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Star Student and NASA Standout Preparing for a Stellar Future

November 12, 2019
Like many young women, Calista Lum absorbed the message that she was not as capable as her male peers when it came to science, technology, engineering and math. Teachers in her Fairfield high school engineering classes often asked if male classmates had done her work for her. “I just assumed the...

Physicist Found His Path to the Future at UC Merced

November 4, 2019
When Denzal Martin started his undergraduate work at UC Merced, he wasn’t thinking about a career in physics, interning with NASA or attending graduate school. The Los Angeles native was studying computer science and engineering. One day, though, he decided to attend a materials science and...

Lab Works to Understand Molecular Motors and Cholesterol’s Relation to Alzheimer’s

November 4, 2019
Physics Faculty Member Dr. Jing Xu wins competitive grant form NIH. Professor Jing Xu has won a competitive grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the NIH to determine how the properties of the lipid membrane enclosing a cargo impact motor protein-based...

Physicists Revealing Mysteries of Biological Fluids

September 26, 2019
A group of physics researchers from UC Merced have revealed that a fluid made from biological molecules found in human cells behaves much like ordinary fluids that are mixed externally, such as paint. Except in the case of the biological fluids, no external mixing is required — it’s mixing itself....

UC Merced Reaches for Stars with Solar Cells

September 18, 2019
Two UC Merced physics groups are totally spacing out this year. Professors Sayantani Ghosh and David Strubbe and their students in the Department of Physics are working on a NASA initiative to fabricate solar cells in space and turn sunlight into electricity. “One of the big challenges with solar...

Astrophysicist Dr. Sarah Loebman to Join Physics Faculty in Fall 2020

July 22, 2019
The Physics Department welcomes Dr. Sarah Loebman, who will join the faculty in Fall 2020 as an assistant professor! She will be the department's first astrophysicist. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis, she holds both the Hubble and Chancellor's...

Physicist Researching Materials Chemistry to Build Better Solar Cells

July 9, 2019
Durable, reliable, affordable solar power is the future of energy, and UC Merced computational physicist Professor David Strubbe is diving into a new area of science to answer the call. Strubbe’s new project aims to understand why two organic materials — that are cheaper and easier to produce...

UC Solar Projects Bringing Lower Costs, Renewable Energy to Industry, Commerce and Homes

May 28, 2019
Three big UC Solar projects are poised to be the next big breakthroughs in low-cost, accessible sustainable commercial and residential energy in California and far beyond. Researchers are building working models of one project developed through a grant from the California Energy Commission for a...

NPR station KTEP interviews Physics Professor David Strubbe for "Science Studio"

May 19, 2019
NPR station KTEP of El Paso, TX, interviews David Strubbe on the program Science Studio.

Society of Physics Students Vice President Victoria Arias Gives Commencement Speech

May 15, 2019
Class of 2019 Student Speakers Leave UC Merced with Messages of Gratitude By Cyndee Fontana-Ott, For UC Merced May 15, 2019 Undergraduates Victoria Arias and Cydney Caradonna entered UC Merced through different doors. Arias was a freshman impressed with the campus and community. Caradonna...

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