Physics Department NSF Career Awards

  • Dr. Andrea Markelz has received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (2003 - 2009) from the National Science Foundation to develop a technique for measuring the elasticity -- or "bounciness" -- of biomolecules, such as proteins, using ultrafast optical methods.

  • Dr. John Cerne has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award (2005 - 2010) to probe the fundamental behavior of "strange metals," including materials related to high-temperature superconductors, as well as magnetic semiconductors

  • Dr. Doreen Wackeroth has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award (2006 - 2011) to study higher order effects in quantum field theory (radiative corrections), and to improve theoretical predictions within the Standard Model and its supersymmetric extensions.

  • Dr. Igor Zutic has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award (2006 - 2011) and a three year grant from the US Office of Naval Research for theoretical studies of spin transport and spintronic devices.

  • Dr. Hao Zeng has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award (2006 - 2011) for studying nanoscale materials and devices, and to educate students in the interdisciplinary fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology.