Jack Singal, professor of physics, published “Observing Strategies for Making a 310 MHz Absolute Map with the Green Bank Telescope" in Research Notes of the AAS along with Owen Schardt, '27, about strategies for mapping the sky with the Green Bank Telescope.
Faculty Accomplishments
Jack Singal, professor of physics, published "Leveraging Redshift Probabilities and Machine Learning Classification to Identify Catastrophic Outlier Photometric Redshift Estimates" in The Astrophysical Journal along with Jason Yoo, '26, and Christine Gyure, '25.
Matthew Belk, physics lab manager, received the University of Richmond 2026 Outstanding Service Award. The award recognizes staff from across campus who have made a unique difference to the University of Richmond community.
Mariama Rebello de Sousa Dias, associate professor of physics, received the 2026 School of Arts & Sciences (A&S) Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award. The award recognizes A&S faculty members who have accumulated an exemplary record in mentoring students working on research and creative projects outside of the classroom.
Ovidiu Lipan was promoted to professor of physics. His research is focused on various aspects of the interplay between discrete and continuous models in theoretical physics, with a recent highlight on the connection between discrete and continuum electrodynamics.
Mariama Rebello de Sousa Dias, associate professor of physics, published “Physics-informed generative adversarial networks applied to dichroic filters’ properties regression” in Physica Scripta.
Mariama Rebello de Sousa Dias, associate professor of physics, published "Anisotropic Optical Response of Gold-Silver Alloys" in Physica Status Solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters.