UMBC home brewed space technology was launched to the International Space Station on November 2, 2019 as the payload for the HARP CubeSat Satellite. The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP)...

Dr. Todd Pittman, UMBC Professor of Physics, was recently honored as a 2020 Fellow Member of The Optical Society (OSA). Founded in 1916, OSA is the leading professional association in optics and...

Dr. Anthony M. Johnson was selected by IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) as a Life Fellow. This special honor is reserved for individuals who have truly distinguished...

PHYS 612: Quantum Information Physics This course gives an introduction to the fundamental concepts of quantum information processing with an emphasis on the physics of its implementation. The...

“Strong coupling of emitters to single plasmonic nanoparticles: exciton-induced transparency and Rabi splitting .” UMBC Physics professor Matthew Pelton, UMBC Physics graduate student Haixu...

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Department of Physics, Atmospheric Physics Program (ATPH), invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position with a research...

Recently, both the Department of Energy (DoE) and NASA awarded Dr. Zhibo Zhang and his ACROS group, significant grants to pursue projects in atmospheric science. Please see the UMBC news...

Atmospheric physics graduate student Qianqian Song has just received the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) Fellowship⁠—one of just 59 such fellowships...

New article published in Science Advances “Tip-enhanced strong coupling spectroscopy and control of a single quantum emitter.” UMBC Physics professors Matthew Pelton and Theodosia Gougousi,...

Prof. Deffner in collaboration with Dr. Campbell from the Trinity College Dublin, Ireland publish the first introductory, graduate level textbook on Quantum Thermodynamics. The book focuses on the...