Nathan Myers, a 3rd year graduate student working in the Quantum Thermodynamics Group under Prof. Sebastian Deffner, was selected for the Best Poster Prize at the 2020 Quantum Thermodynamics for...

“Unusual Pressure‐Driven Phase Transformation and Band Renormalization in 2D vdW Hybrid Lead Halide Perovskites” Han Li, Ying Qin, Bohan Shan, Yuxia Shen, Fatih Ersan, Emmanuel Soignard, Can...

Jianyu (“Kevin”) Zheng, a 2nd year graduate student was selected for the Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The OSPA is a very prestigious...

Dr. Matthew Pelton (Physics) and Dr. Marie-Christine Daniel (Chemistry) are working to develop a unique combination of existing chemical structures to enable photon-driven computer functionality...

New article published in ACS Photonics “Engineering of Large Third-Order Nonlinearities in Atomic Layer Deposition Grown Nitrogen-Enriched TiO2.” As a result of a research collaboration...

Congratulations to our grad students who have advanced into PhD Candidacy over the past year: • Jon Gustafson, "Carrier Dynamics in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides via Time-Resolved Terahertz...

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...