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Alumni News
NSF Awards Grant to Study Dust Contamination in Semiconductor Manufacturing
The National Science Foundation has awarded Prof. John Goree in the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy a $405,000 grant to study how to mitigate dust contamination in semiconductor manufacturing.
NSF funds alum's effort to sharpen view of the cosmos
University of Iowa alumnus Jacob Isbell, a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Arizona Department of Astronomy, has been awarded nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to lead the development of a breakthrough optical instrument for the Large Binocular Telescope.
UI Physics Alumna Named to Time 100 Next List
The 2024 TIME 100 Next List includes Maria Drout, a 2010 graduate of the University of Iowa who earned a Bachelor's Degree in Physics and Astronomy.