the ONLINE PHOTONNEWSLETTER FROM UMD DEPARTMENT OF 2012‐2013

Ryan K Morris/Naonal Science & Technology Medals Foundaon this issue AAAS Fellows P.2 Extraordinary Year for Gates Graduate Awards P.3 Staff Awards & Luncheon P.4 In January, President Obama named Sylvester James Gates, Jr. as one of this New Faces P.5 year's recipients of the Naonal Medal of Science. The Naonal Medal of Science and the Naonal Medal of Technology and Innovaon are the highest honors be‐ stowed by the United States Government upon sciensts, engineers and inven‐ Gates on C‐SPAN’s Q & A tors. The honor was one of four in an extraordinary year for Gates.

Most recently, Gates was awarded the 2013 Mendel Medal by Villanova Universi‐ Jim Gates discusses science educaon, , working ty. The honor recognizes pioneering sciensts who have demonstrated, by their with the President almost becom‐ lives and their standing before the world as sciensts, that there is no intrinsic ing an astronaut and being mistak‐ conflict between science and religion. Addionally, Gates was one of 84 U.S. re‐ en for Morgan Freeman on C‐ searchers and 21 foreign associates elected to the Naonal Academy of Science. SPAN’s Q & A The interview Elecon to the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be ac‐ transcript is available on the Q & A website or watch the video at corded a U.S. scienst or engineer. And in January he was named a University Sys‐ tem of Maryland (USM) Regents Professor, the System's most prominent faculty hp://www.c‐spanvideo.org/ recognion. connued on page 4... program/JimGa

1 NEWS Howard Milchberg was named a 2013 Jon McKinney's arcle, Alignment of Mag‐ fellow of the Opcal Society of America nezed Accreon Disks and Relavisc Jets Four UMD Physicists (OSA). Fellows are selected based on their with Spinning Black Holes (with Alexander overall impact on opcs. Among Tchekhovskoy and Roger D. Blandford) was Named AAAS Fellow Milchberg’s research interests are the published in Science Express. Four UMD physicists have been interacons of maer with ultrashort Ted Jacobson and Raman Sundrum have named Fellows of the American pulses of high‐energy solid‐state lasers. been named Disnguished Vising Re‐ Associaon for the Advancement Dan Lathrop was awarded the APS 2012 search Chairs at the Perimeter Instute for of Science (AAAS). Elecon as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon Stanley Corrsin Award "for his striking ob‐ Theorecal Physics in Waterloo, Ontario. AAAS members by their peers servaons of flow in a quantum fluid, in‐ A symposium was held for Roald Sagdeev cluding detecon of counter‐flow that con‐ Drew Baden ‐ For disnguished to honor the Disnguished University contribuons to the field of experi‐ firmed the two‐fluid picture of quantum Professor on his 80th birthday. Among the mental parcle physics, parcularly fluid, observaon and characterizaon of goings‐on was an interview with NPR’s for ideas contribung to the dis‐ reconnecons of quanzed vorces, and Danny Zwerdling, The Day I Said ‘Nyet’ to covery of the top quark and to the discovery of an inverse‐cube tail in the searches for new parcles. Gorbachev. velocity distribuon of superfluid turbu‐ Michael Fuhrer ‐ For experimental lence." Alessandra Buonanno and Jayanth studies of the fundamental Banavar are among the new Outstanding electronic transport properes of O.W. Greenberg was appointed a member Referees selected by the editors of the APS nanostructured carbon materials. of the Adjunct Faculty at the Rockefeller journals. The highly selecve Outstanding University in Manhaan. Ted Jacobson ‐ For contribuons to Referee program recognizes sciensts who quantum gravity, Victor Galitski was named a Simons have been exceponally helpful in thermodynamics, and the formula‐ Invesgator. The Simons Foundaon assessing manuscripts for publicaon in on and phenomenology of Lorentz‐violang modificaons of provides a stable base of support for the APS journals. parcle and gravitaonal physics. outstanding sciensts, enabling them to Rabi Mohapatra's paper, On relang the undertake long‐term study of fundamental Chris Monroe ‐ For the develop‐ genesis of cosmic baryons and dark maer, ment and demonstraon of novel quesons. On July 29, the Wall Street was selected by New Journal of Physics techniques for quantum infor‐ Journal menoned Galitski in a follow‐up editors to be included in the Highlights of maon processing and quantum arcle on the New York Times Simmons 2012 collecon. simulaon with trapped ions. Invesgator Awards announcement. Other UMD Fellows named were Steven Anlage gave several invited talks at Postdocs Samuel Gralla and Alexandre Millard Alexander, Marco Columbi‐ internaonal conferences last Fall: Le Tiec’s study of the temperature of a ni, William Fagan, Cynthia Moss, Aravind Srinivasan and Raymond black hole was cited in the New Scienst. Understanding Electromagnec Properes St. Leger. New Fellows were of Complex Metallic Enclosures by Means Doojin Kim has received the presgious presented with an official of Wave Chaos, invited talk at the Innova‐ cerficate and a gold and blue LHC‐theory iniave (LHC‐TI) postdoctoral ons in Wave Modeling Conference, Uni‐ (represenng science and fellowship, a year aer receiving the versity of Nongham, United Kingdom, 4 engineering, respecvely) rosee graduate version of the award. Kim is September, 2012. pin on Saturday, 16 February, at working toward his PhD under Kaustubh the AAAS Fellows Forum during the Agashe, and will join the University of Fading Stascs in Communicaons – A 2013 AAAS Annual Meeng in Florida in the fall. Random Matrix Approach, Wave Chaos Boston, Mass. from the Micro‐ to the Macroscale, Inter‐

