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Department News 2021

Prof. Ghanim Ullah has received the Mercator Fellowship by German Research Foundation

He will spend time in Germany every year and collaborate with RU 2795 Consortium for three years. 


Prof. Lilia Woods has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award

The award is given to internationally recognized scientists by the German Alexander von Humboldt foundation.

Physics Prof. Andreas Muller has been awarded a 3-year NSF award for $290K

The project title is "Compact Isotopic Raman Multigas Trace Detection System."


Physics Prof. Matthias Batzill has been awarded another 3-year NSF award for $399K

The project title is "NSF-DFG Echem: Design of Nanostructured Noble - Metal Chalcogenide Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction."


Physics Prof. Lilia Woods has been  awarded a DOE grant in the amount of $400,000 for 3 years

The project investigates Dispersive Interactions in Quantum Materials: Interplay between Anisotropy, Doping, and Non-linearity.


Physics Prof. Matthias Batzill has been awarded another 3-year NSF award for $457K

The project title is "Dilute Magnetic 2D-Semiconductors: Fundamentals for Device Applications."


Physics Prof. Xiaomei Jiang has been awarded an NSF grant of $480k

The project title is "Study of spin photocurrent in 2D hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite multiple quantum wells."

Physics Prof. Robert Hoy has been awarded an NSF grant of $315k

The project title is "Stress Testing Theories of the Glass and Jamming Transitions Using Hyperellipsoids." 

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