Photograph of Gina Quan and Annie Chase.

Transfer Knowledge

Assistant Professor Gina Quan, Lecturer Annie Chase, and colleagues have been awarded $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation to study the experiences of community college transfer students of color in STEM fields at four-year institutions, and to support them as advocates for institutional change.

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News Highlights

Fall 2023 Seminars

8/23/2023

The Department's weekly seminar series started off with a bang, featuring a packed room and a full slate of faculty speakers.

Christopher Smallwood's book is now available

7/10/2023

Prof. Christopher Smallwood and co-authors have published a new optical spectroscopy book.

Pranav Seetharaman wins the Bertha Kalm Scholarship

6/6/2023

SJSU graduate student Pranav Seetharaman has been awarded this year's Bertha Kalm Scholarship.

Transfer Knowledge

5/11/2023

Prof. Gina Quan and Annie Chase have been awarded $1.4M from the National Science Foundation to work with transfer students of color.

Brianne Gutmann and Danny Barringer featured in The Physics Teacher

5/10/2023

Prof. Brianne Gutmann and Danny Barringer have a new article out in The Physics Teacher examining the intersection of ethics, physics, and society.

Jiahao Jiang wins NSF GRFP Award

3/29/2023

SJSU alumnus Jiahao Jiang (BS 2020) has won a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program award.