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.”

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

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

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.

 

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

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

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.

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

University of Maryland Geology Professor Sujay Kaushal, who contributed to this research, has seen the impact on local waterways firsthand.

Central to Asgari’s research is the concept of merging hardware and software in a manner reminiscent of the intricate processes of the human brain.