Dr. Grigory Rogachev Carbon, known universally as the basic building block of life, is generally thought by scientists to have formed inside the cores of stars. Now, an experimental apparatus designed by scientists at Texas A&M University is playing a major, first-of-its-kind role in a collaboration to test whether or not the element could have […]
We are pleased to announce two new recipients and co-holders of the Mitchell/Heep/Munnerlyn Career Enhancement Chair. This chair has a long history of excellent holders, starting with Dr. Lifan Wang. Once a faculty member is tenured, he or she must give up the chair or pass the torch, so to speak, to another untenured faculty […]
Dr. Alexei V. Sokolov, professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University, has been selected as a co-recipient of the 2020 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics in honor of outstanding contributions to the field. Established in 1998, the award pays tribute to the famous laser scientist Willis E. Lamb […]