Papers published

• Undergraduate student Nhat Nguyen (Physics Minor 2023), together with  Andrés Aragoneses, and  Carleton College Professor, Arjendu Pattanayak, have recently published a paper:
  • “TARDYS: Extracting Temporal And Reversible DYnamical Symmetries” Published in Photonics (MDPI), open access:

Faculty candidate seminar and teaching demonstration

• Biochemistry candidate Steven Karpowicz, from Eastern New Mexico University, will deliver a seminar titled “Taurine metabolism: How to make an abundant molecule” on Thursday 12th of January at 14:00, at Patterson 128.
• Biochemistry candidate Steven Karpowicz, from Eastern New Mexico University, will deliver a teaching lecture on “The role of thiamine in metabolism” on Friday 13th of January at 11:00, at Patterson 128.

Coming outreach

• Suds & Science: On February 4th, at 7 PM at the Golden Handle Brewery (154 S. Madison, Spokane), Rene Buell and Andrés Aragoneses will be talking about the science in the movie The Martian.

Physics Teatime

• Physics will continue with its usual social teatime. This term it will be Fridays from 2PM to 3 PM.

January 2021

Papers published:

• Tony Masiello published his research: ��.��Masiello, S. Ray, J.W. Vant, C.S. Brauer, T.A. Blake, “, C₅D₈”, Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 376, 111405 (2021).” With Sierra Ray (51������ Physics student) and John Vant (51������ chemistry student).
• Andrés Aragoneses published his research: D. Spichak, D. Kupetsky, and A. Aragoneses ““, Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals, 142, 110492 (2021). With David Spichak (51������ student).

Funded projects:

• FACULTY GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORKS has granted: Jamie Manson (Low-dimensional magnets composed of amino acids), Ashley Lamm (Polymerization of Benzodiazaborole), Andrés Aragoneses (Characterizing noise in photonic neurons), Tony Masiello, and Eric Abbey.

Outreach activities coming soon:

• Merging the Frontiers of Knowledge: The World of doctor Who. A cross-disciplines panel with Jessica Allen, Kevin Decker, and Andrés Aragoneses. Thursday Feb. 4th, at 7:30 PM. A Zoom webinar at

New equipment:

• The Dean found money in the ISC budget for the purchase of a Bruker 400 MHz NMR with solid state capabilities. This will be the only solid state NMR in the Spokane area. The instrument will arrive in early June.

Take a moment to about her experience as a biology major at 51������.

Rachael is an undergraduate student with the Biology Department. She also spent time at Spokane Falls Community College where she focused on economics, with an emphasis on environmental policy. Her interests and research focus is on ecology and how invasive species and anthropogenic climate change will affect different ecosystems. She wants her education in economics to follow her into her biological studies so that economic factors can help to persuade policy. She is a McNair Scholar as well as a research assistant in Dr. Rebecca Brown’s lab that is focused on restoring a section of the Palouse Prairie. She hopes to obtain a Ph.D. and mentor students as a professor. For her 2020 51������ McNair Summer Research Internship, Rachael continued her work under the mentorship of Dr. Brown, Professor of Biology at 51������.