May 23, 2019
Marco Ajello has been awarded the Rising Star in Discovery by the College of Science. This award recognizes excellence in forefront research performed at Clemson University. Marco is interested in understanding the evolution of supermassive black holes and all kinds of high energy phenomena in the universe. Please join me in congratulating the success of […]
May 22, 2019
The purpose of the President’s Leadership Institute is to hone and develop the skills necessary for leadership success with higher education. The institute expands the participant’s knowledge of higher education as an industry and provides a broad understanding of the skills needed for executive leadership. Participants also gain a broader perspective on the impact Clemson […]
May 22, 2019
Our students continue to excel! Second year graduate student, Jordan Eagle, has been awarded the Chandra X-ray Observatory Predoctoral Fellowship at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The Chandra X-ray Center is the Science and Operations Center for the Chandra X-ray Observatory, operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for […]
May 22, 2019
Graduation is always a bittersweet time for us. On the one hand we are sad to see the students that we have worked with over the past four years leave us. On the other we are excited to see them accomplish their goals and move onto this next stage in their life. This spring, we […]
April 25, 2019
What does quantum mechanics have to do with a movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Evidently, quite a bit. But do they get quantum mechanics right? Well it’s a comic book movie, so I’ll let you go watch it in lieu of ruining any plot lines. However, the movie has given one of our faculty […]
April 18, 2019
Work by Clemson faculty has been featured on APOD. The Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment (AZURE) aims to understand how the energy from the solar wind is transferred to our atmosphere and gives rise to the aurora. In the process, this experiment generates spectacular views as seen on the APOD post. You can read more […]
March 25, 2019
Have you wondered what Biophysics is and what Biophysicists do? This is your week to find out! The Clemson Biophysical Society is hosting Biophysics Week 2019 this week. Thursday at 4:00pm We will have a special colloquium in Kinard G01. Mary Elting will tell us about her research on self-organization of the microtubule cytoskeleton. Friday […]
March 18, 2019
A new paper published by He Huang, a postdoc working with Xian, and collaborators has been featured on the cover of JGR Space Physics. The image shows an ionospheric density map showing a strong asymmetry in the values on either side of the magnetic equator as well as longitudinal structure. Please join me in congratulating He […]
March 14, 2019
There has been quite a flurry of excitement about quantum mechanics in the news. First there is the paper reported in MIT Review claiming an experiment that “suggests” objective reality does not exist. Massimiliano Proietti at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and colleagues recreated what is known as the Wigner’s Friend thought experiment in the lab. These […]
March 14, 2019
Emil Alexov has been awarded a CUSHR Faculty Fellowship for the Summer and Fall 2019. The goal of these fellowships is to develop research relationships between Clemson University and Prisma Health. Emil’s focus will be translating laboratory science to clinical medicine with the intent of developing a series of molecular assays related to common drugs used […]
