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Student Information

Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy! On this page you will find all information regarding our program: the degrees offered and their requirements, the roadmaps for undergraduate and graduate studies, the specific classes that are taught this semester, how to register, and the financial aid for which you may apply. You will also find informations on how to write a Master's Thesis.

Program

Please contact us if you need more information regarding the program or if you are not sure whether Physics and Astronomy is the path you want to follow for your career. Nothing is better than talking to an advisor, and we are happy to provide help to find out if you want to join!

Advisors

Undergraduate Advisor:
Prof. G. Pickett
Office hours: Tu,Th 12:30-1:30pm; by appointment
Office: Peterson Hall 1 (PH1) room 221
Phone: 562 985-4934
Email: gpickett@csulb.edu

Graduate Advisor:
Prof. C. Kwon
Mo 10-11am, M,Th 3-4pm; by appointment
Office: Peterson Hall 2 (PH2) room 120
Phone: 562 985-4855
Email: ckwon@csulb.edu

Last update: 8/31/09

Colloquium:

Proximity Effect in Superconductor/Ferromagnet Hybrid Systems,

J. Gu, CSU Long Beach.

Monday, November 23, 2009, 11am, PH2-110.

TRIUMF cyclotron in Vancouvers: site of the muSR experiments.


Welcome to our two new faculty:

Prashanth Jaikumar

 Prashanth Jaikumar: New faculty member at the department of Physics & Astronomy

Dr. Jaikumar is a nuclear astrophysicist who graduated from SUNY at Stony Brooks. His interests are in high-density matter and its relation to astrophysical phenomena in neutron stars.

Yohannes Abate

Yohannes Abate: new faculty member of the department of Physics and Astronomy

Dr. Abate is a condensed matter experimentalist, who graduated from the University of Iowa. His interests are in near-field microscopy and spectroscopy imaging in metals and semiconductors, plasmonics in nanoparticles and the physics of metamaterials.


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