The NSF NeXUS Facility in Columbus, OH, USA is hiring for an Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research Scientist. This is a staff position. Applications are open through December 5, 2024. Complete information and application portal: https://osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/job/Columbus-Campus/Ultrafast-Spectroscopy-Research-Scientist_R117612-1 Position Summary: The Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research Scientist will contribute to the operation and maintenance of the NeXUS facility, with specific responsibility for the ultrafast, extreme ultraviolet …
First Call for User Experiments Now Open!
The NSF NeXUS Facility at The Ohio State University is pleased to announce its first open call for user experiments. This call will award time at the NeXUS Facility between March 1 and September 30, 2025. The deadline to submit proposals is January 20th. This call is open to researchers from the US and around the world. Details on the experimental …
Science Coalition Recognizes OSU and NeXUS for NSF Operations Award
Ohio State and the NeXUS Facility were recognized by The Science Coalition for their $12 million award from the US National Science Foundation to support the operations, maintenance, and expansion of the NeXUS Facility. Read the full article here
NSF Awards NeXUS 5 Years of Operations Funding
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 …