{"id":33,"date":"2025-09-06T01:36:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phy.sites.mtu.edu\/qizhong\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:13:18","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phy.sites.mtu.edu\/qizhong\/index.php\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[2026-08-20] Amitav Das joins our group as a PhD student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[2026-01-12] Logan Rockel joins our group for undergraduate research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[2025-12-17] Ben  Tjapkes  receives College of Sciences and Arts &#8211; Research Experience for Undergraduates (CSA-REU) support for Spring 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[2025-11-10] Ben  Tjapkes joins our group for undergraduate research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[2025-09-04] Andrew Nelson joins our group to conduct his senior research project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[2025-08-11] Dr. Zhong joins the Department of Physics at Michigan Tech as a tenure-track assistant professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[2026-08-20] Amitav Das joins our group as a PhD student. 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