2 naonal Conference, Max Planck Instute The European Physical Society (EPS) High American Physical Society to write a review for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dres‐ Energy Physics Division will award the 2013 on the book "The Physics of Wall Street: A den, Germany, 22 October, 2012. High Energy Parcle Physics Prize to the Brief History of Predicng the Unpredicta‐ ATLAS and CMS collaboraons at the Large ble" by James Owen Weatherall. The book Johnpierre Paglione was one of 65 scien‐ Hadron Collider (LHC), "for the discovery of review was published in the August 2013 sts from across the naon selected to a Higgs boson, as predicted by the Brout‐ issue of Physics Today. Addionally, receive a presgious U.S. Department of Englert‐Higgs mechanism," and to Micahel Yakovenko gave an invited talk at the Asia Energy Early Career Award for "Non‐ Della Negra, Peter Jenni and Tejinder Vird‐ Pacific Econophysics Conference on 30 July Centrosymmetric Topological Supercon‐ ee, "for their pioneering and outstanding 2013 at the Asia Pacific Center for ducvity." The award supports the devel‐ leadership roles in the making of the ATLAS Theorecal Physics in Pohang. It was a sat‐ opment of individual research programs of and CMS experiments.” Maryland re‐ ellite meeng to the major conference on outstanding sciensts early in their careers searchers, including Drew Baden, Sarah stascal physics STATPHYS 25 in Seoul. and smulates research careers in the dis‐ Eno, Nick Hadley and Andris Skuja, have ciplines supported by the DOE Office of Ted Jacobson gave several talks this played a strong role in the CMS (Compact Science. summer, tled Plasma without plasma: Muon Solenoid) collaboraon. They have exact force‐free magnetospheres without The American Physical Society (APS) has made significant contribuons to nearly symmetry. He aended two meengs and awarded Phillip Sprangle the 2013 James every aspect of CMS from the construcon also a two‐week workshop, entled Black Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for and operaon of the detector to physics Holes: Complementarity, Fuzz, or Fire?, at " pioneering contribuons to the physics of analysis. the KITP in August. high intensity laser interacons with plas‐ Victor Yakovenko was invited by the edi‐ mas, and to the development of plasma tors of Physics Today magazine of the accelerators, free‐electron lasers, gyro‐ trons and high current electron accelera‐ tors." In Memoriam Michael Fisher was listed among Aneki Rankings and Record’s Top Living Physi‐ Robert "Bob" Dahms Jr., died June 23 of a heart aack. He cists. According to the arcle, his claim to is survived by his beloved wife fame was his theory of phase transions, of 41 and 1/2 years, Anita; his FKT algorithm. sons, Robert Aaron Dahms and Jon Dahms; daughter, Dan Lathrop was featured in an episode of Rachel Swingler; brother, the Weather Channel series, Secrets of the Richard Dahms; sister, Earth. The magnec shield episode aired Rebecca Dahms‐Lioi and four on June 27th. grandchildren.

