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

• September 2020: Congratulations to Dr. Niraj Shrestha (Ph.D. August 2020, Prof. Randy Ellingson, advisor) for his new job as Optical Scientist at NP Photonics.
• September 2020: Congratulations to  Dr. Richard Irving (PI) and Prof.  Sanjay Khare (CoPI) who have just been awarded an NSF REU grant for a project titled: "REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Toledo".
• September 2020: Please check out the UToledo News article concerning PA faculty member Dr. Anne Medling's recent NSF grant award "to Study Role of Galactic Winds in Galaxy Evolution".
• August 2020: Solar array project led by Prof. Randy Ellingson highlighted in UT, ABC, NBC, and WTOL News
• August 2020: An article by Maria Patmiou and Victor Karpov published in the Journal of Applied Physics has been selected as an Editor's Choice
• July 2020: Congratulations to PA faculty member Dr. Anne Medling who has just been awarded an NSF grant for a project titled:  "Tracking the Causes and Effects of Galactic Winds with Resolved Spectroscopy"
• July 2020: Congratulations to Wafa Zakri (Prof. Tom Megeath, advisor) for successfully defending her PhD thesis, "A Search for Large Amplitude Variability in the Orion Molecular Clouds".
• July 2020: Congratulations to Allison Gullingsrud (Prof. Jon Bjorkman, advisor) for successfully defending her PhD thesis, "The Structure of Classical Be Star Decretion Disks".
• July 2020: Congratulations to Jennifer Greco (Prof. Michael Cushing, advisor) for successfully defending her PhD thesis, "Two Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Ultracool Dwarfs: A Proper Motion Survey Follow-Up and A High-Resolution Investigation".
• 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.

Notices

• UToledo Behavioral response guide for faculty and staff
• Applications are being accepted for Fall 2021 admission to the Physics and Astronomy graduate program. The application deadline is January 1st, 2021.
• 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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