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Department News

2017

July 2017: In Memoriam – Karen Logan
April 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Crystal Bolden-Rush, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
April 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Xiaohua Liu, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
April 2017: Congratulations to Larry Rush, Recent M.S. Recipient
April 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Godwin, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
April 2017: Congratulations to Dr. David Harrison, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
April 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Evan Welchman, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
March 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Wenxiao Huang, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
March 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Chaochao Dun, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2017: Prof Bonin receives Academic Leadership Award
Mar 2017: Angela Harper awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Mar 2017: Biophysics major Manal Ahmidouch interviewed about gender equality on Spectrum
Feb 2017: Oana Jurchescu receives the Kulynych Family Omicron Delta Kappa Award
Jan 2017: Angela Harper named Churchill Scholar
Jan 2017: Major Manal Ahmidouch featured in article on gender diversity in STEM

2016

Dec 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Alex Taylor, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Dec 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Xinfu Lu, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Jul 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Maxim Zalutskiy, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Jun 2016: Ryan Melvin Awarded Predoctoral Fellowship
Apr 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Katelyn Goetz, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Peter Diemer, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2016: Department Recognizes 2015 Graduates and Award Winners
Apr 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Walb, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Yaochuan Mei, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2016: Congratulations to Calvin Arter, Recent M.S. Recipient
Apr 2016: Undergraduate Student Hannah Smith awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Apr 2016: Graduate Student Peter Diemer wins MRS Gold Award
Apr 2016: Undergraduate Student Angela Harper selected as a Goldwater Scholar
Mar 2016: Professor Matthews Wins Teaching Innovation Award
Mar 2016: Professor Thonhauser named Simons Fellow
Feb 2016: In Memoriam – Professor Emeritus Bob Brehme
Feb 2016: Prof. Greg Cook Interviewed About Gravitational Waves on WUNC Radio's "The State of Things"
Feb 2016: Alum Dr. Jason Grigsby Creates Resource On the Detection of Gravitational Waves by LIGO

2015

Dec 2015: Congratulations to Chad McKell, Recent M.S. Recipient
Nov 2015: Ryan Melvin awarded Best Talk at High-Throughput Molecular Dynamics Workshop
Nov 2015: Crystal Bolden Receives Young Investigator Award
Nov 2015: SPS Team Sets Escape Room Record
Nov 2015: In Memoriam – Professor Emeritus Jack Williams
Oct 2015: Matthew Walb receives the 2015 Mike and Lucy Robbins Graduate Scholarship Fund Award
Oct 2015: Thonhauser group publishes spin extension to van der Waals DFT in Phys. Rev. Lett.
Sep 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Nicholas Lepley, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Aug 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Greg Smith, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Jul 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Jie Liu, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Jul 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Wei Li, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Jul 2015: Graduate Student Lauren Nelson Selected for NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
Jun 2015: Wenxiao Huang wins BASF Science Competition
Jun 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Baker, recent Ph.D. Recipient
May 2015: Breakthrough in solar cell material characterization
Apr 2014: Department Recognizes 2015 Graduates and Award Winners
Apr 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Jeremy Ward, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Inna McGowin, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Belanger, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Rongzhong Li, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Xinyi Guo, recent Ph.D. Recipient
Mar 2015: Nicholas Lepley and Evan Welchman take top two places in Graduate Research Day Three Minute Thesis competiton
Mar 2015: Senior Abdul Obaid awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Mar 2015: Senior Derek Fogel wins Best Presentation Award at APS March Meeting
Feb 2015: Prof. Jurchescu receives 2015 Excellence in Research Award
Feb 2015: Prof. Thonhauser awarded the Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Jan 2015: Prof Matthews' Studio Course Featured by Wake Forest News
Jan 2015: Prof Carroll receives Innovation Award

2014

Nov 2014: Hands on with hydrogen
Oct 2014: 2014 Undergraduate Research Day
Oct 2014: Department of Physics Hosts Partial Eclipse Viewing
Oct 2014: Prof. Cho's Review Article Commemorating 2013 Nobel Prize Written with Undergrads Highlighted in News
Jun 2014: Andrea Belanger Awarded Poster Prize
Jun 2014: Ryan Godwin Awarded Predoctoral Fellowship
Apr 2014: Department Recognizes 2014 Graduates and Award Winners
Apr 2014: Prof. Carroll awarded the Scott Family Faculty Fellowship
Apr 2014: Prof. Cho awarded the Shively Family Faculty Fellowship
May 2014: Congratulations to Dr. Qi Li, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2014: Nicholas Lepley receives top presentation award
Apr 2014: Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Dorand, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
Mar 2014: Prof. Carroll named APS Fellow
Mar 2014: Protein research led by Prof. Cho featured in news
Feb 2014: Prof. Thonhauser receives Award for Excellence in Research

