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Dr. Neepa Maitra Joins Physics Department at Rutgers Newark
Theoretical Physicist, Dr. Neepa Maitra, will join the Physics Department in the Fall 2019
Dr. Maitra is a world-renowned expert in electronic structure theory and dynamics, and her lab is already accepting students!
Student Co-Curricular Work
Learning Assistant Program at RU-N, Fall 2019
Top undergraduates in STEM work in the courses they have successfully completed. Learning Assistant have special status among science and math majors. To apply contact Muhammed Acikgoz.
Research News
The Maitra research group publishes in Physical Review Letters
With quantum electrodynamics, Lionel, Norah, and Neepa manipulate molecular properties with a cavity and explain cavity-induced suppression of proton-coupled electron-transfer.
Physics Colloquium
Fridays at 1:30pm Smith Hall room 206. Weekly seminars on an array of physics topics given by top academic minds and industry professionals.
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Smith Hall Room 212
101 Warren St.
Newark, NJ 07102
United States
Faculty
Michele Pavanello
Associate Professor and Physics Chair
Diane Jammula
Associate Teaching Professor
Mohammad Qasem
Part-Time Lecturer
Zhen Wu
Professor