From the Physics Dept. Chair of Univ. of Chicago:

From the Director of Graduate Studies, Dept. of Physics, Emory University:

Dear graduating seniors,

Do you love physics and science and are considering graduate school, but don’t know where to start? Did you know that Emory graduate students receive a yearly stipend of $31,775, and pay no tuition? We invite you to apply to our Physics Graduate Program at Emory University.

Our department specializes in three principal research areas that are currently among the most active in the basic and applied sciences. We cover both experimental and theoretical efforts in:

• BIOPHYSICS AND LIVING SYSTEMS investigating problems at the interface of physical and life sciences at the molecular, cellular, organismal, systems, and population levels, including the physics of networks, nervous systems, behavior, and biological and information processing.
• QUANTUM CONDENSED MATTER AND OPTICS investigating nanoscale systems where surfaces, interfaces, and confinement effects result in new physical phenomena (spintronics, nanophotonics, 2D materials, topological properties of matter, nonlinear phenomena).
• SOFT MATTER PHYSICS addressing the properties of materials that display both fluid and solid behavior, i.e., “complex fluids” (polymers, colloids, and granular systems, nonequilibrium glassy phenomena, jamming, and fluid dynamics).

More information about our research areas can be found on our website.

Our graduate program currently has 20 faculty and approximately 60 graduate students, making for close, personal interactions between the student and advisor. All graduate students entering our program get to try out different research areas prior to identifying a PhD Advisor.  We emphasize a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment in research and teaching to prepare students for careers in academia, industry, and government. Emory’s research environment is an integral part of the vibrant Atlanta science community, having close ties and collaborations with scientists, resources, and facilities at our neighboring institutions Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, and University of Georgia.

Emory’s beautiful, green campus is located in quiet residential neighborhoods but harbors a global impact through the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Atlanta Science Festival. The urban conveniences of Atlanta and its downtown, such as top-tier restaurants, shopping, nightlife, professional sports, and other entertainment, are all within a few miles. In addition, Atlanta is centrally located within the geographically diverse state of Georgia: there are several parks and green spaces within and near the city, numerous hiking trails are within a 30-minute drive from Atlanta, the north Georgia mountains with access to the Appalachian trail are within two hours from the city, and Savannah and the Georgia coastline are within a few-hours drive.

If this appeals to you, we hope you would consider joining us at Emory and encourage you to apply to our graduate program.  The deadline to apply is January 15, and you will find the application here.

Sincerely,

Prof. Justin Burton

Director, Physics Graduate Program

Emory University

From: Boston College Physics <physics@bc.edu>
Subject: Boston College Ph.D. Program
Date: November 3, 2020 at 5:30:00 PM CST

To: undisclosed-recipients:;

November 3, 2020

Dear Colleague,

I’m writing to ask if you would forward this email and attached flyer for our PhD program to your senior physics majors.

Our departmental research program is focused on condensed matter physics, with ongoing collaborative projects covering a wide range of topics within that field, including:

• Quantum Materials
• Unconventional Superconductivity
• Renewable Energy
• Topological Phases
• Biosensing
• Photonics and Plasmonics
• 2D Atomic Crystals and Thin Films
• Quantum Information

Our graduates have gone on to successful careers in a broad range of fields within as well as outside of physics and academia (for a partial list see

https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/physics/graduate/our-alumni.html).

All matriculating students are financially supported through teaching and research assistantships, with opportunities to start research as early as the summer preceding their first year.

To apply please visit our website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/physics/graduate/application-information.html.

If any of your students would like further information on our graduate program, they should feel free to contact us directly at physics@bc.edu.

Sincerely,

Michael J. Graf, Chair

Department of Physics
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Ave
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Please find below some interesting graduate school opportunities …

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From: Nair, Preethi
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 4:21 PM
To: Stephen.Bradshaw
Subject: Open Graduate Positions at UA Physics and Astronomy

Dear Prof. Bradshaw,

I hope all is well.  I am writing to you on behalf of the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Alabama.  As part of a rapidly expanding department, now ranked #34 in research budget and grants by the American Institute of Physics’ GradSchoolShopper, we have an exciting array of graduate positions available which we would like to share with your undergraduate students.  If you would be kind enough to forward our information to any students interested in graduate opportunities, we would be happy to provide them with further information, feedback, and guidance in their application process.