2013

Dec 2013: Peter Diemer and Prof. Jurchescu receive Wake Forest Innovation Award
Dec 2013: Article by Corey Hewitt and Prof. Carroll featured on the cover of Synthetic Metals
Dec 2013: The Department Welcomes Our New Administrative Assistant, Karen Logan
Dec 2013: Congratulations to Judy Swicegood on her retirement!
Dec 2013: Congratulations to Dr. Corey Hewitt, recent Ph.D. recipient
Nov 2013: Congratulations to Nicholas Lepley, recent M.S. recipient
Nov 2013: Congratulations to Dr. Chen Liu, recent Ph.D. recipient
Nov 2013: Congratulations to Dr. Justin Sigley, recent Ph.D. recipient
Oct 2013: WFU organic electronics research highlighted in Nature
Sep 2013: Graduate Student Andrea Belanger Selected for Technology Transfer Internship
Jul 2013: Thonhauser group receives funding to investigate MOFs for carbon capture and catalysis
Jul 2013: Brian Shoemaker and Prof. Thonhauser featured on WFU homepage
Jun 2013: Congratulations to Graham Lopez, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
May 2013: Kim-Shapiro Group Members Win Awards at Conference
May 2013: Congratulations to Landon Bellavia, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2013: Grad Student Matthew Walb Wins First Place Poster at SEAAMP
Apr 2013: Department Recognizes 2013 Graduates and Award Winners
Apr 2013: Kristine Cantin Receives G. W. Greene Scholarship
Apr 2013: Amanda Smelser Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Apr 2013: Dr. Canepa's scientific artwork selected for PRB frontpage
Apr 2013: Grad Student Katelyn Goetz awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Mar 2013: Jack Dostal Receives Teaching Innovation Award
Mar 2013: Grad Student Jeremy Ward Awarded Runner-up Poster at Graduate Student Research Day
Mar 2013: Joel Grim Invited to Speak at International Conference
Mar 2013: Article by Williams Group Selected as Phys. Rev. B Editors' Suggestion
Mar 2013: Research Focuses on Beet Juice After Stroke
Feb 2013: Prof. Oana Jurchescu Awarded Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Feb 2013: Physics Alumni Dr. Yuan Li's Ph.D Thesis Highlighted in Nature Photonics
Jan 2013: Prof. Oana Jurchescu wins the National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Jan 2013: Prof. Thonhauser Recognized in International News

2012

Dec 2012: Dr. Canepa's research highlighted in PRL
Nov 2012: Physics of Music Course Featured by WFU News
Nov 2012: Carroll Group's FIPEL Lighting Featured in Media
Nov 2012: Article co-authored by Prof Salsbury featured on cover of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Nov 2012: Chen Liu Wins Young Investigator Award
Nov 2012: Physics Alumni Dr. Yuan Li ('12) Wins Environmental Research Award
Oct 2012: Physics Team to Lead Search for Drug Discovery
Oct 2012: Article by Prof. Jurchescu and grad student Jeremy Ward featured on the cover of Advanced Materials
Oct 2012: Wake Forest to Host Stuttgart NanoDays Conference
Sep 2012: Workshop for Middle School Teachers Organized by Prof. Cho is Featured in Media
Sep 2012: Article in WS Journal on Tech Expo Features Beet-Root Juice
Aug 2012: Article by Lacra Negureanu of the Salsbury Group Selected for Inaugural Contribution to Proteopedia
Aug 2012: Prof. Thonhauser receives NSF CAREER award
Aug 2012: Carroll Group's Power Felt Featured on CNN International
Aug 2012: Prof. Cho Organizes the Wake@Hanes Computational Thinking Workshop for Middle School Teachers
Jul 2012: Congratulations to Wanyi Nie, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
Jul 2012: Congratulations to Joel Grim, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
Jun 2012: Qi Li Wins Young Researcher Award at ICDIM 2012
Jun 2012: Prof. Jurchescu Publishes a Book Chapter
Jun 2012: Electronic Structure Conference at WFU
Jun 2012: Graham Lopez Selected for Prestigious ORNL Fellowship
Jun 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Brian Kolb, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
Jun 2012: Power Felt Research by Carroll Group at the Nanotech Center Featured in Media
May 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Best, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
May 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Leo Ding, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
May 2012: Congratulations to Eric Peterson, Recent M.S. Recipient
May 2012: Department Recognizes 2012 Graduates and Award Winners
Apr 2012: Society of Physics Students Helps Middle School Students Build Robots
Apr 2012: Graduate Student Katelyn Goetz Awarded NSF Fellowship
Apr 2012: Prof. Jurchescu awarded WFU Faculty Endowment Fund Fellowship
Apr 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Jason Bates, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2012: Congratulations to Dr. Yuan Li, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2012: Nick Lepley and Greg Smith Awarded Venture Seed Grant for 3d Printing
Apr 2012: Claire McLellan, President of Wake Forest's Society of Physics Students (SPS), helps organize a SPS zone conference, for this weekend (April 20-21) in the Olin Physical Laboratory.
Apr 2012: Two Physics Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Mar 2012: Physics Graduate Students Awarded Best Analytical Posters
Mar 2012: Gale Burns Retires From The Physics Department
Mar 2012: Physics Senior Brandon Turner Delivers Oration at Founders' Day
Mar 2012: Physics Undergraduate Soham Banerjee Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Mar 2012: Article Written by the Salsbury Research Group Selected for Journal Cover
Mar 2012: Nanotech Center Develops Power Felt
Mar 2012: Physics Undergraduate Kristen Binz Wins APS Presentation Award
Feb 2012: Cho Research Group Highlighted in the Media
Jan 2012: Grad Student Jeremy Ward Wins Best Presentation at ISDRS
Jan 2012: Paper by Prof. Cho Highlighted in JACS

2011

2010

Dec 2010: Congratulations to Ryan Best, Recent M.S. Recipient
Nov 2010: WFU Team Wins Silver in University Physics Competition
Oct 2010: Physics Undergraduates Present Research at International Conference
Oct 2010: Physics Department Participates in Charity 5k Run
Sep 2010: Congratulations to Dr. Todd Fallesen, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
Jul 2010: Claire McLellan named a Duke Energy Scholar
Jul 2010: Wesley Matthews named a Duke Energy Scholar
Jul 2010: Physics Team works on Drug Development
Jun 2010: Prof. Jurchescu receives the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
May 2010: Graduate Student Jason Bates Awarded Best Student Talk at Eastern Gravity Meeting
May 2010: Prof. Macosko's CellCraft Game to be Featured at the White House
May 2010: Physics Undergraduate Brandon Turner Awarded APS Minority Fellowship
May 2010: Congratulations to Dr. Christine Carlisle, Recent Ph.D. Recipient
Apr 2010: Department Recognizes 2010 Graduates and Award Winners
Apr 2010: WFU Undergraduate Physics Majors Present Research Results at SPS Meeting
Apr 2010: Assistant Professor Jed Macosko promoted to the rank of Associate Professor
Apr 2010: Associate Professor David Carroll promoted to the rank of Professor
Apr 2010: Wake Forest receives patent for new fiber solar cells developed by Prof. Carroll's group at the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials
Jan 2010: Prof. Jed Macosko helps create "Cell Side Story", an animated film by students at Atkins High School.

2009

Dec 2009: Prof Jed Macosko and two WFU graduates are developing "CellCraft" game.
Dec 2009: Professor Kim-Shapiro's work cited in Wall Street Journal Article
Oct 2009: Professor Kim-Shapiro Awarded Grant to Study Blood Storage
Oct 2009: Physics Department Featured in Classroom Response Story
Aug 2009: Graduate student Leo Ding's work featured on AIP web site
July 2009: Prof. Carroll to appear on History Channel program
July 2009: Welcome to Dr. Oana Jurchescu, new Assistant Professor
Jun 2009: Congratulations to Dr. Jason D. Grigsby, Ph.D. Recipient
Jun 2009: Congratulations to Dr. William H. Hirsch, Ph.D. Recipient
May 2009: Eric Peterson awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
May 2009: Prof. Macosko, Yuri Shtridelman, and a WFU alum win MacArthur Award
May 2009: Prof. Thonhauser receives the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
May 2009: 2009 Graduation Reception
May 2009: Prof. Macosko presented with the first Hobbs Award for Faculty Entrepreneurial Achievement
Apr 2009: Graduating Physics major Patrick Nelli wins US News All Academic Team Award
Apr 2009: Congratulations 2009 Graduates and Award Recipients
Mar 2009: Venture Directed by Prof. Macosko Funded by NC Grant
Mar 2009: Prof. Martin Guthold is awarded the University's 2009 Award for Excellence in Research
Feb 2009: Prof. Kim-Shapiro named Harbert Family Distinguished Chair

