Physical Sciences

Samarth honored with Adler Lectureship Award from American Physical Society
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Nitin Samarth

The award recognizes his high-quality research contributions to the field of semiconductor spintronics.

Chemistry graduate student receives prestigious defense fellowship
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Wyatt Larrinaga

Doctoral student Wyatt Larrinaga will receive the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowship.

Electrical control of quantum phenomenon could improve future electronic devices
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schematic of QAH insulator switching electron directions

Researchers demonstrate how to electronically alter the direction of electron flow in promising materials for quantum computers.

Harry Allcock named Atherton Professor
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Harry Allcock

The professorship supports the activity Evan Pugh Professors may pursue after their retirement.

Eberly College of Science partners for Space Day celebration at Whitaker Center
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Space Day 2023 graphic with astronaut

Space Day event “Space & Entrepreneurship” at Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts to be held Saturday, Oct. 21

Nitin Samarth named Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics
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Nitin Samarth

The professorship honors Samarth’s research contributions, teaching, and serviece to the department and college.

Suvrath Mahadevan named Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Suvrath Mahadevan kneels by water on boardwalk

The professorship honors Mahadevan’s research contributions, teaching, and service to the department and college.

Penn State chemistry department remembers professors emeriti Lloyd Jackman and John Lowe
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Jackman & Lowe
Chemistry alumna Dayna Patterson named a 2023 Hanna H. Gray Fellow
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Dayna Patterson
Squire Booker Honored with 2023 Percy L. Julian Award
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Booker Percy L. Julian award

Booker was honored by the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE),

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