News

Hassan Khalvati Successfully Defended his PhD Thesis; Science with Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals: Accuracy, Fundamentals, and Beyond Vacuum on Monday, September 8th, 2025.

Phys Phest is an annual celebration of the research being conducted in the Physics Department by our graduate students who have completed their first year. 

Congratulations to our 2025 Phys Phest winners. 

• Annika Vetter, PhD (Advisor: Ralf Gellert)
• Elijah Kent, MSc (Advisor: Elisabeth Nicol)

Yash Bhat successfully defended his MSc Thesis; Unveiling the Neutrino Dynamics in Pre-Core Collapse Supernovae on Thursday, August 28, 2025. 

The undergraduate poster session highlights undergraduate summer research projects within the College of Computational, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences. Thank you to the organizers, judges and student participants. 

Congratulations to our top presenters:

• First - Veronica Hart (Physics w Prof Dutcher)