2008

Dec 2008: Reynolds Professor Fetrow named Dean of the College
Oct 2008: Nanoscopic screening process to speed drug discovery
Oct 2008: The Department welcomes its new Business Manager, Gloria Stickney
Oct 2008: Research at the Nanotechnology Center has big potential
Sep 2008: 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium at WFU
Sep 2008: Prof. Carlson explains the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider on WXII 12 News
Sep 2008: Professor Kim-Shapiro to be first recipient of the new Harbert Family Distinguished Chair
Aug 2008: Congratulations to Dr. Faith Coldren, Ph.D. Recipient
July 2008: Congratulations to Dr. Douglas K. Bonessi, Ph.D. Recipient
July 2008: Congratulations to Dr. William B. Hodge, Ph.D. Recipient
July 2008: Welcome to Dr. Timo Thonhauser, new Assistant Professor
July 2008: The Holzwarths Host a Summer Party
July 2008: Prof. Carroll in TV interview July 6
May 2008: Christine Carlisle wins prestigious American Heart Association Pre-doctoral Fellowship
May 2008: Congratulations 2008 Graduates!
May 2008: Department honors new Associate Provost of Information Systems, Rick Matthews
May 2008: Prof. Bill Kerr Retires from the Department of Physics
May 2008: Honors, Awards, and Graduate Recognition Day
Apr. 2008: Rick Matthews Appointed WFU Associate Provost, Information Systems
Mar. 2008: WFU Physicists Present Research at APS Meeting
Feb. 2008: Congratulations to Dr. Kevin J. Conley, Ph.D. Recipient
Feb. 2008: Prof. Carroll discusses nanotechnology on PBS
Jan. 2008: Prof. Carroll featured in The Business Journal

2007

Dec. 2007: Physics Holiday Luncheon
Nov. 2007: Prof. Carroll featured speaker at the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
Nov., 2007: WFU researchers discover new hemoglobin function
Oct., 2007: WFU hosts Undergraduate Research Symposium
Sep., 2007: Prof. Fetrow selected for NIH Center for Scientific Review study section
Sept., 2007: Homecoming Weekend at WFU
July, 2007: WFU Launches Two Nanotechnology Startup Companies
July, 2007: Welcome to Eric Chapman, New Instructional Resources Manager
June, 2007: Zachary Vance Wins Randall D. Ledford Scholarship
June, 2007: Bonin Appointed Chair, Guthold Appointed Graduate Program Director
June, 2007: Rick Matthews Named Associate Provost
June, 2007: SCINT 2007 (IEEE - 9^th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications), organized by Richard Williams at WFU.
April, 2007: Prof. Jed Macosko Wins Teaching Award for Entrepreneurship Class
April, 2007: Kim-Shapiro Wins Prestigious NIH Merit Award
April, 2007: Martin Guthold Promoted to Associate Professor.
Mar., 2007: Physics Major Patrick Nelli is awarded a scholarship by the Barry M. Goldwater Foundation
Jan., 2007: Prize winning physicist David Vanderbilt gave Physics Colloquium

2006

Sept., 2006: Blood clot research by Guthold and colleagues published in Science
Sept., 2006: Physics Fall Picnic
June, 2006: Daniel Kim-Shapiro interviewed on WFDD Voices and Viewpoints
June, 2006: 7th International Conference on Excitonic Processes in Condensed Matter
April, 2006: Recognition of our Administrative Professionals
March, 2006: Graduate Student Research Day
March, 2006: Fetrow and John win Teaching Innovation Award
February, 2006: Greg Cook wins Excellence in Research Award

