Our alumni have accomplished astounding achievements since exiting the halls of our departments. Alumni are invited each year to the annual Spring Recognition Banquet to share their successes. Recent news is also published in the departmental alumni newsletter.
Rebecca Richards-Kortum Delivers Undergraduate Commencement Speech
Nebraska Today: Rebecca, (B.S., 1985) encouraged the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's largest ever graduating class to find people who believe in them and let no setback deter them. Richards-Kortum told the graduates to avoid narrow-minded, unimaginative people, find people who believe in them and, in turn, support others.
Richards-Kortum also received Nebraska's Charles Bessey Medal during the morning ceremony. The award recognizes distinguised achievement in the sciences or fields grounded in the sciences from Chancellor Ronnie Green.
Read more and watch her speech in the Nebraska Today news release.
Carolina Ilie Earns International Honor as Sigma Xi Fellow
Oswego physics professor, and former department Ph.D. student, Caroline Ilie was one of 15 scholars selected as Sigma Xi Fellows.
The Fellow of Sigma Xi distinction is awarded to members who are recognized by their peers and display distinguished service to Sigma Xi and outstanding contributions to the scientific community.
Eric Jones (Ph.D. 2019) joined Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, as an Academic Laser Scientist and is in charge of the Laser Teaching Center.
Zach Rohde (B.S. 2019) began a position with Spectral Energies LLC in Beavercreek, OH, as an optical engineer.
Andrew Vikartofsky (Ph.D. 2019) is currently a Senior Data Scientist at Lowes in Mooresville, NC building a data-driven supply chain optimization web app using primarily Python and ReactJS.
Zhengzheng Zhang (Ph.D. 2011) is currently a science writer in English and Chinese for the American Institute of Physics in College Park, MD.