Associate Professor Min Ouyang has re‐ ceived one of the five Scialog Awards spon‐ On July 11, the department sored by the Research Corporaon for Sci‐ held an ice cream social in ence Advancement The Scialog (short for honor of our colleague and dear friend. Bob's favorite science dialog) awards support innovave UMD treat was ice cream research in the area of solar energy con‐ from the Dairy. version. K. Sickles

3 NEWS Physics graduate student Sergii Per‐ encourages students to pursue advanced shoguba, advised by Victor Yakovenko, study and careers in the sciences, GRADUATE STUDENT has been awarded an Ann G. Wylie Disser‐ engineering and mathemacs. Randall is a AWARDS taon Fellowship. Pershoguba works in double major in physics and mathemacs theorecal condensed maer physics. and plans to pursue a doctorate in At the Graduate Awards on theorecal physics. Mandell plans to pur‐ December 4, 2012, Sarah Eno, The CMNS Board of Visitors selected sue a Ph.D. in physics. Associate Chair for Graduate Rashmish Mishra, a graduate student in Educaon, announced the following the Maryland Center for Theorecal Physics undergraduate student Sebasan fellowships and citaons: Physics, to receive the 2013 Outstanding Serrano received a UMD Phillip Merrill Qiuzi Li: The Ruth Davis Fellowship Teaching Assistant Award. Presidenal Scholarship, and cited Chris Fund for Mathemacs and Physics

Lobb’s “genuine passion for physics and for William McConville: The Leon A. Kaji Rajibul Islam was awarded a Disn‐ effecve teaching.” Serrano has also been Herried Fellowship guished Dissertaon Award. Islam was named the recipient of the Jerry Marion advised by Christopher Monroe. His disser‐ Brian Calvert: The Kapo‐Barwick Award, which goes to a graduang senior Award taon, Quantum Simulaons of Interacng who plans to pursue physics educaon. Spin Models with Trapped Ions, was com‐ Sungwoo Hong: The Richard and Anna Iskraut Award pleted and submied in 2012. Tom Mason, who received dual bachelor’s degrees in physics and electrical engineer‐ Shane Squires: The Monroe H. Mar‐ The Thomas G. Mason Interdisciplinary ing in 1989 from this campus, returned in n Graduate Fellowship Physics Fund winners are Cam Guven and March to give a colloquium on Entropic self Jason Andrews: The Ralph Myers Mahew Kretschmer. Guven will work ‐organizaon of hard Brownian polygons in Teaching Award with Wolfgang Losert of Physics and John two dimensions . He is a Professor of Steve Cowen: The Ralph Myers Fourkas of Chemistry, invesgang how physics and chemistry at UCLA. Teaching Award the regulators of cell moon are affected Guilherme Miranda: The Ralph My‐ by nano‐scale surface features. Ma Former Physics Ph.D. student Sheng‐ ers Teaching Award Kretschmer will work with Ed O of Phys‐ Chiang Lee has been granted tenure in the John Biddle: The Ralph Myers ics and Brian Hunt of Math on the Joint Physics Department at Mercer University Teaching Award Honorable Menon State Method of data analysis for im‐ in Georgia, USA. He received his Ph.D. un‐ Chris Schroeder: The Ralph Myers proved weather modeling and forecasng. der the direcon of Steven Anlage in 2004. Teaching Award Honorable Menon

Physics graduate student Rachel Lee has Steve Sloerback: The Ralph Myers received an endowed fellowship from the Teaching Award Honorable Menon Metro Washington Chapter of the ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scien‐ sts) Foundaon. Lee works on the dynam‐ ics of collecve cell moon with Wolfgang Scholarship Announcements Losert of Physics and Carole Parent of the The following 2012‐2013 undergraduate student scholarships were NIH. She is a summa cum laude graduate awarded: of the University of Arkansas, a Goldwater The Professor Williams M. MacDonald Physics Scholarship ‐ Julia Ruth Scholar and an NSF Graduate Fellow. The Joseph Helfand Memorial Scholarship ‐ Eric Spieglan and Guillaume Stephen Randall and Noah Roth Mandell Cheron have been awarded scholarships by the The Physics PALS Scholarship ‐ Brendan Lockhart Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Educaon Foundaon, which

4 STAFF AWARDS & LUNCHEON

At a luncheon at the Stamp Atri‐ um on November 7, 2012, em‐ ployees were thanked for their years of service to the University:

