ºÚÁÏÍø Physics & Astronomy Department News Fri, 11/20/2020 - 12:00 Thomas Gredig Receives 2020 CNSM Award for Excellence Dr. Thomas Gredig is one of the recipients of the 2020 "Pretty Darn Good Professor" Award from the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. We congratulate Dr. Gredig on this well deserved award! Wed, 05/20/2020 - 12:00 Congratulations Graduates! Congratulations to our graduating class of 2020! We join you in celebrating this milestone in your life. You have shown incredible resolve and persistence, and we are extremely proud of each one of you. Mon, 04/20/2020 - 12:00 2020 IGEN APS Google Bridge Fellowships Google Inc. has partnered with the Physics and Astronomy Department to offer two full two-year Google Bridge Fellowships via the IGEN APS Bridge Program. CSU Long Beach is one of only 6 national Bridge Sites of the American Physical Society. Fri, 01/17/2020 - 12:00 Dr. Klotz Explores Parasite DNA and How It Can Treat Diseases Dr. Alex Klotz has published a paper in the Proceedings of Natural Academy of Sciences (PNAS) highlighting his exploration of parasite DNA. He is hopeful that his work will potentially aid in the diagnosis of tropical diseases. Wed, 01/15/2020 - 12:00 Dr. Ojeda-Aristizabal research featured in MRS Bulletin Dr. Claudia Ojeda-Aristizabal's research on molecular solids was featured in the MRS Bulletin article titled "Photoemission spectroscopy reveals complex character of buckyball thin film." Fri, 12/06/2019 - 12:00 Grad Student Megan Barry Receives 2019 Kennedy Reed Award M.S. Physics student Megan Barry received the 2019 Kennedy Reed Award for Best Theoretical Research by a Graduate Student from the APS Far West Section for her talk "Identifying the Quark-Hadron Phase Transition in Neutron Stars with g-modes." Tue, 09/17/2019 - 12:00 PhysTEC Trains Students in Physics Teaching The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) project is designed to improve and promote the education of future physics and physical science teachers. Tue, 09/03/2019 - 12:00 Department Welcomes New Faculty Alex Klotz Our latest addition to the Physics and Astronomy Department faculty is Alexander (Alex) Raphael Klotz. His research focus is interdisciplinary, at the interface of soft condensed matter and biophysics. Mon, 07/01/2019 - 12:00 Physics Teachers in High Demand Physics teachers are in high demand thanks to a shift in science standards. But the move to implement Next Generation Science Standards has exacerbated the shortage of physics instructors. That's where the Physics and Astronomy Department comes in. Mon, 03/18/2019 - 12:00 Long Beach Ranked Among Nation's Best for Awarding Physics Degrees to Diverse Students CSU Long Beach has been recognized as ​being among the nation's highest awarders of physics degrees by the American Physical Society, especially to women and underrepresented minorities.
