August 2026

Alex selected to present at the CEU Conference this year!

I am very happy to share that my undergraduate student Alex Yi has been accepted to participate in the CEU conference for undergraduate researchers, where he will present a poster on the research he has worked immensely hard on throughout the entire summer. He has also been awarded a travel grant to attend.

The CEU program is very competitive, especially because an undergraduate can participate only once during their entire four-year college career. This is an important milestone in Alex’s early research career and a great opportunity for him to share his research, gain experience presenting to a broader scientific audience, and connect with other students and researchers.

Congratulations, Alex!

May 2026

Undergraduate student Alex awarded the Mark Miller Summer Research Fellowship

I am pleased to announce that my undergraduate student Alex Yi has been awarded the highly competitive and prestigious Mark Miller Summer Research Fellowship in Physics at UConn.

The Mark Miller Award provides a stipend that allows selected students to remain in Storrs over the summer to conduct full-time research under the supervision of a Physics faculty member. Recipients are chosen through a highly competitive selection process that recognizes both academic excellence and strong research potential. Alex will use this opportunity to continue his research in theoretical nuclear physics, preparing toward his first research publication. This award will provide an excellent foundation for his continued growth as a young researcher.

Congratulations to David and Angelo!

Congratulations to my PhD students, David DeAngelo and Angelo Patrizi, on successfully passing their general examinations and advancing to PhD candidacy. This marks an important milestone as they transition to full-time research toward their doctoral dissertations.

January 2026

We are excited to announce that David’s first research paper is out!
In this work, David identifies a new class of observables that are sensitive to gluon orbital angular momentum and spin–orbit correlations, providing powerful tools for future measurements at the upcoming Electron–Ion Collider (EIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. This result opens a promising pathway toward unraveling the role of gluons in the proton’s spin structure.