2005

November, 2005: Breakthrough in organic photovoltaics
November, 2005: Letter to Wall Street Journal regarding Intelligent Design article
October, 2005: Project Pumpkin Mad Scientists
September, 2005: Physics homecoming reception
September, 2005: Homecoming announcement
September, 2005: Fall Department Picnic
May, 2005: Reception for Graduates
April, 2005: Daniel Thomason wins Ledford Scholarship
April, 2005: WFU welcomes 8th Eastern Gravity Conference
March, 2005: Greg Cook Awarded Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Fellowship
February, 2005: Martin Guthold wins Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching

2004

October, 2004: Judy Swicegood named WFU Employee of the Year
October, 2004: 2004 Nobel in Physics announced for explaining strong force
October, 2004: Department Photo
September, 2004: Carroll Co-organizer of MRS Nanotube Symposium
September, 2004: Department invites applications for Ledford Scholarship
August, 2004: New Generation of Physicists
August, 2004: Cable elected PIRA VP
August, 2004: Welcome Back!
August, 2004: Welcome, Lucasz Turski
July, 2004: George Holzwarth retirement celebration
July, 2004: Ben Harrison wins ACS Fellowship
June, 2004: Welcome, Jiwen Liu
May, 2004: Reception for Graduates
May, 2004: WFU Outstanding Doctoral Student
March, 2004: Spring 2004 department photo
March, 2004: Welcome, Jed Macosko
February, 2004: One-Dimensional Metals -- new book by Dave Carroll

2003

November, 2003: New York Times Cites Department Research
October, 2003: Mad scientists help host Project Pumpkin
September, 2003: Nobel Prize in Physics announced for superconductivity and superfluidity
September, 2003: Physicist wins Nobel in Medicine
September, 2003: New Baby Guthold
August, 2003: New Faces
April, 2003: Graduate Research Day
March, 2003: Welcome, Jacque Fetrow!
March, 2003: Students and faculty present papers at national meetings

2002

December, 2002: Holiday party
October, 2002: Homecoming reception
September, 2002: New Physicist Ian Thomas Hirsch
August, 2002: Welcoming Tea.
May, 2002: Physics department spring photo.
April, 2002: Physics Awards and Honors: Sigma Pi Sigma, Speas, Outstanding TA.
April, 2002: John Wilkinson and Gang Xiong win Richter Awards.
March, 2002: Faculty and Students attend APS March Meeting in Indianapolis.
February, 2002: WFU physicists attend Biophysical Society Meeting in San Francisco.
February, 2002: Daniel Kim-Shapiro wins Excellence in Research award.

2001

October, 2001: Students conduct research at NHMFL.
October, 2001: Homecoming
October, 2001: 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for Bose-Einstein Condensation. (Local note: Neil Claussen, '96, works with Cornell and Wieman on this problem.)
September, 2001: University Open House
August, 2001: Welcome back!
July, 2001: Pizza at the Holwarth's.
May, 2001: Howard Shields retires.
April, 2001: Department honors administrative coordinator Judy Swicegood.
April, 2001: Graduate research day.
March, 2001: Physics welcomes Martin Guthold to faculty.
February, 2001: Yip and Yue-Ling in WOWF.
January, 2001: New physicists! (New babies.)

2000

December, 2000: Judy hosts the department for a holiday dinner and party.
November, 2000: Welcome, Sebahattin Tüzemen, Visiting Fulbright Scholar
November, 2000: International Who's Who publishes article by Judy Swicegood.
October, 2000: Nobel Prize in Physics
October, 2000: License tag spotting: DemoLady.
September, 2000: Wave studies before seminar led by Ben Alston.
September, 2000: Fall seminars begin
July, 2000: Pizza! Pizza!
July, 2000: Judy Swicegood admitted to Who's Who in Office Management
May, 2000: Yip and Yue-ling win citzenship
May, 2000: Awards Ceremony and Sigma Pi Sigma induction
April, 2000: Wake Forest welcomes Jeremy Qualls.
March, 2000: Physics major Jacob Klein and teammates win COMAP competition

1999

December, 1999: Holiday '99 party highlights
December, 1999: Einstein chosen Time Magazine Person of the Century.
November, 1999: SP2 arrives.
October, 1999: Deborah Waldron wins teaching award.
October, 1999: Celebrating 10 years in Olin Physical Laboratory
August, 1999: Summer '99 Ph.D.'s.
May, 1999: Jack Williams retires.

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