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Alumni Article
A monthly feature about the careers and lives of UM Physics alumni

Faculty Research Article
A monthly feature highlighting current UM Physics research

Interview with Alumnus
Fernando Pineda

This month:...Dr. Ana Maria Rey, one of our newest alums (Ph.D., '04), made waves in the physics community this year as the first woman to win the APS' Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Atomic, Molecular, or Optical Physics award in its 13-year history. Recently, I had the opportunity to talk to her about her success and the professional journey that she has only just begun....
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Dr. Min Ouyang
Spinning Into the Future

This month: ...Spin, as an intrinsic quantum mechanical property of the electron, has been a very active and fast moving research subject in condensed matter physics. For example, the origin of material magnetism lies in the spin and orbital motions of electrons and how spins of electrons interact with one another...<<Full text>>

 

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