{"id":163,"date":"2019-02-25T13:37:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T18:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/?page_id=163"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:20:20","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Neupane Group News<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"701\"><strong data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"623\">45. Summer 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-section-id=\"1nf34zf\" data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"159\"><strong>Nathan Valadez<\/strong> has received a Summer 2026 internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"em1i8f\" data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"259\"><strong>Mazharul Islam Mondal<\/strong> has received a Summer 2026 internship at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1g9tjni\" data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"403\"><strong>Zakaria El-Helw<\/strong> has been selected for a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at The Ohio State University for Summer 2026.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1g9tjni\" data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"403\"><strong>Nathan Valadez, Dante James,<\/strong> and <strong>Zakaria El-Helw<\/strong> have been selected to participate in Materials CAMPS 2026, to be held July 29\u201331, 2026, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"701\">44. The Neupane group presented their recent results at the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">APS Global Physics Summit 2026<\/span><\/span> in Denver, CO, March 15\u201320, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-901 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/IMG_2474-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Six people stand beneath a sign reading &quot;Welcome to APS Global Physics Summit 2026&quot; in a convention center lobby.\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/IMG_2474-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/IMG_2474-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/IMG_2474-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/IMG_2474-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/IMG_2474-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 427px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 427\/320;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>43. Iftakher Bin Elius successfully defended his PhD thesis on March 13, 2026. Congratulations to <strong data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"194\">Dr. Elius<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-896 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/667150347224530236-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Five people stand in front of a presentation slide titled &quot;Investigation of Exotic Phenomena in Topological Quantum Materials&quot;; one person holds a phone showing another person's face.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/667150347224530236-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/667150347224530236-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/667150347224530236.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-897 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/6467034365193247315-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A presenter stands beside a screen displaying information and diagrams about the Laboratory for Advanced Spectroscopic Characterization of Quantum Materials at UCF in a classroom setting.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/6467034365193247315-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/6467034365193247315-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/6467034365193247315-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/6467034365193247315-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/03\/6467034365193247315.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"91\">42. Neupane has received the <strong data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"125\">UCF Research Incentive Award (RIA) for 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"91\"><strong>41. <\/strong><strong>FNU Himanshu<\/strong> and <strong>Arun Kumay<\/strong> attended the 2025 Rice Winter School on Quantum Material Synthesis and the Workshop on Quantum Geometry at Rice University, held from November 10\u201314, 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"355\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"242\">Neupane <\/strong>presented the group\u2019s latest research on the Kagome system at the 70th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM 2025), held in West Palm Beach, Florida, from October 27\u201331.<br data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"245\" \/><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/2025.magnetism.org\/program\/Invitedspeakers\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"317\" data-is-only-node=\"\">https:\/\/2025.magnetism.org\/program\/Invitedspeakers<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"91\"><strong data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"91\">40. Summer 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"807\">\n<li data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"269\">\n<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"269\"><strong data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"111\">FNU Himanshu<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"141\">Mazharul Islam Mondal<\/strong> participated in the <em data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"208\">Workshop on Real and Momentum Space Topology<\/em> at the University of Notre Dame, held from July 24\u201326, 2025. (https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/wirmsp\/sample-page\/)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"478\">\n<p data-start=\"273\" data-end=\"478\"><strong data-start=\"273\" data-end=\"298\">Mazharul Islam Mondal<\/strong> also attended the <em data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"379\">Princeton Summer School on Condensed Matter Physics (PSSCMP)<\/em> at Princeton University from July 14\u201318, 2025.<br data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"429\" \/><em data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"478\">(<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/pccm.princeton.edu\/education\/psscmp\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"476\">https:\/\/pccm.princeton.edu\/education\/psscmp<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"480\" data-end=\"605\">\n<p data-start=\"482\" data-end=\"605\">NSF REU student <strong data-start=\"482\" data-end=\"512\">Daniela Zavala<\/strong> from the University of North Florida presented a poster at the <em data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"604\">UCF Summer Poster Showcase<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-838 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/IMG_0318-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Two people stand in front of a scientific poster titled &quot;Epitaxial Growth of o-MnTe Thin Film using Molecular Beam Epitaxy&quot; at an indoor academic event.