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Professor Scott Baalrud receives 2020 Thomas H. Stix Award for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Plasma Physics Research
Thursday, July 23, 2020
2020 Thomas H.
Physics Alumnist Brian Metzger ('03 BS) wins $250K Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Alum, Brian Metzger receives Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Brian Metzger, who earned BS degrees from Iowa in physics, astronomy, and math in 2003 and is now on the faculty at Columbia University, received the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists as their 2020 Laureate in Physical Sciences & Engineering.
Congratulations to Dr. Calvin Mera!
Monday, July 20, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Calvin Mera for successfully defending his PhD thesis today!
Thesis Title: On the Graded Extension of Thomas-Whitehead Projective Gravity
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Congratulations to Dr. Daniel LaRocca!
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Daniel LaRocca for successfully defending his PhD thesis today, "A Halosat X-ray Analysis of the North Polar Spur"
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Congratulations to Dr. Samuel Brensinger for winning the 2020 D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Samuel Brensinger for winning the 2020 D.C.
Iowa astrophysicist observes black hole's outburst
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Professor Gregory Howes wins $1.2 million dollar award from NASA for " Investigating the Mechanisms of Particle Energization in Collisionless Heliospheric Shocks"
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
The Aurora Borealis seen from the International Space Station:...
Congratulations, Dr. Sam Brensinger!
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Samuel Brensinger for successfully defending his PhD thesis, titled "Projective Gauge Gravity" on June 16, 2020.
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Congratulations, Dr. Sadie Elliott!
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Sadie Elliott for successfully defending her PhD thesis today!
Title: Whistler-mode waves and the acceleration of energetic electrons in the Jovian polar region:...