study by Associate Professor Eileen Meyer and colleagues has found that x-ray emissions from black hole jets vary over short periods, and occur...

Event: 2023 AVS Mid-Atlantic Chapter Meeting at NIST, Thursday, May 25, 2023 Award: First Place in Poster Presentation Poster Title: Overcoming Obstacles to Finding the Dielectric Functions...

Ph.D. in Physics: Cory Nunn Mentor: Dr. Todd Pittman "Quantum State Engineering with Zero-Photon Subtraction" Akram Touil Mentor: Dr. Sebastian Deffner "From Black Holes to Quantum...

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Henrique Barbosa has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 LHFA Excellence in Research and Creative Achievement Award. This award recognizes exceptional...

Dr. Zhibo Zhang has received the CNMS Mid-Career Faculty Excellence Award for 2023. This CNMS College-level award recognizes excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service/leadership by a...

PhD student Cory Nunn has recently been awarded a Post Doctoral Fellowship through the highly competitive National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateships Program (RAP) . Cory is currently...

Professor Matthew Pelton of the UMBC Physics Department was recently named 2023 Presidential Research Professor - one of the highest awards given at UMBC. Professor Pelton is an experimental...

Physics graduate students, faculty, and staff enjoyed the weather and walked around Hilltop Circle during lunchtime on February 24, 2023.

Seven current and former UMBC Physics faculty members are included among the top 2% of world scientists based on career citations. The detailed data and methodology can be found here:...