Physics

Organization Description
The Physics Department at St. Mary’s is dedicated to creating an environment for students to learn and grow both as physicists and individuals.
Charles Adler
- Professor of Physics
(240) 895-4343
Schaefer Hall 240
Associate Professor of Chemistry Kelly Neiles and Team Invited to Join Inclusive Excellence Learning Community
February 24, 2021
Kelly Neiles pictured
Chair and Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry Kelly Neiles, along with colleagues at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, have accepted an invitation from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to participate in an Inclusive Excellence Learning Community. The award includes $30,000… Find Out More
Professors De Pree & Grossman Speak at Physics Teachers Conference
January 12, 2021
Profs. De Pree & Grossman
Two physics professors from St. Mary’s College of Maryland gave talks at the American Association of Physics Teacher’s virtual winter meeting.  
Erin De Pree, associate professor and chair of the physics department, described training physics students to diffuse racial microaggressions.  Work in… Find Out More
Grossman to Chair American Physical Society’s Committee on Education
November 11, 2020
Josh Grossman, professor of physics
The American Physical Society (APS) has selected Josh Grossman, professor of physics, to chair its Committee on Education in 2021.  Grossman has served on the committee since the start of 2019.  The APS Committee on Education promotes and supports the education of physics students at all levels… Find Out More
Rose Young ’20 Authors Paper in The Physics Teacher, Drawing on St. Mary’s Project Research
October 2, 2020
Rose Young '20
The Physics Teacher, an academic journal on teaching, has published an article by Rose Young ’20, titled "Parenting and Physics: How to Support Physics Students Who Are Raising Children." The article, based on Young’s St. Mary’s Project (SMP) research, was featured as part of the journal’s special… Find Out More
The Department of Physics at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Honored with the 2020 OSA Diversity and Inclusion Advocacy Recognition
September 17, 2020
Professor grossman working with students
The Department of Physics at St. Mary’s College of Maryland received the Diversity and Inclusion Advocacy Recognition for its efforts to increase diversity and inclusivity in science during the all-virtual 2020 Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science APS/DLS (FiO + LS) Conference presented by the… Find Out More
Professor Charles Adler Unearths Science Behind Book, Show and Movie Favorites
September 14, 2020
Chuck Adler Great Courses title shown
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Professor of Physics Charles L. Adler has released a new video lecture series for The Great Courses, titled “How Science Shapes Science Fiction.” The 24-lecture course looks at dozens of books, movies, and television shows to unearth the science behind the fiction.… Find Out More
Professors Grossman and Johnson Awarded Grant to Recruit Future Physics Teachers
August 26, 2020
Grossman and Johnson pictured
Professor of Physics Josh Grossman and Professor of Educational Studies Angela Johnson were recently awarded a $24,749 grant from the American Physical Society to participate in the APS project titled: PhysTEC: Building a Solution to the National Physics Teacher Shortage. The grant is pass-through… Find Out More
St. Mary’s College Mobilizes Departments to Assist Local Health Care Providers with Essential Supplies/3D Printed Face Shields
April 27, 2020
students Jennica Bark (L) and Nhu Chau (C) and Professor Troy Townsend (R)
Associate Professor of Biology Kevin Emerson has jump-started a campus-wide initiative at St. Mary’s College of Maryland to provide the St. Mary’s County Health Department with essential supplies for medical personnel working the front lines to care for those infected with COVID-19 and to help stem… Find Out More
SMCM Faculty Members Selected for Office of Naval Research 2020 Summer Faculty Research Program
March 4, 2020
Grossman, Adler, and Chase pictured
Three St. Mary’s College of Maryland faculty members were recently selected to participate in the U.S. Navy’s Summer Faculty Research Program at the nearby Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NAS Pax River). The awarded fellowships will fund Joshua M. Grossman, professor of physics and physics… Find Out More
Alumnus Ethan Elliott '06 Receives NASA Medal
January 31, 2020
Ethan Elliott '06 receiving NASA medal
St. Mary's College alumnus Ethan Elliott, who was a physics major in the class of 2006, received a NASA Early Career Public Achievement Medal on October 29, 2019, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.  NASA awards the medal for “unusual and significant performance during the first 10 years of an… Find Out More
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