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University of Mississippi

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2011 Physics Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 was divided, one half awarded to Saul Perlmutter, the other half jointly to Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess “for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae”.

Dr. Berti receives Career Award from NSF

Dr. Emanuele Berti received a CAREER Award from NSF.

Dr. Berti receives Outstanding Referee Award from APS

Dr. Emanuele Berti received an Outstanding Referee Award from the American Physical Society.

2010 Physics Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 was awarded jointly to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov “for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene”

2009 Physics Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 was divided, one half awarded to Charles Kuen Kao “for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication”, the other half jointly to Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith “for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor”.