2023
Meet Isabella Scott, Math
November 2, 2023
Isabella Scott, born in San Francisco and brought up between there and London, earned a BSc in Pure Maths from the University of St Andrews. They are now a 6th-year PhD student in Math, studying mathematical logic, “which sort of studies the ‘mathematics of mathematics’.”
Meet Mohit Verma, Physics
September 28, 2023
Mohit Verma, who grew up in Toronto, is a fourth-year PhD student in Physics. His research is in experimental atomic physics with the goal of probing new physics beyond the standard model.
Meet Annie Xie, Statistics
September 21, 2023
Annie Xie grew up in Guilford, CT. She’s in her third year at UChicago as a PhD student in Statistics, where she has been working to develop statistical methods for analyzing and identifying patterns in genetics data.
PSD Spotlight: Maureen Searcy
September 18, 2023
PSD's September spotlight is Maureen Searcy, Assistant Director of Content
Introducing new faculty in the Physical Sciences Division 2023-24
September 15, 2023
Please welcome the faculty joining the Physical Sciences Division in the ’23–24 academic year.
Meet Mitzi Nakatsuka
July 12, 2023
The 2023 Alice W. Chandler Staff Service Recognition Ceremony was held June 22. Meet some of the staff members who are celebrating this year the longest tenures at the University.
Mitzi Nakatsuka celebrates year 45 at UChicago. She started at the University as a secretary in the Statistics Department, later moved into Web Services, before eventually returning to the department she started in as a web developer.
Meet Sandra Tilmon
June 30, 2023
Sandra Tilmon is a graduate of the MS in Applied Data Science part-time program in the Physical Sciences Division.
Meet Riya Sheth, FinMath studentĀ
May 30, 2023
Riya Sheth is a Financial Mathematics student and has been at UChicago for six months. She has been deep diving into her coursework, which includes mathematics, computer science, finance, and data analysis. As part of her program, she has also been working with Bodhi Research Group on a project pertaining to tail-risk hedging.
PSD Spotlight: Megan Utley
May 29, 2023
PSD's May spotlight is Meet Megan Utley, PSD's Lab Safety Specialist.
Meet GeoSci student, Emma Stoutenburg
April 24, 2023
Emma Stoutenburg is a second-year UChicago GeoSci PhD student, with a bachelor’s in Earth Science and a specialization in Geophysics from Ohio State University. Emma works in the field of mineral physics, where she studies the physical properties of the minerals within the deep interiors of planets.
PSD April Spotlight: Galen Tsongas
April 21, 2023
PSD’s April spotlight is Galen Tsongas, Event Administrator for Astronomy and Astrophysics, and KICP.
Meet chemistry student, Lauren McNamara
March 29, 2023
Lauren is a third-year UChicago chemistry PhD student, with a bachelor’s in chemistry from UC Davis. She is a synthetic inorganic chemist and works primarily with a carbon and sulfur-based scaffold that she links between transition metals. We interviewed her about her experiences at UChicago.
PSD Spotlight: Sean Hernandez
February 24, 2023
PSD's February spotlight is Sean Hernandez, Assistant Director of PSD Graphics. Sean has been with UChicago for fifteen years.
Meet computational and applied mathematics student, Mark Olson
February 8, 2023
Mark A. Olson was raised in Buffalo, New York, and San Luis Obispo, California. After studying mathematics and computer science at UC Berkeley, he joined the PhD program in Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAM). He is currently researching Liouville quantum gravity, a topic in theoretic probability, with Assoc. Prof. Ewain Gwynne.
PSD Spotlight: Justin Jureller
January 17, 2023
The PSD January Spotlight is Justin Jureller, Chemistry PhD’06, Technical Director of the Materials Preparation & Measurement Laboratory in the James Franck Institute and Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.