Rob Bard ‐ 40 Thai Nguyen Doug Bensen ‐ 25 Melissa Brion ‐ 5 Das Sarma, Goodman Receive BOV Awards Mark Connners ‐ 5 Sankar Das Sarma and Jordan Goodman innovave spirit in developing new Jean Dudley ‐ 10 have been selected to receive CMNS courses. Most recently, he conceived of Nick Hammer ‐ 5 Board of Visitors Awards, established an advanced honors seminar that would Jane Hessing ‐ 25 and funded by the Board to acknowledge blend science, technology, and public Sally Megonigal ‐ 25 the accomplishments of our faculty and policy; it was first offered this fall as students. HONR378N, Research in Science and Linda O'Hara ‐ 25 Public Policy for the U.S. Naonal Securi‐ Bonnie Seal‐Filiatreau ‐ 15 Professor Das Sarma, the Richard E. ty Agency. He is a Disnguished Scholar‐ Mary Suon ‐ 15 Prange Chair in Physics, is a Disn‐ Teacher, a college Disnguished Alum‐ guished University Professor, a fellow of Bob Woodworth ‐ 10 nus, a recipient of the Kirwan Under‐ the Joint Quantum Instute, and the graduate Educaon Award and the UMD director of the Condensed Maer Theory President's Medal. A parcle astrophysi‐ In addion, Jane Zhang received Center. He will receive the Disnguished the Chair's Award and Anne cist, he is the Principal Invesgator for Faculty Award in recognion of his stellar Suplee the Sibylle Sampson the HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory in career and of recent achievements in Award. Santa Negra, Mexico. He currently chairs topological qubits and predicons of the University Research Council. Majorana fermions in superconductors. In 2008, he won the Kirwan Faculty Research Prize for his groundbreaking Gates’ Awards & Honors work in quantum compung, parcularly Gates, the John S. Toll Professor of Physics and Director of the Center for interacons of quasiparcles that‐‐at a String & Parcle Theory, is a UMD Disnguished Scholar‐Teacher and a mem‐ few millionths of a degree above ber of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the President's Council of absolute zero and in the presence of a Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and the Maryland State Board strong magnec field‐‐create paerns of Educaon. In addion to his seminal work in , that could allow nearly error‐free and string theory, Professor Gates is a well‐known advocate for science and compung of immense speed and capac‐ science educaon here and abroad. He has been a frequent guest on NOVA ity. producons on PBS and a featured presenter at the World Science Fesvals. Professor Goodman will receive the He has delivered the annual Karplus Lecture to the Naonal Science Teachers Board of Visitors Creave Educator Associaon and has received the Public Understanding of Science and Tech‐ Award, in recognion of his long contri‐ nology Award from the American Associaon for the Advancement of buons to our educaon mission and his Science.

5 2012 Outstanding NEW FACES Alumnus Award Phillip Sprangle, Professor The Department's 2012 Out‐ Sprangle will be adding his experse to the department's work in accelerator physics. He standing Alumnus Award went joined the Naval Research Laboratory, aer receiving his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Con‐ to Bill Bandy, who received his rell university in 1973, and was a Senior Scienst for Directed Energy Physics. Ph.D., in 1974. under the direc‐ Jay Sau, Assistant Professor on of Arnie Glick. He worked for many years developing Sau is a theorecal physicist with experse in many‐body theory, materials science, AMO microelectronics for the Na‐ theory, superconducvity, quantum informaon and topological maer. He received his onal Security Agency, and up‐ Ph.D. from the University of California ‐ Berkeley in 2009, before joining Maryland as a post‐ on his rerement co‐founded doctoral fellow at JQI and CMTC. Matrics Inc., a pioneer in radio‐ frequency idenficaon. Aer Alberto Belloni, Assistant Professor selling Matrics, Inc. he founded Belloni joined the faculty as an assistant professor in January. He is a high‐energy experimen‐ Innurvaon, working on a non‐ talist who recently joined the CMS Collaboraon and is currently involved in the upgrade of invasive diagnosc systems for the Hadronic Calorimeter (HCAL). He received his Ph.D. from the Massachuses Instute of the gastrointesnal tract. Technology in 2007.

James Williams, Assistant Professor

Williams will join our condensed maer experiment group. He received his Ph.D. at Harvard in 2009 and has since worked at Stanford, pursuing hybrid topological insulator‐ superconductor devices, ionic‐gang to create unique two‐dimensional electron liquids on the surfaces of complex oxides and transport in high‐quality graphene devices.

Vladimir Manucharyan, Senior Vising Research Scholar

Manucharyan will join our condensed maer experiment group. He received his Ph.D., in the area of quantum informon with superconducng quibits, from . He then accepted a Junior Fellowship from Harvard working on proximity‐induced superconducvity in semiconducng nanowires and local magetometry of superconductors.

Katharine B. Gebbie, Senior Vising Research Scholar

Gebbie recently rered as the Director of the Physical Measurement Laboratory of the Na‐ onal Instute of Standards and Technology. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in physics and subsequently received a bachelor's degree in astronomy and Ph.D. in physics from University College London.

Gloria Lubkin, Senior Vising Research Scholar CONTACT US:

Lubkin has enjoyed a truly remarkable career as a science journalist and historian, notably as For quesons, comments or to the longme editor of Physics Today. She holds degrees in physics from Temple University submit informaon, please and , and worked as a mathemacian and physicist in the private sector contact Carole Kiger before joining the physics department at Sarah Lawrence College. She started as an [email protected] associate editor of Physics Today in 1963 and rered as Editor Emerita in 2009. 301.405.5945

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