[2024/12] Congratulations to our December 2024 graduates! We are so proud of your accomplishments and are excited to see what you do next! Learn More [Video], [Commencement Program]

[2024/12] Please join us in congratulating our academic advisor Dr. Melanie Ungar for being named this month's Advisor of Excellence by Texas Tech's Office of Advising Excellence! | Learn More |

[2024/12] Please join us in congratulating doctoral student Umer Farooq for winning second place in the Graduate Cross-Disciplinary Paper Award at Texas Tech's 2024 United in Research Conference. Congrats, Umer!

[2024/11] For the 2^nd consecutive year, our department ranked 201-300^th (56^th-76^th range nationally) in the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2024 | Learn More |

[2024/11] Jessica Lawrence (Graduate Part-Time Instructor) received the Apple Polishing Award from the TTU Mortar Board Forum Chapter. This award recognizes faculty and staff who have made a significant impact on students’ academic journeys. Congrats, Jessica!

[2024/10] Please join us in congratulating three of our doctoral students on their recent publications! Muhammad Adnan, Sandeep Puri, and Victor Bradley were first author on the paper published in Indian Journal of Physics, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, and PRX Quantum respectively. Also, doctoral student Bilal Siddique won the outstanding graduate student oral presentation award at the TSAPS meeting. Congrats, Bilal!

[2024/10] Dr. Duncan and Dr. Lin were each awarded special plaques given to inventors named in U.S. patents at the 7^th Annual Inventor Celebration hosted by the Office of Research Commercialization. Congratulations to Drs. Duncan and Lin, and their collaborator Dr. Sobel. | Learn More |

[2024/09] The CMS experiment at CERN weighs in on the W boson mass. Texas Tech faculty member Dr. Yongbin Feng is one of the team members who carried out these challenging and delicate measurements! Congratulations to Dr. Feng for his contributions to this outstanding scientific achievement! | Learn More | 

[2024/09] On 9/10, Dr. Arfin Lodhi celebrated 60 YEARS OF SERVICE at Texas Tech with a colloquium talk and cake! Congratulations on this amazing milestone, Dr. Lodhi! | Learn More |

[2024/09] Dr. Chatzakis received a Department of Defense grant for the project “Two-dimensional topological materials for tunable quantum states and topological antiferromagnetic systems for applications in quantum technology". Congrats Yannis!

[2024/08] Welcome to new faculty members Drs. Elias Aydi (ASTRO), Yongbin Feng (HEP), Emilia Järvelä (ASTRO), Christopher Madrid (HEP), Nihan Pol (ASTRO), and Hira Farooq (Lecturer)!

[2024/08] Doctoral student John Morales has been selected as a NASA SciAct Affiliate for the National Diversity in STEM (SACNAS) Conference at Arizona State University. Congratulations John!

[2024/08] Please join us in congratulating Drs. Gillespie & Lin for receiving a 2025 Research Assistance Program Award from TTU Office of Research & Innovation for their project "Exploring a Novel Fission-Fusion Nuclear Energy Cycle via Triton Induced Reaction"

[2024/08] We are so excited to start teaching our introductory physics and astronomy labs in the new Academic Sciences Building this fall! | Learn More | Video | 

[2024/08] Congratulations to all our Summer 2024 graduates! We are so proud of you! Learn More [Video], [Commencement Program]

[2024/07] Dr. Myoung-Hwan Kim was selected to receive a grant from the Helen Jones Foundation in support of "Bridging the Gap: Applied Science in K-12 Astronomy Education and Exhibition".

[2024/06] The U.S. News & World Report released the 2024-2025 Best Global Universities rankings, which focus on academic research and reputation. Our programs have ranked 322 (70th in the U.S.) in physics and 172 (48th in the U.S.) in Space Science (Astronomy/Astrophysics), respectively. Congratulations, everyone! | Learn More |

[2024/06] In a recent article, Texas Tech Now highlighted the statistical research conducted by Niramay Gogate, one of our doctoral students in High Energy Physics. The research by Niramay and his interdisciplinary team was published in Nature Scientific Reports. Congratulations, Niramay! | Learn More |

[2024/06] The construction of the Academic Sciences Building is in its final stage! Most of Physics & Astronomy's teaching labs as well as several research labs and offices will begin move-in on July 8. A ribbon-cutting for ASB is tentatively scheduled for August 9. Check out photos of ASB's construction on our Flickr page. | Learn More | Building Beyond | Construction Timelapse |

[2024/05] Texas Tech physicist Tom Maccarone explains intricacies and impacts of most powerful solar storm to reach Earth in decades. | Learn More |

[2024/05] Congratulations to all our May 2024 graduates! We are so proud of you! Learn More [Video1, 2], [Commencement Program]

[2024/05] Dr. Shelby Lacouture, Senior Research Scientist, has been honored with the prestigious R&D Innovation Award by the Life-Science and Biomedical Engineering Branch of the Aerospace Medical Association! | Learn More |

[2024/05] Please join us in congratulating two of our graduate students on their recent publications! Niramay Gogate was part of an interdisciplinary team of 21 scientists whose paper was published in Nature-Scientific Reports. Yaren Ulu was first author on the paper published in Physical Review Physics Education Research.

