Meet the astrophysicist who is working to make parking easier
Associate Professor Manos Chatzopoulos is using his skills in data analysis for something more down to earth — making it easier to find a place to park.
Latest Department of Physics & Astronomy News
- Two LSU Physics Alumni Receive NSF GRFPJeanne Garriz and Madison LeBlanc, both 2022 LSU BS in Physics alumni, have been awarded the prestigious and highly competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship that supports outstanding graduate research across the country.
- PhD Alumnus Dimitrios Kranas Receives 2024 Distinguished Dissertation Award in STEMThe LSU Alumni Association 2024 Distinguished Dissertation Award in Science, Engineering and Technology has been awarded to Dimitrios Kranas from Thessaloniki, Greece, who joined LSU and the Hearne Institute of Theoretical Physics under the mentorship of Associate Professor of Physics Ivan Agullo in 2018.
- Joseph Giaime Named 2023 AAAS FellowLSU Department of Physics & Astronomy Professor Joseph Giaime has been honored with the rank of "Fellow" by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world's largest scientific organization.
- LSU PhD Candidate with LVK Collaboration Detects a Remarkable Gravitational-wave SignalLSU Graduate Student Shania Nichols Research at LIGO Livingston Contributes to GW230529 Discovery
- Catherine Deibel named 2024 LSU Mid-Career Rainmaker in STEMThe LSU Council on Research has named Professor Catherine Deibel as a 2024 Rainmaker Mid-Career Scholar in the category of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The "Rainmakers" honor is given to professors who stand out for their ability to secure external research funding, publish in prominent journals and for gaining national as well as international recognition for their work.
- Multiparticle Nanostructures for Building Better Quantum TechnologiesLSU Quantum Researchers uncover important implications for quantum technology.