- UWM Faculty Receives Prestigious Award from the APSDistinguished Professor Patrick R. Brady (UWM Department of Physics & Astronomy) was recently chosen as the 2026 recipient of the Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science, presented by the American Physical Society (APS). The award is presented annually. Professor Brady was chosen, "[f]or trailblazing work in gravitational wave data analysis techniques, computing, and cyberinfrastructure, …
- In Focus: Citizen scientists can now also use their brains to help find new pulsarsThis article originally appeared in In Focus Vol. 13, No. 11 By Laura Otto, Marketing and Communication Citizen scientists have provided important help to astronomers exploring the heavens, and now they are invited to take a more hands-on role. In their efforts to scour the universe for evidence of gravitational waves, scientists have enlisted the …
- UWM Physics Professor Receives Catalyst GrantOriginal article by Laura Otto Associate Professor Ionel Popa is among several recipients of a UWM Research Foundation Catalyst Grant. The program, supported by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and Clarios, has awarded a total of $180,000 to promising research and development in areas where UWM has the greatest potential to impact the regional …
- UWM physicists are part of the team that uncovered the “background hum” of the universeThe full article may be found in the July 2023 issue of In Focus, located here It was a celebration more than 15 years in the making – and the second time UWM has had a role in the breakthrough science of gravitational waves. UWM physics students and faculty gathered to watch a livestream on …
- UWM scientists to contribute to first-of-its kind scientific imaging effortUWM is a partner on a $90.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation that supports the development of the next generation of X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) – novel instruments used to unmask phenomena that have never before been observed. Since 2009, XFELs have enabled scientists to examine how molecules in the human body …
- Undergraduate Research Opportunity – REU at CSPARThe Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has announced a new REU program open to undergraduate students. The ten week program will take place from May 22 through July 28, 2023, in Huntsville, Alabama at the University of Alabama campus and at NASA's Marshall Space Flight …
- Physics Department Welcomes New Faculty and StaffThe University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Physics would like to formally welcome our newest hires, Assistant Professor Ahmad Hosseinizadeh and Lecturer Jeff Polak. Our newest faculty member, Assistant Professor Ahmad Hosseinizadeh, originally joined the UWM Physics Department in 2011, starting as a postdoctoral research associate and continuing on as a scientist prior to joining the …
- In Focus: What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about cancerAssociate Professor Ionel Popa has been highlighted in the August 2022 issues of In Focus. Scientists have identified two proteins in the body that, when they act together, could help prevent the spread of cancer. But one of those proteins on its own may actual be a catalyst for creating tumors. To study how these …