Department of Physics and Astronomy

Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Toledo. We are a growing, world-class department with strong programs in research and academics, nationally and internationally recognized faculty members, ties to physics-related industries, and a record of student success. We strive to provide students with access to the cutting-edge research efforts of a larger institution, while still maintaining the level of personal interaction with faculty found at smaller places.

Our webpages have more information about our undergraduate program, graduate program, research, Colloquium Schedule and public outreach. You can also explore these topics using the menu on the right.

News

• July 2020: Prof. Kathy Shan has been selected to participate in the Student Experience Project
• July 2020: Congratulations to Wayne Oswald (Prof. Michael Cushing, advisor) for successfully defending his PhD thesis, "An Assessment of Brown Dwarf Atmospheric Models Using Benchmark Brown Dwarfs".
• June 2020: Departmental Awards - Spring 2020
• May 2020: Congratulations to PA faculty member Dr. Eli Visbal who has just been awarded an NSF grant for a project titled:  "Modeling the Abundance and Distribution of the First Stars and Galaxies"
• May 2020: Congratulations to Fadhil Al Fadhili (Prof. Michael Heben, advisor) for successfully defending his PhD thesis, "Development of Back Contacts for CdTe Thin Film Solar Cells".
• May 2020: PA faculty members who achieved promotion to professor are Dr. Michael Cushing and Dr. Nikolas Podraza.
• April 2020: UToledo Teams With National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Partners to Accelerate Promising New Solar Technology
• April 2020: Congratulations to Osama Oudat (Prof. Victor Karpov, advisor) for successfully defending his PhD thesis, "Tin Whisker Statistics and Field-Induced Accelerated Development".
• April 2020: Congratulations to Ebin Bastola (Prof. Randy Ellingson, advisor) for successfully defending his PhD thesis, "CdTe Back Contact Engineering via Nanomaterials, Chemical Etching, Doping, and Surface Passivation".
• April 2020: UToledo Installs New Solar Array on Health Science Campus
• April 2020: Need an Online Lesson For Your Child? Sign Up to Chat With a UToledo Astronomer.
• April 2020: Congratulations to the winners of the Chad Tabory award for Undergraduate Research: Zachary Kreais (First place) and Ali Qatishat (Second place) 
• April 2020: 30th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (held April 20)
• Distinguished Professor of Physics Emeritus Larry Curtis passed away on Sunday, March 29. Click the link for his obituary.
  
• February 2020: Recent Ph.D. graduate Dr. Nicole Karnath's discovery sheds new light on newborn stars
• January 2020: Allison Gullingsrud won a Travel Prize to present her dissertation research.  Click the link for details: https://aas.org/posts/news/aas-doxsey-travel-prize-recipients-2020
• January 2020: A UToledo-PVIC-connected non-profit, Glass City Community Solar, received $45,000 in donations in December!
• January 2020: Dr. Ellingson and Dr. Heben cited in NYU Science article on residential solar energy

Notices

• UToledo Behavioral response guide for faculty and staff
• Applications are being accepted for Fall 2020 admission to the Physics and Astronomy graduate program. The application deadline is January 1st, 2020.
• Professional Science Master's degree program in Photovoltaics
• Undergraduate minor in renewable energy

Department Highlights

• Kamala Khanal Subedi awarded the First Solar "Best Presentation on Solar and Renewable Energy" at the 2019 Midwest Graduate Research Symposium.
• Astronomy researcher, Dr. J.D. Smith, receives prestigious award
• The University of Toledo has joined the Discovery Channel Telescope as a full partner.
• UToledo physicist, Dr. Jacques Amar, accelerates simulations of thin-film growth
• NSF-sponsored workshop, Girls in Science, held on UToledo campus
• Dr. Ishmael Parsai selected Fellow of AAPM
• Dr. Victor Karpov delivered a lecture "Physics of Thin Film Photovoltaics" to a workshop at INAOE Puebla Mexico.
• Dr. Tom Megeath's group reveals dusty cobwebs filled with newborn stars near the belt of Orion
• Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization: A world class technology platform.
• The Ritter Planetarium has been upgraded with a state-of-the-art SciDome XD full-dome projection system.
• Dr. Michael Cushing's group has helped discover a new class of star: the ultra-cool "Y-dwarf"

 

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