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Dr. Xiao Receives DoD instrument funding

A team led by Dr. Yuzhe Xiao, Assistant Professor of Physics, has been awarded a $258,000 grant from the FY 2024 Department of Defense (DoD) Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Equipment/Instrumentation Program. Dr. Xiao serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) with co-PIs Dr. Yuankun Lin (Physics), Dr. Jens Neu (Physics), Dr. Jeffry Kelber (Chemistry), and Dr. Melanie Ecker (Biomedical Engineering). Dr. Rebekah Purvis (Physics) is senior personnel on the proposal.

Dr. Xiao Receives Prestigious NSF LEAPS-MPS Award

Dr. Yuzhe Xiao, Assistant Professor of Physics, has been honored with the prestigious Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) award by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The LEAPS-MPS program is designed to help launch the careers of pre-tenured faculty in the fields of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS).

Congratulations to Mari Salinas for receiving the Eagles to the Moon Scholarship!

Physics Student receives NASA scholarship!

The Eagles to the Moon scholarship is sponsored by NASA Artemis and awarded to two outstanding STEM students at UNT, this year to Lucas Wilhoyt, Mechanical Engineering (COE) and Mari Salinas, Physics (COS). Mari is a sophomore in our department and an undergraduate researcher in the Ultrafast and THz Laboratory. Congratulations to both students for this great achievement!

Graduate Research Spotlight: Harum Ahmed

Congratulations to Harum Ahmed (Grad Student) for being interviewed by the College of Science in a research spotlight on Monday, February 5th! Harum's research is centered around active galactic nuclei and quasars, luminous active galaxies with accreting supermassive black holes in their centers. Through her research, Harum intends to contribute to the creation of the ultimate benchmark sample of quasars with rest-frame UV-optical spectral properties.

Dr. Yuanxi Wang awarded ACS-PRF Grant!

Yuanxi Wang's project, "Trends in Hydrodesulfurization Activity: Towards Realistic Surfaces and Reaction Models", has received funding from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator program. Hydrodesulfurization refers to the process of removing sulfur from petroleum feedstocks. This project will support theory modeling efforts on quantifying catalytic sulfur removal processes using atomistic reaction models.

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