Notre Dame Physics & Astronomy

Doctoral student Mohamed El Gazzah has been awarded a highly competitive @doescience Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Fellowship, supporting a year of research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (@ORNL), in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. bit.ly/4qTTCum

Join us for the 5th annual Christmas Lecture with @TAMU’s Dr. Tatiana Erukhimova, whose viral physics demos have amazed audiences worldwide. Expect clouds, levitating trains, flying wheels & “potato physics”—all real science, no magic! 📅 November 19 bit.ly/3IP5YDv

Experience a dynamic flight through space in our newly renovated, state-of-the-art Digital Visualization Theater!⭐️🔭 📅 Friday, 10/17 ⏰ 3:30 pm 📍 100 Jordan Hall of Science bit.ly/48vMn5B

Marc Osherson, @NDPhysics assistant professor, has been honored with a @NSF CAREER Award — one of the most prestigious recognitions for early-career faculty in the United States. science.nd.edu/news-and-media…

Congratulations to the 6 College of Science faculty members recognized as 2025 Faculty Award winners by the Office of the Provost! bit.ly/44EEGbl

Scientists at @NotreDame synthesized a material that exhibits a rare and promising form of magnetism known as altermagnetism, which could reshape how computers store and process information in the future, a new study in Nature Communications shows: bit.ly/3ETeFe2

Laura Fields, associate professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for her research studying the properties of fundamental particles called neutrinos. bit.ly/40tSstK

Dr. Michelle Thaller, former assistant director for science communication at @NASAGoddard Space Flight Center, will present this year's Christmas Lecture. 📅 Friday, Dec. 6 ⌚️ 6:30 pm 📍 Century Center in Downtown South Bend ⭐️ More: bit.ly/3V1RAdM

Understanding low-temperature plasma interactions with a aqueous medium requires the development of a robust method for solvated electrons quantification! That’s what we worked on between @NDPhysics and @ICPlabOrsay and our latest article is out ! 🤝🏻 doi.org/10.1063/5.0235…

Explore the invisible Universe with the James Webb Space Telescope and learn about infrared light at the 2024 Christmas Lecture! 📅 Friday, Dec. 6 ⌚️ 6:30 pm 📍 @centurycenter in @DTSouthBend 🎄 bit.ly/3AqokXb 🍪 Free cookies & hot chocolate bar

One Month Away! 🎄 Make plans to join us at the 4th annual Christmas Lecture, this year in downtown #SouthBend at the @centurycenter! ✨ bit.ly/3AqokXb

Professor John LoSecco was among a handful of researchers recently honored by @APSphysics, which named the Morton Salt Mine in Painesville, Ohio, the “birthplace of neutrino astronomy” and designated it as a historic landmark. bit.ly/3YiZobZ

John LoSecco, @NDPhysics professor, has discovered a novel way to potentially identify the presence of dark matter in space by using very precise celestial clocks: A type of neutron star known as a pulsar. science.nd.edu/news-and-media…

Physics professor Graham Peaslee has developed a portable PIGE unit that will make it easy to screen for #PFAS in the field. With a particle accelerator in the hands of people who need it, Peaslee sees an opportunity to make real change: go.nd.edu/68c932

#PFAS: the Forever Problem @NotreDame is tackling "forever chemicals," identifying environmental impacts, developing new ways to measure and manage contaminated water supplies, and exploring new methods of treatment. bit.ly/3Aj2SDa

Promising new battery recycling method 🔋 A new patent-pending system uses a chemical reaction that produces its own heat to regenerate the core materials in spent lithium-ion batteries. bit.ly/4fmxPGv

“We believe our new method is more efficient, environmentally friendly and cost-effective than current lithium-ion battery recycling techniques." — @NDPhysics' Khachatur Manukyan 🔋 bit.ly/4fmxPGv

"The true nature of dark matter is a mystery. This research sheds new light on the nature of dark matter and its distribution in the Milky Way and may also improve the accuracy of the precision pulsar data." — @NDPhysics Professor John LoSecco newsweek.com/cosmic-timekee…

Congratulations to the three College of Science faculty members who were honored with Faculty Award recognition by Provost @john_t_mcgreevy! ⭐️ Graham Peaslee ⭐️ Jennifer Robichaud ⭐️ Kelly M.H. Young bit.ly/4aEGHnc

Roman Gerasimov, a @NotreDame Society of Science Fellow, has won an International Astronomical Union 2023 PhD Prize for his research in stellar physics. Gerasimov will present his research at the @IAU_org General Assembly in South Africa in August. bit.ly/3UW9ijf