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Assistant Research Scientist Dr. Kristine Sigsbee was awarded $509,549 from the 2019 Heliophysics Guest Investigator (H-GI) “Open” Program for her proposal titled “Ion Properties Associated with Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron (EMIC) Waves”
Friday, September 18, 2020
Dr. Kristine Sigsbee, an Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, was awarded a $509,549.
Congratulations to ERD Machinist Christopher Pestalozzi for being one of two recipients for the inaugural Richard E. Gibson Merit Staff Award in Service!
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Award Information
Funded by a generous gift from the estate of Richard E. Gibson, this award is given annually to up to two individuals in the Merit classification.
Congratulations to Assistant Research Scientist Dr. Zach Girazian who was awarded a $200,000 NASA grant to study “Solar Wind Induced Magnetic Fields in the Ionospheres of Venus and Mars”
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Assistant Research Scientist Zach Girazian was awarded $200,000 NASA grant to study “Solar Wind Induced Magnetic Fields in the Ionospheres of Venus and Mars”.
Congratulations to Assistant Research Scientist Dr. David Hartley who was awarded $625,000 from NASA to study the “Angular Distribution and Propagation Trajectories: Chorus Near Plumes (ADaPT:CNP)”
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Congratulations to Assistant Research Scientist Dr. David Hartley who was awarded $625,000 from NASA to study the “Angular Distribution and Propagation Trajectories: Chorus Near Plumes (ADaPT:...
Congratulations to Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Rachael Filwett who was a awarded a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
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Iowa physicists help with key discovery involving Higgs boson
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Emily Silich awarded John Mather Nobel Scholarship
Monday, August 3, 2020
Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy major, Emily Silich was awarded a "John Mather Nobel Scholarship". The award consists of a $3000 scientific travel grant and an opportunity to meet with Dr.
Scott Baalrud adds to early career awards with recognition by American Physical Society
Monday, August 3, 2020
"Never Stop Questioning" with Cole Dorman
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Never Stop Questioning
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Learn about the personal and professional journeys of University of Iowa faculty in these live online interview-podcasts.
Professor Scott Baalrud receives 2020 Thomas H. Stix Award for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Plasma Physics Research
Thursday, July 23, 2020
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