Calmun R. Hoffman has received the 2010 Dissertation in Nuclear Physics Award from the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society (APS). Hoffman accepted the award at the Feb 17 APS Meeting in Washington DC. Hoffman received his PhD in nuclear physics from Florida State University in April 2009. He also earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at FSU.
Hoffman’s research answered longstanding questions about the structure of atomic nuclei under extreme conditions, said Professor Samuel L. Tabor, who supervised Hoffman as both an undergraduate and a graduate student.
“I am happy that this award will bring even more recognition to an already world-class physics department at FSU, and I was excited to represent my alma mater at the American Physical Society meeting,” said Hoffman. He is now a postdoctoral research fellow at Argonne National Laboratory.
[Source: Florida State University News]
