Xin-Zhong Liang Elected Fellow of American Geophysical Union

Liang was selected for innovative, pioneering leadership in developing regional modeling capabilities for understanding climate change impacts on a variety of sectors.

UMD Computer Scientists Design Innovative Drone System for Disaster Recovery

Computer science major Neil Sorkin teamed up with Assistant Professor Nirupam Roy to create a better way to locate people who need help after natural disasters.

Distinguished University Professor Thomas Antonsen Honored by the American Physical Society

He will receive the American Physical Society’s 2023 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for “pioneering contributions in the theory of magnetized plasma stability, RF, current drive, laser-plasma interactions, and charged particle beam dynamics.”

UMD Celebrates Grand Opening of Quantum Computing Research Hub

QLab partnership with IonQ offers researchers, students and professionals access to cutting-edge hardware.

UMD Rises in U.S. News Rankings of National Universities

Maryland is No. 19 among public schools and jumps nine spots in overall rating.

Sasha Philippov Investigates Plasmas Surrounding the ‘Most Mysterious and Exotic Objects in the Universe’

Since joining UMD in May 2022, Philippov has taken on several new projects, including the modeling of electrodynamic processes related to neutron stars and black holes.

 

‘Warming Is Everywhere,’ Maryland’s Climate Monitor Warns

State Climatologist, a UMD researcher, calls for diverse scientific voices as climate change hits globally.

David Straney Receives Provost’s Academic Advisor of the Year Award for 2022-23

He was recognized for his dedication to supporting biological sciences majors throughout their academic careers at UMD.

From Particle Physics to Artificial Intelligence

Brian Calvert (Ph.D. ’15, physics) is blazing a trail on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence (AI) as co-founder of the San Francisco tech startup Graft.

Biology’s Hilary Bierman Receives Provost’s Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty

Bierman helped create UMD’s neuroscience major from scratch—and launched it during a global pandemic.

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