Research in nuclear physics has the goal of understanding and predicting the properties of atomic nuclei. Much of the current research in nuclear theory is directed toward finding the "missing links" between the fundamental QCD theory and nuclear physics.
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Zohreh Davoudi Named 2026 Schmidt Polymath
University of Maryland Associate Professor of Physics Zohreh Davoudi is one of eight academics around the globe named a 2026 Schmidt Polymath. Founded in 2021, the Schmidt Sciences Polymath Program...
Zohreh Davoudi Awarded Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Zohreh Davoudi , an associate professor of physics at the University of Maryland and Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics, received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and...
James J. Griffin, 1930-2022
Professor Emeritus James J. Griffin died on December 13, 2022. Griffin earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics at Princeton University in 1956 and then accepted a Fulbright Scholarship to the...
