We’re excited to announce that the US National Science Foundation has awarded the NSF NeXUS Facility five years of operation and maintenance funding! Read the full press release here https://artsandsciences.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-open-nexus-facility-users-funding-u.s.-national-science-foundation We are immensely grateful to the ultrafast community, NSF and Ohio State for their continued support of the NeXUS Facility. Now we shift our focus to welcoming our first users …
Eissa wins ELISS Poster Competition!
NeXUS and OSU Physics graduate student Dina Eissa won the first-place prize in the ELISS 2024 research poster competition for the novelty of her content, creative layout, and effective presentation. Her poster is titled “Resolving Sub-Angstrom Vibrational Dynamics via Strong-Field Rescattering.” Congratulations Dina! Photo by Robb McCormick Photography www.robbmccormick.com ©2022
Baker featured on Voices of Excellence Podcast
August 21, 2024 Dr. Baker appears on the 200th episode of Voices of Excellence, a podcast produced by the Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences. In the episode, Dr. Baker give host David Staley a tour of the NeXUS lab and discusses the facility’s capabilities and scientific impact. Listen to the episode here!
L’Huillier Visits the NeXUS Facility
The NeXUS team was pleased to welcome 2023 Nobel Laureate Anne L’Huillier from Lund University on Friday, August 16th. Dr. L’Huillier was in Columbus to deliver the 61st Alpheus Smith Lecture, hosted by the Ohio State Department of Physics. The lecture, entitled “The Route to Attosecond Pulses”, can be viewed here: https://physics.osu.edu/alpheus-smith-lecturers/61st-alpheus-smith-lecture-featuring-dr.-anne-lhuillier Prior to the Smith Lecture, Dr. L’Huillier toured …
Turro Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Congratulations to Dr. Claudia Turro, Chair of OSU’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and NeXUS co-PI, for her election to the US National Academy of Sciences! Turro is one of 120 members elected in this year’s cohort. Learn more at https://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2024-nas-election.html
User Workshop Registration Now Open
Register now at go.osu.edu/nexus2024 Learn more on our 2024 User Workshop page
NeXUS Laser Brings New Capabilities in Ultrafast Science to the U.S.
On the heels of the Nobel committee’s recognition of the field of attosecond science with the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics, the NeXUS Facility at The Ohio State University received the NeXUS Laser – a first-in-the-U.S. kilowatt-class laser that will make state-of-the-art ultrafast technology with attosecond to femtosecond light pulses available to users across a wide range of disciplines. The …
Yao Joins NeXUS Team as Applications Developer
NeXUS is pleased to welcome Tony Yao as a full-time Applications Developer for the NeXUS Facility. Tony graduated in December with an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio State. While completing his degree, Tony worked part-time with the NeXUS group, helping to write control software for the XAS and ATTO end stations. We are excited to have Tony …
2024 User Workshop Coming This Summer
Mark your calendars and make plans to join us July 23-24! Details coming soon.
NeXUS Welcomes New Scientific and Technical Staff
With the NeXUS laser now in hand, we are excited to welcome four new members to the NeXUS scientific and technical team. These individuals bring a wealth of talent and experience to our facility: Dr. John Beetar has joined NeXUS as our new Laser Scientist. John earned his PhD in Physics in Michael Chini’s lab at University of Central …