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Prof. Amanda Crocker (PI), Prof. Michael E. Durst, Prof. Mark Spritzer, Prof. Clint Cave, and Prof. Catherine Combelles were awarded an NSF MRI grant for a confocal microscope. The project is titled, “MRI: Acquisition of a confocal microscope for multidisciplinary research and teaching at an undergraduate liberal arts college.” The grant was awarded through the Division of Biological Infrastructure of the National Science Foundation.

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Sydnie Hom (’21), Kazuto Nishimori (‘20.5), and Ruben Vargas (’22) presented their research at the physics research symposium online on August 5, 2020. Because the annual college-wide poster session is on hiatus, we have created this opportunity for you to share what you have been working on this summer and for us to gather as a department to celebrate. Sydnie Hom’s presentation was titled, “Higher Order Dispersion in a Temporal Focusing Microscope. Kazuto Nishimori’s was titled, “Light-Field Detection in a Temporal Focusing Microscope.” Ruben Vargas’s presentation was titled, “Simulating Supercontinuum Generation.”

Joe Moscatelli (‘19.5) has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the T. Ragan Ryan ‘91 Award for Excellence. The award was established in 1990 by Emily and Thomas C. Ryan ’55 in memory of their son, T. Ragan Ryan ’91. The award is bestowed upon a junior or senior who “best exemplifies the spirit of humanism and excellence in premedical studies exemplified by Ragan Ryan”.  The recipient is chosen by the Ryan family and Dr. Phil Johnson after reviewing nominees provided by the Health Professions Program at Middlebury College. Joe joins a distinguished group of former recipients who have gone on to make significant contributions to the field of medicine. 

Congratulations, Joe!

ROBERT K. GOULD PRIZE IN PHYSICS
Established in 1994 by friends and colleagues in honor of Robert K. Gould, professor of physics, 1968–1994. Awarded to the graduating senior whose senior work in physics best exemplifies the high standards for research set by Professor Gould. The 2020 Robert K. Gould Prize in Physics was awarded to Isabel Weber Cravioto for her outstanding laboratory work building a photothermal microscope, under the supervision of Assistant Professor of Physics Michael E. Durst. This sophisticated project required her to apply a wide range of knowledge in physics, including optics, lasers, electronics, and electricity and magnetism. She excelled in all aspects of this independent project, from initial construction, beam alignment, soldering, and testing through to the final data collection and analysis of the photothermal signal in gold nanoparticles.