Committee
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Sebastian Kuhn, Experimental Nuclear Physics
President
Joshua Carter
Vice President
Tyler Viducic
Secretary
Sterling Gordon
Treasurer
Brent Jones
Philanthropy & Community Service Coordinator
Erik Johnson
Welcome to the Physics Graduate Student Association (PGSA) at Old Dominion University. The PGSA is a groups of physics graduate students interested in improving the situation of our fellow graduate students by working to increase opportunities for intellectual and professional growth, arranging social activities throughout the year, and communicating to the physics department any problems and grievances the student might have. In the past year since the group was founded, PGSA has participated in two research symposium in collaboration with the Biology Graduate Student Organization, sponsored a professional writing workshop on Latex and successfully lobbied for more available electives. Sponsored by the Physics Department, we meet three to four times a semester to arrange activities, discuss problems, and enjoy some laughs with good friends and food.
The Physics Graduate Student Association (PGSA) is a group of physics graduate students interested in improving the situation of our fellow graduate students by working to increase opportunities for intellectual and professional growth, arranging social activities throughout the year, and communicating to the physics department any problems and grievances the students might have.
Any currently enrolled graduate student in the Physics Department at ODU is automatically a member.
The Physics Department at ODU is one of the most diverse on Campus. Students come from all over the world to study in our department. Currently we have students from the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Burma, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Nepal, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and the United States.
Physics is a field of study full of excitement where future discoveries will continue to change the world in ways beyond our wildest imagination. The laboratory of the physicist extends from the edge of the universe to inside the nucleas of an atom. A physicist may work in a laboratory designing materials for the computer chips of tomorow, or smashing atomic particles aganist one another in a quest to understand how our universe began. Research physicist work in industry and government, in laboratories and hospitals, and on university campuses. Some physicist serve in the military, teach in high schools and universities, design science museum exhibits, write books and news articles about science, give advice to federal, state, local and foreign governnments, work on Wall Street, and run businesses. Furthermore, a degree in physics is an excellent preparation for medical business or law school.