Department of Physics
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The Physics Department is dedicated to helping their students achieve success both in the classroom and beyond. The department is comprised of a tight-knit group of majors with students active in a variety of clubs, including the Society of Physics Students. Physics students organize various campus events, travel to local schools, study together, relax together, and have an exclusive use of the “Physics Reading Room” – a student lounge with a computer lab and kitchenette.
Faculty Success
Dr. Kargol and a former student, Cole Green, coauthored a paper on Quantum Biology
Prof. Kargol and a former physics student and Loyola alum, Coleman Green, are co-authors of a paper on Quantum Biology. The paper, titled "Large scale simulations of photosynthetic antenna systems: interplay of cooperativity and disorder" is published in Journal of Physical Chemistry. It was written in collaboration with Dr. L. Celardo's research groups at the University of Florence, Italy, and University of Puebla BUAP, Mexico (Alessia Valzelli, Alice Boschetti, Francesco Mattiotti, Armin Kargol, Coleman Green, Fausto Borgonovi, Giuseppe Luca Celardo).
Student Success
Michael Kammer (Phys'12) has joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University as Research Assistant Professor
Michael Kammer graduated from Loyola in 2012 with a BS in Physics. He went on to pursue a PhD at Vanderbilt University in Biomedical Engineering. He then completed a postdoc in Chemistry at Vanderbilt University and then another in Pulmonary medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is now a Research Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where his research focus is on early detection of lung cancer.