\" width=\"259\" height=\"345\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/IMG_0318-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/IMG_0318-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/IMG_0318-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/IMG_0318-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/IMG_0318-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 259px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 259\/345;\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"701\">\n<p data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"701\"><strong data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"623\">Arun Kumay<\/strong> received a <strong data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"661\">2025 summer internship<\/strong> at <strong data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"700\">Idaho National Laboratory (INL)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"807\">\n<p data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"807\"><strong data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"723\">Nathan Valadez<\/strong> received a <strong data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"761\">2025 summer internship<\/strong> at <strong data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"806\">Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>39. Congratulations to <strong>Mazharul Islam Mondal\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>FNU Himanshu<\/strong> for being 2025 Student Scholar Symposium Winners! The Student Scholar Symposium took place on March 26 and 27, 2025 at UCF Student Union. Both have been awarded a $300 scholarship in recognition of their exceptional work.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/researchweek.ucf.edu\/2025-student-scholar-symposium-winners\/\">https:\/\/researchweek.ucf.edu\/2025-student-scholar-symposium-winners\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>38. Neupane\u2019s group attended the APS March Meeting, March 16\u2013 21, 2025 @ Anaheim, CA and presented the group\u2019s recent results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-807 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/03\/2025_APS-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Six people stand outside the Anaheim Convention Center under a sign for the APS Global Physics Summit, scheduled for March 16-21, 2025.\" width=\"309\" height=\"232\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/03\/2025_APS-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/03\/2025_APS-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/03\/2025_APS-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/03\/2025_APS-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/03\/2025_APS-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 309px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 309\/232;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-809 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/03\/20250319_174020-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Six people standing in front of the Anaheim Convention Center beneath a large sign for the APS Global Physics Summit, dated March 16-21, 2025.\" width=\"175\" height=\"233\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/03\/20250319_174020-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/03\/20250319_174020-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/03\/20250319_174020-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/03\/20250319_174020-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/03\/20250319_174020-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 175px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 175\/233;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>37. Congratulation to <strong>Nathan Valadez<\/strong> who won the best poster award at the 2024 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>36. Neupane \u00a0has been recognized as a highly cited researcher for 2024 by analytics company Clarivate, based on data from Web of Science.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/highly-cited-researchers\/?action=clv_hcr_members_filter&amp;clv-paged=1&amp;clv-category=&amp;clv-institution=University%20of%20Central%20Florida&amp;clv-region=&amp;clv-name=\">https:\/\/clarivate.com\/highly-cited-researchers\/?action=clv_hcr_members_filter&amp;clv-paged=1&amp;clv-category=&amp;clv-institution=University%20of%20Central%20Florida&amp;clv-region=&amp;clv-name=<\/a><\/p>\n<p>35.<strong> Summer 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Milo Sprague\u00a0<\/strong> received an internship from <strong>Idaho National Laboratory (INL).<\/strong> He spent at INL from\u00a0 July 20 to September 30, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<strong>Mazharul Islam Mondal <\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong>\u00a0was<\/strong>\u00a0selected to participate in the 2024 US QIS Summer School from July 16 to July 25 at Oak Ridge NationalLaboratory (ORNL).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nathan Valadez<\/strong> was selected to participate in Princeton Summer School on Condensed Matter Physics- July 22-26,2024.<\/p>\n<p>REU student <strong>Kyle Chessler\u00a0<\/strong> from Hamilton College\u00a0 presented\u00a0 a poster in UCF Summer Poster Showcase.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-782 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/07\/20240719_164559-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/07\/20240719_164559-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/07\/20240719_164559-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/07\/20240719_164559-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/07\/20240719_164559-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/07\/20240719_164559-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-783 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/07\/20240719_170402-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/07\/20240719_170402-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/07\/20240719_170402-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/07\/20240719_170402-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/07\/20240719_170402-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/07\/20240719_170402-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>34. Congratulations to <strong><i>Nathan Valadez!\u00a0 <\/i><\/strong>Nathan was\u00a0awarded the\u00a0<b>2024<\/b>\u00a0<b>Above and Beyond\u00a0Award<\/b>, which is awarded to a graduate student that has demonstrated actions that go above and beyond the call of duty.<span class=\"x_xxapple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-761 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/04\/1_20240422_133825-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"383\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/04\/1_20240422_133825-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/04\/1_20240422_133825-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/04\/1_20240422_133825-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/04\/1_20240422_133825-1184x1536.