Garg brings the science of stars to Europe
Physics professor Umesh Garg traveled to give 10 talks on his research during the Fall 2018 semester, and even managed to fit an experiment in Japan.
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Bardayan re-elected to FRIB User Organization Executive Committee
Prof. Dan Bardayan, Department of Physics, has been re-elected to the User Organization Executive Committee for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University. The goals of the Users’ Organization are to work towards the realization and timely construction of FRIB…
Aprahamian to serve as a member of the U.S. Liaison Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and their Policy and Global Affairs group, has invited Freimann Professor Ani Aprahamian to serve as a member of the U.S. Liaison Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP).
Aprahamian joins Discovery Science Technical Review Committee at NIF
Freimann Professor Ani Aprahamian has been asked to join the Discovery Science Technical Review Committee of the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
The National Ignition Facility (NIF…
Ahn co-organizes Nuclear Physics for the Next Generation conference in London
The first conference on Nuclear Physics for the Next Generation (NPNG 2018) was held at the Notre Dame International Gateway in London, U.K. from September 25-27. Thirty-nine early-career nuclear physicists participated in this invitation-only meeting to envision the future of nuclear physics, form new collaborations, and support each other at the early-career stage. The meeting also facilitated closer connection between the North American and European nuclear physics communities, and the London International Gateway was an ideal location for the meeting.…
Aprahamian named chair of FRIB Science Advisory Commitee
Freimann Professor Ani Apahamian has been named as the chair of the Science Advisory Committee (SAC) to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University. This committee provides external advice to the laboratory’s director on scientific choices, scientific vision, and matters related to optimizing the scientific discovery potential of FRIB…
Prof. Aprahamian Debunks "Avengers 4" Proton Cannon Rumors
Prof. Ani Aprahamian dubbed "Avengers 4" proton cannon wildly impractical to defeat "Thanos". Click here to read the full article.…
Graduate students receive awards at AWIS Regional Conference
The Association for Women in Science Notre Dame Chapter hosted the 2018 Women in Science Conference on campus October 5-7. Kaitlin Rasmussen, a fourth year graduate student working in Professor Timothy Beers’ research group, and Rebeka Kelmar, a second year graduate student working in Professor Anna Simon…
Aprahamian organizes events in Armenia with the Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory
Freimann Professor of Physics Ani Aprahamian organized and chaired a day of talks on Low Energy Nuclear Science & Applications with the use of cyclotrons in Armenia. This was a part of a week-long international conference on “Correlations in Partonic and Hadronic Interactions” held September 24-28 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Researchers study presence of fluorinated chemicals in firefighter clothing
Various forms of PFASs have been linked to prostate, kidney and testicular cancers, as well as thyroid disease and low birthweight.
Wiescher honored at ND football game as member of the all-faculty team
The director of the Nuclear Science Laboratory and Freimann Professor of Physics Michael Wiescher was honored at the September 15 Notre Dame football game as a member of the 2018 All-Faculty Team.
Reingold spends summer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Craig Reingold, fourth-year graduate student in the Nuclear Science Laboratory working with the group of Prof. Anna Simon, spent ten weeks in summer 2018 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He joined the Academic Cooperation Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory which hosts up to 800 undergraduate and graduate students each year. The program is designed to encourage external collaborations with LLNL…
Gomez receives Nuclear Forensics Summer Internship at LLNL
Orlando Gomez, a third-year graduate student working in the Nuclear Science Laboratory with Prof. Anna Simon, received the Glenn T. Seaborg Institute at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory “Nuclear Forensics Summer Internship”. The internship provides a stipend and travel cost reimbursement for a graduate student who is then paired with an LLNL…
Wiescher co-organizes "Nuclear Processes in Dense Plasmas"
Professor Michael Wiescher, Freimann Professor of Physics and the Director of the Nuclear Science Laboratory co-organized the workshop “Nuclear Processes in Dense Plasmas” held at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.…
Training the next generation of leaders in low-energy nuclear physics
Scientists at the University of Notre Dame will help train the next generation of leaders and stewardship scientists to ensure the safety and reliability of the country’s nuclear stockpile.
Aprahamian speaks at TRIUMF Science Week
Professor Ani Aprahamian, the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Physics, was invited to TRIUMF Science Week in Vancouver, Canada in July 2018. TRIUMF, the national laboratory of Canada for particle and nuclear physics and accelerator-based science, is celebrating its 50th…
First Notre Dame-China symposium on nuclear physics to foster future collaboration
More than 20 physics scholars gathered in June to discuss current research in exotic nuclear structures during a joint event organized by the nuclear physics groups at the University of Notre Dame and Peking University.
Garg appointed Honorary Guest Professor at Peking University
Professor Umesh Garg has been reappointed as an Honorary Guest Professor in the Physics Department at Peking University through January 2020.
Lamere receives 2018 Research & Dissertation Award
Each year, the department recognizes a PhD student with the Research & Dissertation Award. In 2018, there are two recipients.
Edward Lamere is being recognized for his thesis “Proton induced reactions on molybdenum: Implications for medical 99mTc production”, under the direction of Prof. Manoel Couder…
Garg receives 2018 Faculty Award from the Office of the Provost
The Notre Dame Faculty Award for 2018 has been bestowed upon Umesh Garg, professor of physics.