Please click here to view/download our program brochure.  In addition, a list of actively recruiting faculty is listed below.  Please note that this list is meant to be a sample: Research groups not shown here are always interested in new students and we encourage students to contact them as well for more information.

We do not require a student to have a group or subfield in mind when applying and encourage all prospective students to apply.  If students are interested in our program but unsure of their direction yet, they are welcome to contact me for help at physgrad@ua.edu, or find information for applying at http://physics.ua.edu/grad/AdmitGrad.html

We do not require GRE or PGRE scores for Fall 2021 admission.

For students interested in finding out more about UA’s graduate program, we will be holding a Q&A session on November 11th at Noon US central and another Q&A session on November 20th at Noon US central. Students are asked to register at the following site.

https://universityofalabama.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2icopePtjtGkTTD

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Dr. Preethi Nair​

Associate Professor, Grad Recruiting Director

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy,

The University of Alabama,

Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487

Off: 205-348-3770

email: physgrad@ua.edu

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Claudia Mewes (Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics) and Tim Mewes (Experimental Condensed Matter Physics) are recruiting students for fundamental and applied research projects in the area of magnetism, including high frequency applications, spinlogic and spintronic devices, and topological excitations.  More information can be found at http://magneticslab.ua.edu/.

Wang-Kong Tse, Theoretical Condensed Matter:  Dr. Tse is looking for graduate students for research projects in studying non-equilibrium many-body physics, transport and light-matter interaction effects of novel quantum materials including low-dimensional systems and topological matters.  Email: wktse@ua.edu  Homepage: http://tsegroup.ua.edu/

Georg Schwiete, Theoretical Condensed Matter. Dr. Schwiete is looking for graduate students who are interested in working on problems related to transport and dynamics in quantum many-body systems using field-theoretic methods. This may include, for example, quantum transport in low-dimensional systems, aspects of quantum criticality, unconventional superconductivity, or spintronics research.   Email: gschwiete@ua.edu

Conor Henderson, Paolo Rumerio and Sergei Gleyzer, Experimental High-Energy Physics: Drs. Henderson, Rumerio and Gleyzer are recruiting students to collaborate on the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, where they are using advanced analysis techniques, including machine learning, to search for evidence of new physics beyond the Standard Model Email: conor.henderson@ua.edu, pgrumerio@ua.edu and sgleyzer@ua.edu

http://sergeigleyzer.com/

http://chenderson.people.ua.edu/collider-physics-group.html

Igor Ostrovskiy, Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics: Dr. Ostrovskiy is looking to recruit students to work on 1) Neutrinoless double beta decay with the EXO-200/nEXO experiments and 2) Magnetic monopoles at the Large Hadron Collider and in space.  E-mail: iostrovskiy@ua.edu

http://iostrovskiy.people.ua.edu/

Matthias Kaminski, Theoretical Particle Physics and String Theory: Dr. Kaminski is looking to recruit students to study (1) String theory models for heavy ion collisions via the holographic principle (AdS/CFT correspondence), (2) Systematic construction of quantum fluid dynamics far from equilibrium, and (3) Condensed matter applications of the holographic principle. Email: mski@ua.edu Homepage: http://mkaminski.people.ua.edu/

Faculty in other areas including astronomy, astroparticle physics and experimental particle physics are also recruiting students.

NSF funded scholarships for Physics graduates are available to produce certified science teachers. The scholarship pays up to $17,100/Year to complete a fast track one-year Teacher Certification MA Program. In addition, graduates of the program are guaranteed a teaching position in a local school system with a $10,500 salary supplement for four years above the regular MA teacher level salary. Contact: Dennis Sunal dwsunal@ua.edu or Rainer Schad rschad@ua.edu

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Dr. Preethi Nair​
Associate Professor, Grad Recruiting Director
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy,
The University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487
Off: 205-348-3770