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/04\/1_20240422_133825-1579x2048.jpg 1579w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/04\/1_20240422_133825-scaled.jpg 1973w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 295px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 295\/383;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>33. Neupane\u2019s group attended the APS March Meeting, March 3\u2013 8, 2024 @ Minneapolis, MN and presented the group\u2019s recent results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-736 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/03\/APS-March-2024-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/03\/APS-March-2024-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/03\/APS-March-2024-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/03\/APS-March-2024-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/03\/APS-March-2024-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/03\/APS-March-2024-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 440px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 440\/330;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Neupane&#8217;s group attended the\u00a0 <strong>2024 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM <\/strong>FLORIDA CHAPTER OF THE AVS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY, March 11-12 at University of Florida Gainesville, Florida and presented the latest results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>32<\/strong>. Neupane \u00a0has been recognized as a highly cited researchers for 2023 by analytics company Clarivate, based on data from Web of Science.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/highly-cited-researchers\/?action=clv_hcr_members_filter&amp;clv-paged=1&amp;clv-category=&amp;clv-institution=University%20of%20Central%20Florida&amp;clv-region=&amp;clv-name=Neupane&amp;utm_medium=Organic%2FSearch&amp;utm_source=www-google-com\">https:\/\/clarivate.com\/highly-cited-researchers\/?action=clv_hcr_members_filter&amp;clv-paged=1&amp;clv-category=&amp;clv-institution=University%20of%20Central%20Florida&amp;clv-region=&amp;clv-name=Neupane&amp;utm_medium=Organic%2FSearch&amp;utm_source=www-google-com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>31. Iftakhar Bin Elius<\/strong> received an internship from\u00a0<strong>Idaho National Laboratory (INL).\u00a0<\/strong>He will spend at INL from July 10 \u2013 September 30, 2023.<strong> \u00a0<\/strong><strong>Congratulations to Mr. Bin Elius!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>30<\/strong>. Congratulations to <strong><i>Nathan Valadez!\u00a0 \u2013 <\/i><\/strong>\u00a0Nathan was one of 2 UCF\u00a0Physics graduate students\u00a0awarded the\u00a0<strong>2023 outReach for the Stars Award<\/strong>, which is awarded to a graduate student that has made an effort to bring services or information about Physics (or other STEM fields) to people where those services and\/or information are lacking or non-existent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29.<\/strong> Neupane&#8217;s group attended the Frontiers in Magnetism: Quantum Technologies Conference Orlando, Florida, USA April 19-22, 2023 and presented the group&#8217;s recent results.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/physics.nyu.edu\/magneticfrontiers2023\/program.html\">https:\/\/physics.nyu.edu\/magneticfrontiers2023\/program.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Milo Sprague received 2nd best poster presentation prize. Congratulations to him!<\/p>\n<p><strong>28. Robert Smith <\/strong>successfully defended his honors undergraduate thesis\u00a0 on 03\/31\/2023. Congratulations to Mr. Smith!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-669 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/Image-1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"301\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/Image-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/Image-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/Image-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/Image-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/Image-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 401px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 401\/301;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-670 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/Image-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/Image-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/Image-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/Image-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/Image-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/Image-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>27.<\/strong> Neupane\u2019s group attended the APS March Meeting, March 5\u2013 10, 2023 @ Las Vegas, Nevada and presented the group\u2019s recent results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-663 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/20230309_1816480.heic_-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"282\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/20230309_1816480.heic_-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/20230309_1816480.heic_-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/20230309_1816480.heic_-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/20230309_1816480.heic_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/20230309_1816480.heic_-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 376px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 376\/282;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Neupane&#8217;s group attended the <em>Science and Technology of Emerging Materials Symposium (STEMS) 2023\u00a0<\/em> March 16 &#8211; 17, 2023 @ UCF and presented the group&#8217;s recent results. Congratulations to <strong>Dr. A<span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">nup Pradhan Sakhya<\/span> <\/strong>for winning the best poster prize!<\/p>\n<p><strong>26.<\/strong> Neupane&#8217;s group attended the NanoFlorida Conference March 4 &#8211; 5, 2023 @ UCF and presented the group&#8217;s recent results. Congratulations to \u00a0<strong>Iftakhar Bin Elius\u00a0<\/strong> for winning the best poster prize in Nanophysics, Materials and Engineering category!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-657 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/20230304_191315-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"287\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/20230304_191315-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/20230304_191315.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 421px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 421\/287;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>25.<\/strong> Congratulations to <strong>Dr. Sabin Regmi <\/strong>\u00a0for being chosen as the College of Sciences\u2019\u00a0recipient of the Award for\u00a0<strong>Outstanding Dissertation <\/strong>in 2022! This award recognizes excellence in a dissertation, focusing on the quality and significance of the completed work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Sabin Regmi<\/strong> also won the 2022-2023 university award for the Outstanding Dissertation in the Engineering, Physical Sciences and Life Sciences category. This award recognizes the quality, content, and exceptional contribution in your field of Physics in the College of Sciences. He will receive a $1,500 cash award.