Texas A&M University and The Association of Former Students have selected 24 outstanding members of the school’s faculty and staff to be honored with 2017-2018 Distinguished Achievement Awards. The university-level Distinguished Achievement Awards were first presented in 1955 and have since been awarded to more than 1,000 professionals who have exhibited the highest standards of […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Alexey Belyanin, professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been elected as a Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) in recognition of his achievements in business leadership, education, research, engineering and service. Belyanin, an internationally respected leader in the multidisciplinary research field of optics of nanostructured materials, […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Nicholas B. Suntzeff, university distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been designated a Regents Professor for 2016-17 by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. Suntzeff, an observational astronomer and a 2017 American Physical Society Fellow, is one of 12 A&M System faculty members who […]
COLLEGE STATION — EDITOR’S NOTE: Last November, Texas A&M University President Michael K. Young announced a new $4 billion comprehensive campaign, Lead by Example, that will cement Texas A&M as a world leader in solving great global challenges. The following story largely is excerpted from the version that originally appeared in the Texas A&M Foundation’s […]
COLLEGE STATION — Six Texas A&M University professors recently have been appointed to endowed chairs and professorships within the College of Science, announced Dr. H. Joseph Newton, dean of the College of Science. Wenshe Liu has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Emile and Marta Schweikert Professorship in Chemistry, established in May 2014 […]
BATAVIA, IL — The CDF collaboration at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) elected David Toback as co-spokesperson on March 17. The Texas A&M University physics professor will join fellow CDF spokesperson Costas Vellidis in leading the experiment. Toback began working with the CDF collaboration in 1991, while he was a […]
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University astronomer Kim-Vy Tran is one of four researchers featured in the Giant Magellan Telescope’s Google+ month-long March series highlighting some of the women working on the Giant Magellan Telescope, from what sparked their interest in science to what inspires them today. A member of the Texas A&M Department of […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. M. Suhail Zubairy, professor of physics and astronomy and inaugural holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics at Texas A&M University, has been appointed as a University Distinguished Professor, effective Sept. 1, 2014. Zubairy, a member of Texas A&M’s world-class Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (IQSE) who is widely […]
UPTON, NY Robert Tribble, a widely respected physicist who has played a key role in charting the future direction of nuclear science in the U.S., has been named Deputy Director for Science & Technology at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, effective February 24, 2014. Tribble is currently a Distinguished Professor of Physics […]
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University physicist Helmut G. Katzgraber’s research takes him to the crossroads of physics, computer science, quantum information theory and statistical mechanics. For more than a decade, he has been pushing the frontiers of computational physics to study hard optimization problems and disordered materials, applying his expertise to problems in the […]
COLLEGE STATION — Nicholas B. Suntzeff, university distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been recognized as one of three faculty recipients of 2013 Bush Excellence Awards for international teaching, international research and public service. Suntzeff, who was honored for his excellence in international research, received the prestigious award along with […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: One of the highlights of yesterday’s (Thursday, Aug. 8) memorial tribute celebrating the life of George P. Mitchell ’40 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands, Texas, was a videotaped eulogy delivered by one of his lifelong heroes and friends, world-renowned Cambridge University theoretical physicist Stephen W. Hawking. The following is […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Marlan O. Scully, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University, has been selected to receive the 2012 Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus Quinn Prize, the highest award of the Optical Society (OSA) recognizing overall distinction in optics. Scully, a world-renowned […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Alexander M. Finkelstein, professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been elected as a 2012 recipient of the prestigious Humboldt Research Award by Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in honor of his lifetime achievements in research. Each year the Humboldt Foundation invites a select number of internationally renowned […]
COLLEGE STATION — In mid-December at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) and ATLAS (A Toroidal Lhc ApparatuS) experiments delivered a joint status update regarding their ongoing search for the Higgs boson, a hypothetical particle that is believed to give mass to all matter in the […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. George R. Welch has been appointed as head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University, effective November 1, announced H. Joseph Newton, dean of the College of Science. Welch, a widely respected experimental expert in the fields of quantum optics and atomic physics and a 19-year veteran […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Alexei V. Sokolov, professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been selected as the recipient of the 2011 JoAnn Treat Research Excellence Award by the Texas A&M Research Foundation Board of Trustees. Named in honor of JoAnn Treat, who served 19 years as president of the Research Foundation […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dr. Dan Melconian, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been recognized with a 2011 United States Department of Energy Early Career Research Award for his achievements and future potential in nuclear physics research. Melconian, a member of Texas A&M’s world-renowned Cyclotron Institute whose research focuses on the […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Marlan O. Scully, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University, has been selected to receive the 2011 Herbert Walther Award honoring his pioneering research and leadership. The award, jointly bestowed by the Optical Society (OSA) and the Deutsche […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. David Toback, professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, is one of two campus-wide recipients of the 2011 Honors Teacher/Scholar Award, presented by Texas A&M Honors and Undergraduate Research. Toback, who previously was honored for teaching excellence in 2008 by being named to a three-year appointment as the Thaman […]
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