Department News
New Master's Program in Quantum Information Science and Technology
The Physics and Astronomy Department is pleased to announce the creation of a new
M.S. program in Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST)!
Professors Matt Dawber and Tzu-Chieh Wei successfully championed this proposal to the New York State Education Department, who recently gave approval!
The program will commence in the Fall semester of 2023, and will feature several new customized courses in QIST as well as a research component.
Congratulations to Dr. Dawber and Dr. Wei for this outstanding contribution to our department!
Department Send-Off for Retiring Machine Shop Member
The department gathered to say its farewells and well-wishes to Jeff Slechta, who retired today after 40+ years working in the department machine shop.
Department Chair, Professor Jung (left). Jeff Slechta (right).
The department reflected upon several of Jeff's invaluable and creative contributions to the research projects by the faculty that led to major discoveries and scientific advances.
We congratulate Jeff for his retirement, and wish him well in the future!
Faculty Receive NSF Major Research Instrumentation Grant
The groups of Professor Tom Allison and Professor Mengkun Liu have been awarded a Major Research Instrumentation grant from the National Science Foundation, totalling almost $1 million over 5 years!
The grant, titled "Development of Ultra-Broadband High-Power Frequency Comb Light Source for Advanced Spectroscopy and Imaging," will allow the teams to develop a new frequency comb light source at Stony Brook, with output spanning a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum (from the terahertz region all the way to the soft x-ray region).
Explore Professor Allison's research here, and Professor Liu's research here! The grant announcement may be viewed here.