Kayleigh Cassella (’11) was the first of our graduates to receive an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which she used while working toward her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley. She obtained her doctorate, also in physics, in 2018 and has continued to live and work in Berkeley subsequently. First she spent two years doing a postdoc… Read more »
Alumni Updates
Alum Update: Danny Workman ’15
Danny Workman graduated with a B.S. in physics in 2015 and started a new job recently at Benebios in Mishawaka. Briefly, the company produces starter cultures that are used for probiotics and dairy cultures (e.g., yogurt) by growing the desired bacteria and then using centrifuges for separation and freeze-drying techniques to manipulate the triple point… Read more »
Jeff Yoder to UNR Ph.D. Program!
2020 graduate Jeff Yoder has been admitted to the University of Nevada, Reno graduate program in physics; he’ll move to Reno this summer and start working toward a doctorate. At this point he’s considering advisors in plasma and computational physics but still trying to remain open to determine the best fit. He’ll serve as a… Read more »