[2024/04] Dr. Unnati Kashyap was recently selected as a member of NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) User’s Committee! The IXPE is NASA’s first mission to study the polarization of X-rays from many different types of celestial objects, and only 7 astrophysicists make up the committee. Dr. Kashyap is the only postdoctoral fellow on the current committee. | Learn More |

[2024/03] For the first time, an international team of nine astrophysicists including Texas Tech's Dr. Maccarone and Dr. Tetarenko has measured the speed of the fast-moving jets in space that are crucial to star formation and distribute the elements needed for life! This groundbreaking discovery has just been published in Nature. Congratulations to Tom and Alex on this outstanding scientific achievement! | Learn More |

[2024/03] Please join us in congratulating Dr. Myoung-Hwan Kim and doctoral student Zach Brown for being selected as winners of the TechConnect 2024 Innovation Award! The award will be presented at the Annual TechConnect World Innovation Conference & EXPO this June in Washington, DC. They were also selected for the pitch track as well as the booth/expo showcase, where only 15% of the participating teams are selected. 

[2024/03] We are so excited to see that Physics & Astronomy alumna Madeline Lockhart (BS '20) has been named the College of Arts and Sciences' 2024 Rising Innovator! Madeline is pursuing a PhD in Nuclear Engineering at NC State, where she is a Nuclear Nonproliferation and International Safeguards (NNIS) Fellow!

[2024/03] Last week's performance of "Waves and Particles" at the Talkington School for Young Women Leaders was a hit! Read all about the recent collaboration between Physics & Astronomy faculty Drs. Sung-Won Lee & Joe Romano and the Schools of Music and Theater & Dance in Texas Tech Now. | Learn More | Photo |

[2024/03] Congratulations to Dr. Myoung-Hwan Kim, who has been selected as a Summer Faculty Fellow at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. for the second consecutive summer!

[2024/03] Please join us in congratulating our PhD students Imtiaz Ahmad and Sandeep Puri, who were each awarded a very competitive Texas Tech Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship! Congratulations as well to their respective PhD advisors, Dr. Kim and Dr. Duncan!.

[2024/02] The TTU System has received a 6,000-acre land gift from the 3 Rivers Foundation! We're thrilled about the significant research, educational and community engagement opportunities this property will provide our institutions and surrounding communities. | Learn More [1], [2] |

[2024/02] Dr. Ungar and Dr. Gillespie won the Faculty and Staff Wellbeing & Success Mini-Grant. Congrats Melanie and Andrew!

[2024/02] Dr. Chatzakis was selected to receive a Global Exchange Research Seed Grant from the TTU Office of International Affairs! Dr. Chatzakis is one of only two recipients of the Faculty Exchange Award. | Learn More |

[2024/02] Please join us in congratulating physics major Odin Schneider for winning the Best Presentation Award in the Physics and Astronomy section at the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium!

[2024/01] Texas Tech profiled physics major Amaris McCarver, who recently won the Robert S. Hyer Research Award from the Texas Section of the American Physical Society! Congratulations again, Amaris! | Learn More |

[2024/01] Please join us in congratulating physics major Elizabeth Veraa for winning first place for her research poster presentation at the 2024 Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Tulane University!

[2024/01] Congratulations to doctoral student Imtiaz Ahmad for winning an APS Graduate Student Travel Award in the Division of Condensed Matter Physics! Imtiaz is one of only 20 winners of this competitive award. Congratulations to Corey Bradshaw (BS '20, MS '23) and doctoral student Shwetha Nagesh, whose papers were published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, respectively. 

[2024/01] Dr. Corsi was featured in Texas Tech Now regarding her recent DOE-ASCR (Advanced Scientific Computing Research) grant and her research project associated with this grant; “Resilience-enabling services for science from HPC to edge”. | Learn More |

[2024/01] Dr. Thacker recently had a paper published that presents a historical analysis of the development, implementation, research and assessment of an evidence-based introductory algebra-based physics course that has been taught at TTU for over 20 years! | Learn More |