Physics & Astronomy News

Ana Dieguez Awarded Hogstrom Superior Graduate Student Scholarship

LSU's medical physics and health physics program has announced Ana Dieguez as the second recipient of the prestigious Kenneth R. Hogstrom Superior Graduate Student Scholarship.

Quantum back action cancellation in the audio band, LSU Ph.D. physics alumnus Jonathan Cripe

LSU Physicists Develop and Demonstrate a Method to Eliminate Quantum Radiation Pressure Noise in Gravitational Wave Detectors

LSU Ph.D. physics alumnus Jonathan Cripe and his team of LSU researchers have conducted a new experiment with scientists from Caltech and Thorlabs to explore a way to cancel this quantum backaction and improve detector sensitivity.

Global Physicist Gabriela González Elected as APS General Councilor

LSU Boyd Professor of Physics Gabriela González has been newly elected as a 2021 General Councilor of the American Physical Society.

Unveiling 'Island Worlds' with NASA's Roman Space Telescope

LSU Astronomer Investigates Rogue Planets to Understand Galaxy Evolution

LSU Physics Students Receive Louisiana Space Grant Research Awards

LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy graduate student Megan Chesal and undergraduate Haley Pellegrin have been granted Louisiana Space Grant student research awards.

Healing an Achilles’ Heel of Quantum Entanglement

LSU Associate Professor of Physics Mark M. Wilde and his collaborator have solved a 20-year-old problem in quantum information theory on how to calculate entanglement cost—a way to measure entanglement—in a manner that’s efficiently computable, useful, and broadly applicable in several quantum research areas.

LSU Mourns the Passing of Internationally Renowned Professor E. Ward Plummer

LSU Boyd Professor of Physics & Astronomy and National Academy of Science member, Ward Plummer, passed away on July 23, 2020. He was 79 years old.

LSU Astrophysicist Awarded DOE Early Career Research Grant

LSU theoretical and computational astrophysicist Manos Chatzopoulos was one of 76 scientists - including 26 from DOE's national laboratories and 50 from U.S. universities - to receive significant funding for research as part of the DOE Office of Science's Early Career Research Program.

LSU Physics PhD Candidate Presented Prominent DoD SMART Scholarship

LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy graduate student Bradley Munson has been awarded a U.S. Department of Defense's Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation--Scholarship-for-Service, SMART, Scholarship.

LSU Mourns the Loss of World-Renowned Professor Jonathan P. Dowling

The LSU community lost one of its world-renowned faculty members when Professor and Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics Jonathan P. Dowling passed away on June 5th, 2020, after a brief illness. He was 65 years old.

LSU Medical Physics Graduate Student Stephanie Wang Awarded the First Hogstrom Scholarship

LSU Medical Physics Graduate Student Stephanie Wang Awarded the First Kenneth R. Hogstrom Superior Graduate Student Scholarship in Medical Physics.

LSU Theoretical Physicists Further Our Understanding on High-Frequency Light Generation in Crystals

Physics journal PRL features LSU ultrafast AMO physics theoretical research.

LSU Physics Graduate Student Presented Prominent DoD SMART Scholarship

Margarite LaBorde has received a Department of Defense's Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation--Scholarship-for-Service, SMART, Scholarship. DoD's SMART Program is an opportunity for students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in STEM disciplines to receive a full scholarship and guaranteed civilian employment with the DoD upon degree completion.