University of Houston Physics Department information
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University of Houston Department of Physics
Established
1934
Chair
Gemunu Gunaratne[1]
Academic staff
31 tenure(d) + 16 research
Administrative staff
13[2]
Undergraduates
60 [3]
Postgraduates
8 [4]
Doctoral students
90 [3]
Location
Houston
,
Texas
,
United States
Associate Director
Jennifer Chin-Davis
Website
phys.uh.edu
The Department of Physics at the University of Houston is a department of the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics performing research traditional fields such as High Energy Physics and Condensed Matter Physics, Material Science, and Biological Physics, but also topics like Seismic and Medical Imaging. With its physics program, the University of Houston physics department placed 60 (out of 160) in the 2010 United States National Research Council rankings.[3]
The Department works together closely with the Texas Center for Superconductivity.
^"Organizational Chart of the UH Physics Department" (PDF). University of Houston. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
^"Staff". UH Department of Physics. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
^ abcGunaratne, Gemunu. "A Message From the Chair". UH Physics Department. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
^"Post-Doctoral Staff List". Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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