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Chelikowsky Receives 2025 Hill Prize in Physical Sciences

Three UT Austin scientists and engineers received high-risk high-reward awards this year from TAMEST.

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Allan MacDonald Named Citation Laureate

The annual recognition highlights researchers with extraordinary citation records and societal impact.

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Physicists Earn Recognition for Innovative Research

Early career researchers from the Department of Physics were selected for highly competitive Department of Defense awards.

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Celebrating the 2024 College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Honored Graduates

Meet the graduating seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics and improving the community.

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MacDonald Announced as Winner of Inaugural Hill Prize in Physical Sciences

Allan MacDonald of The University of Texas at Austin received the award for research with high-impact potential.

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UT Austin Physicists Receive Keck Foundation Boost for Quantum Materials Research

Edoardo Baldini leads a team developing a new approach to stabilize useful quantum properties of atomically thin materials for far longer and at higher temperatures.

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Gordon Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

Vernita Gordon, associate professor of physics, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society. Recognized for her work on bacterial biofilms and their...

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Two Members of Natural Sciences Named to UT Austin’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers

Ruth Buskirk and Michael Marder are among the 2023 inductees to The University of Texas at Austin’s prestigious Academy of Distinguished Teachers.

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Physicist Receives Major Award for Plasma Research

Philip Morrison, a UT Austin physics professor and member of the Institute for Fusion Studies, has won the 2023 American Physical Society’s John Dawson Award...

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Matteo Ippoliti Wins McMillan Award

Matteo Ippoliti won the 2023 William L. McMillan Award for his contributions to quantum matter and quantum information, including work on quantum Hall systems, time...

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