PhD in Physics and Astronomy at UTRGV
Job Summary
Job Description
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Department of Physics and Astronomy is seeking talented applicants for its PhD in Physics program. Applications are due February 11th 2022.
The UTRGV Department of Physics and Astronomy offers highly competitive scholarships to its Ph.D. in Physics students, which include stipend and tuition support. These scholarships are open to US domestic and international applicants. We expect to offer around 9 new scholarships for the Fall 2022 admission.
The department has a vibrant and multidisciplinary research environment in gravitational wave Astronomy and Astrophysics, Observational Astronomy, Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Physics, Quantum Information Science, experimental Nano Physics, experimental and computational Material Science, Medical Physics and Biophysics, theoretical Nuclear High-Energy Physics, and Physics Education. It houses the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy (CGWA) and the Center for Advanced Radio Astronomy (CARA) and it is also home to six state-of-the-art laboratories funded by the NSF, NASA, NIH, and the US Air Force. It also operates an optical observatory (Transient Optical Robotic Observatory of the South -TOROS-) located in the Andes mountains in South America, funded by NSF and dedicated to the follow-up of gravitational wave events in the southern hemisphere.
UTRGV is one of the largest emerging research universities in the USA, with more than 90% of its student body of Mexican American heritage. As such it is committed to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment for research and education for all.
To apply go online to:
https://www.utrgv.edu/graduate/apply-now/
For more information contact:
Dr. Efrain Ferrer
Professor and Chair UTRGV Physics and Astronomy Graduate Program