Columbia Physics is pleased to announce that Kerstin Perez has accepted a Professorship with Columbia Physics, and will start her research group at Columbia in July of 2022.
Kerstin’s lab is interested in using cosmic particles to look for beyond the Standard Model physics. In particular, evidence of dark matter interactions. Her work focuses on opening sensitivity to unexplored cosmic signatures, with impact at the intersection of particle physics, astrophysics, and advanced instrumental techniques.
Dear friends and colleagues,
We mourn the loss of Aron Pinczuk, Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Physics at Columbia University, who passed away on February 13, 2022. Professor Pinczuk touched the lives of many as a mentor, colleague and friend with his joint appointments in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and the Department of Physics and as a member of the Columbia Nanoinitiative (CNI).
Professor Pinczuk was a leader in the field of resonant light-scattering from solids, with a focus on correlated electronic states in two dimensional materials. He…
In Nature Astronomy, a Columbia-led team from the US and UK describes their discovery of the highest energy X-rays from Jupiter, and explains their origin in electrons that were emitted by Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io and accelerated in the Jovian magnetosphere. This was a very Columbia-centric paper. Authors Chuck Hailey, Kaya Mori and Melania Nynka all received their Ph.Ds in physics from Columbia, while Amani Garvin (Physics), Gabriel Bridges (Physics), Shifra Mandel (Physics) and Ben Hord (Astronomy) all received their undergraduate degrees from Columbia. Bridges and Mandel are 2nd year…
Read about the Programmable Quantum Materials Energy Frontiers Research Center's advancements to controlling quantum physics here.
We mourn the passing of Sven Hartmann, pioneer in quantum optics and the theory of strong light-matter interactions, who joined the physics faculty in 1962
A more detailed memorial notice can be found here.