Texas Tech Department of Physics and Astronomy

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05/29/2026

We hope to see you at Astronight today!!!

Dr. Yongbin Feng has received a grant from DOE Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for his proposal, “Server-side Deve...
05/20/2026

Dr. Yongbin Feng has received a grant from DOE Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for his proposal, “Server-side Developments for Inference As-a-Service in CMS Offline Processing”. This award, supported through the U.S. CMS Software and Computing Research Initiative, advances R&D efforts essential for HL LHC Software and Computing.

Congratulations, Dr. Feng!!!

Dr. Myoung-Hwan Kim has selected as an awardee of the Prototype Fund, administered by the TTU Innovation Hub and sponsor...
05/20/2026

Dr. Myoung-Hwan Kim has selected as an awardee of the Prototype Fund, administered by the TTU Innovation Hub and sponsored by the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance. This award will support prototype development and key commercialization milestones.

Congratulations, Dr. Kim!!!

Niramay Gogate, a graduate student in the High Energy Physics group, has been selected for a 2025 Compact Muon Solenoid ...
05/18/2026

Niramay Gogate, a graduate student in the High Energy Physics group, has been selected for a 2025 Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the Hadron Calorimeter (HCAL).

The CMS experiment is one of two large particle physics detectors operating at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva, Switzerland. The collaboration involves more than 6,000 individuals from around the world.

The CMS Excellence Awards recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the strength of CMS and who have made substantial and excellent contributions to the project and construction of the CMS sub-detectors. Only about 1% of scientists in the collaboration receive this distinction each year. The awards will be presented during the plenary session of the CMS Week in June.

Niramay’s award citation reads “for his outstanding contributions to HCAL prompt feedback and detector performance groups in Run 3, especially in-depth studies of HCAL pulse shape and timing.”

Congratulations, Niramay!

Congratulations to all May 2026 PHAS graduates on your well-deserved success - you made it! We are incredibly proud of e...
05/15/2026

Congratulations to all May 2026 PHAS graduates on your well-deserved success - you made it! We are incredibly proud of each and every one of you for all that you have accomplished.

Your commitment, perseverance, and hard work made this journey possible, and we are confident that you all have a bright future ahead as Red Raiders. On behalf of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, congratulations on your graduation, and we wish you all the very best in your future endeavors!

Join us for our next Star Party, this Saturday, May 16th!!! 🤩
05/11/2026

Join us for our next Star Party, this Saturday, May 16th!!! 🤩

04/29/2026

Physicists Recognized by TTU for Global Efforts 🌎

Drs. Sung-Won Lee and Nural Akchurin were recently recognized by International Affairs at Texas Tech University for their efforts in advancing Texas Tech’s presence and partnerships at the global level. They received the International Engaged Scholarship Award for their international commitment during this year's Global Vision Awards held at the International Cultural Center.

Both scientists have spent years working with the internationally recognized CERN, also known as the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva, Switzerland. CERN is the premiere physics research experiment in the world, and thanks to the continual efforts of Drs. Lee and Akchurin, the lab has utilized particle detecting hardware designed by Texas Tech’s Advanced Particle Detector Lab team. This technology crafted in Lubbock, combined with data analysis from the detectors, played a role in the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the Higgs boson particle in 2012. They’ve since continued their collaboration with CERN to expand knowledge of how particles behave at the atomic and subatomic levels.

Drs. Lee and Akchurin are great examples of how Texas Tech research is changing not just how we see the world, but how we understand the universe around us.

Read more about all the 2026 Global Vision Awardees:
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/international/intlopr/global-vision-awards.php

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04/22/2026

We are thrilled to celebrate Dr. Dima Bolmatov, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, whose groundbreaking research was recently featured on the covers of TWO American Chemical Society (ACS) journals: Langmuir and ACS Chemical Neuroscience.

Dr. Bolmatov is challenging the traditional view of cell membranes. Far from being passive barriers, his work suggests they are dynamic, adaptive materials capable of encoding history and processing information—essentially acting as a "memory" at a cellular level.

"One study shows that membranes can encode history through physical dynamics, while the other shows how biochemical agents, like melatonin, can tune that behavior," says Bolmatov.

By bridging the gap between physics tools and biological questions, Dr. Bolmatov is proving that at Texas Tech, the most exciting discoveries happen where disciplines meet.

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We had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Madeline Lockhart for a special talk geared towards navigating the undergraduate and ...
04/22/2026

We had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Madeline Lockhart for a special talk geared towards navigating the undergraduate and graduate experience. Hearing about her journey was inspiring!

Dr. Lockhart (BS in Physics '20 at TTU) serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board for the College of Arts & Sciences and has been named the College of Arts & Sciences’ 2024 Rising Innovator.

Thank you for sharing your experience with us, Dr. Lockhart!

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