Physics
Physics professor receives a DOE topical collaboration grant to study heavy-quark physics
Dr. Michael Strickland's group will participate in a new Topical Theory Collaboration funded by DOE’s Office of Nuclear Physics to explore the behavior of heavy flavor particles. The collaboration will receive $2.5 Million from the DOE Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, over five years. That funding will provide partial support for six graduate students and three postdoctoral fellows at 10 institutions, as well as a senior staff position at one of the national laboratories. It will also establish a bridge junior faculty position at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.
Professors from Physics and Chemistry receive an NIH grant to study genetic transcription regulation
Using single molecule and ensemble level methods, the Balci and Basu Labs will perform in vitro and in cellulo experiments to establish the capabilities and limitations of nuclease-dead mutant of Cas9 (dCas9) to target G-quadruplex forming sequences in the promoter regions and regulate transcription.
91³Ô¹ÏÍø receives an NSF grant for quantum computing training
Co-PIs Dr. Michael Strickland (Professor and Chair, Physics), Dr. Qiang Guan (Assistant Professor, Computer Science), and Dr. Barry Dunietz (Associate Professor, Chemistry) have received a $500k grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a quantum computing (QC) training program at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.
STUDENT INSIGHT OF THE THESIS PROCESS: STARTING UP
An opportunity that the Honors College at Kent State offers students is to create and present a thesis project. During the last year and a half of their undergraduate career, all Honors and non-Honors students have the opportunity to create a thesis/project from the ground up. With the assistan…Six 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Physics professors are in the top 2% scientists in the world
According to a recent analysis from Stanford University, six members of the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Physics Faculty are among the top 2% most cited scientists in the world. Congratulations to the following faculty (alphabetical order by last name): Dr. Antal Jakli Dr. Oleg Lavrentovich Dr…
Third Generation Honors College Student Earns Full Ride to Georgia Institute of Technology For Graduate Program
Jacob Grant, 91³Ô¹ÏÍø student, is a senior aerospace engineering major with a minor in physics. Grant graduated from Edison High School in Milan, OH in 2017. After a late medical disqualification from the Air Force Academy, he chose to attend 91³Ô¹ÏÍø. Grant is a third generation 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Honors College student. His grandmother studied Spanish at Kent State and his mother studied education. Both were members of the Honors College.
Robin Selinger Elected to APS Board of Directors
On Nov. 15, Physics Professor Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø was elected to the American Physical Society (APS) Board of Directors. Her three-year term begins on Jan. 1, 2020. The Am…Robin Selinger Elected to APS Board of Directors
On Nov. 15, Physics Professor Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø was elected to the American Physical Society (APS) Board of Directors. Her three-year term begins on Jan. 1, 2020. The Am…
Invitation to Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Is ‘Icing on the Cake’ for Doctoral Student
As if graduating with your Ph.D., starting a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellowship, getting married in Nepal and organizing an international research seminar wasn’t already a full plate for 91³Ô¹ÏÍø doctoral student Greta Babakhanova, how about a little dessert?
