UMD Department of Physics
2025 Prospective Graduate Student
Virtual Open House - March 12, 2025

Welcome to the Physics Department's Virtual Open House. Congratulations on being accepted into the Physics Graduate Program! 

We look forward to sharing the excitement of our graduate program with each of you. We are a welcoming and inclusive environment for all community members. Our agenda includes overviews of our department, chats with faculty and graduate students, links to information about our graduate program, research areas, campus, and more. To understand the dynamic character of our department, please read about students, faculty, staff and alumni in our recent newsletters.

Virtual Open House Schedule:  

Morning (Learn about our program - see links and videos)

Check out the links below to learn more about our program. Here you will find videos of faculty and students as well as research posters, lab tour videos, and more!

In addition to getting to know our program, please check out our amazing campus.  Also, we are located near many exciting venues in the dynamic Washington, DC Metro area.

Afternoon (Learn more about our program and chat with faculty and graduate students)

Please check your email for a spreadsheet of links for the virtual Open House events.

9:00-10:00 am	International Graduate Student Chat  (For students who reside outside of the US)
10:00-10:30 am	Welcome and Program Overview  Dr. Steve Rolston, Department Chair  Dr. Tom Cohen, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
10:30 am	Virtual Campus Tour    Visit HERE for the University of Maryland virtual tour.
11:00-11:30 am	UMD Physics Graduate Program Details Josiland Chambers, Graduate Program Coordinator
12:30-3:00 pm	Faculty Chats  See list of faculty, research, times, and invites to Zoom
3:00-5:00 pm	Q/A with UMD Graduate Students   Breakout sessions: being a graduate student at UMD, research at UMD, life in College Park, RA and TA experience, dept. student organizations

 

Posters, slides, virtual lab tours, and websites from faculty regarding their work and groups:

• • Dr. Kaustubh Agashe
  • Dr. Joseph Britton     website
  • Dr. Gretchen Campbell      
  • Dr. Andrew Childs
  • Dr. Charles Clark
  • Dr. Jim Drake 
  • Dr. Michelle Girvan, Dr. Edward Ott 
  • Dr. Jordan Goodman     
  • Dr. Alexey Gorshkov
  • Dr. Michael Gullans
  • Dr. Alicia Kollár   JQI Seminar 
  • Dr. Howard Milchberg 
  • Dr. Yifei Mo      more from the Mo lab
  • Dr. Chris Palmer
  • Dr. Jay Sau     poster
  • Dr. Peter Shawhan poster
  • Dr. Peter Shawhan, Dr. Jacob Taylor  
  • Dr. Raman Sundrum
  • Dr. Victor Yakovenko    website
  • Dr. Kartik Srinivasan    JQI Seminar 
  • Dr. Arpita Upadhyaya
  • Dr. Ron Walsworth JQI Seminar  
  • Dr. Eun-Suk Seo

Additional Useful Information:

How to reach out to individual faculty:  
Faculty Directory Page 

How to reach out to individual graduate students:
Graduate Student Directory Page 

Research Areas being explored at UMD:
Research Area Page 

Student Groups: 
Graduate Student Committee 
Mental Health Task Force - more information here 
Physicists of Underrepresented Genders

Program Information: 
Qualifying Exam 
Timeline for Graduate Studies in Physics 

Contact Information: 
Tom Cohen, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies 
Josiland Chambers, Graduate Coordinator
Donna Hammer, Director of Education

Recent Department Newsletters