<\/p>\n<p>News about Dr. Regmi&#8217;s award:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/perseverance-produces-top-dissertation-award-for-phd-grad\/\">https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/perseverance-produces-top-dissertation-award-for-phd-grad\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>24. Sabin Regmi <\/strong>successfully defended his Ph. D. dissertation on 11\/17\/2022. Congratulations to Dr. Regmi!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-626 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/IMG-7046-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/IMG-7046-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/IMG-7046-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/IMG-7046-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/IMG-7046-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/IMG-7046-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/IMG-7063-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/IMG-7063-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/IMG-7063-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/IMG-7063-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/IMG-7063-1536x1233.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/11\/IMG-7063-2048x1644.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/241;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>23. <\/strong>Neupane \u00a0has been recognized as a highly cited researchers for 2022 by analytics company Clarivate, based on data from Web of Science. <a href=\"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/highly-cited-researchers\/?action=clv_hcr_members_filter&amp;clv-paged=1&amp;clv-category=&amp;clv-institution=University%20of%20Central%20Florida&amp;clv-region=&amp;clv-name=&amp;utm_medium=Organic%2FDirect&amp;utm_source=clarivate-com\">https:\/\/clarivate.com\/highly-cited-researchers\/?action=clv_hcr_members_filter&amp;clv-paged=1&amp;clv-category=&amp;clv-institution=University%20of%20Central%20Florida&amp;clv-region=&amp;clv-name=&amp;utm_medium=Organic%2FDirect&amp;utm_source=clarivate-com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>22.<\/strong> Neupane\u2019s talk on superconducting and magnetic topological\u00a0 materials\u00a0 @ International Conference on Quantum Materials and Technologies (ICQMT) October 16-22, 2022, Turkey<\/p>\n<div class=\"ttfmake-embed-wrapper aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px;\"><iframe title=\"Madhab Neupane-University of Central Florida, Department of Physics, USA\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HeM2PBCAJi4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>21. Gyanendra Dhakal <\/strong>successfully defended his Ph. D. dissertation on 04\/06\/2022. Congratulations to Dr. Dhakal!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-588 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/04\/IMG_0263-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/04\/IMG_0263-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/04\/IMG_0263-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/04\/IMG_0263-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/04\/IMG_0263-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/04\/IMG_0263-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-589 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/04\/IMG_0277-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/04\/IMG_0277-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/04\/IMG_0277-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/04\/IMG_0277-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/04\/IMG_0277-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/04\/IMG_0277-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>20.<\/strong> Neupane group attended the APS March Meeting 2022, Chicago and presented recent results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-584 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/03\/APS_2022-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"381\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/03\/APS_2022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/03\/APS_2022-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/03\/APS_2022-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/03\/APS_2022-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/03\/APS_2022-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 508px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 508\/381;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>19. <\/strong>Neupane \u00a0has been named as a highly cited researchers for 2021 by analytics company Clarivate, based on data from Web of Science. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/4-ucf-researchers-named-as-highly-cited-researchers-for-2021\/\">https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/4-ucf-researchers-named-as-highly-cited-researchers-for-2021\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>18. Firoza Kabir <\/strong>successfully defended her dissertation on 11\/24\/2021. Congratulations to<strong> Dr. Kabir!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-555 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/11\/unnamed-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"315\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/11\/unnamed-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/11\/unnamed-1024x897.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/11\/unnamed-768x673.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/11\/unnamed-1536x1345.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/11\/unnamed-2048x1794.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 359px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 359\/315;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-571 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/12\/0-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"315\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/12\/0-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/12\/0-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/12\/0-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/12\/0-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/12\/0.jpg 1869w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 440px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 440\/315;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>17<\/strong>. Our research article <a title=\"article\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs4cloudae36f1aac.hana.ondemand.com%2Fdata-buffer%2Fsap%2Fpublic%2Fcuan%2Flink%2F100%2F071C15B9FB01F8ECD57AA2F0BDFC6971FD88154F%3F_V_%3D2%26_K11_%3DBC48340BAA1813E8169283609182097F2C58C43C%26_L54AD1F204_%3Dc2NlbmFyaW89TUxDUEcmdGVuYW50PW15MzA0NDI0LnM0aGFuYS5vbmRlbWFuZC5jb20mdGFyZ2V0PWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm5hdHVyZS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZXMvczQxNTk4LTAyMC01OTIwMC0yP3NhcC1vdXRib3VuZC1pZD0wNzFDMTVCOUZCMDFGOEVDRDU3QUEyRjBCREZDNjk3MUZEODgxNTRGJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9aHlicmlzLWNhbXBhaWduJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPTAwMF9NVk0xMzk4XzAwMDAwMTEzNjBfU1JFUF9DT05fQVcwMl9HTF9Ub3AxMDBfYXV0aF9waHlzaWNzJnV0bV9jb250ZW50PUVOX2ludGVybmFsXzIzNTMzXzIwMjEwMzMxJm1rdC1rZXk9NDIwMTBBMDU1MzA1MUVEQjk4QTZEMzk2OTAxNjUzMzc%26_K13_%3D165%26_K14_%3Dd523de1d18133eee6a1e140ed2f0a0a98d9a83569a515f649a49d038cf23bff2&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cmadhab.neupane%40ucf.edu%7Ca5825092e1784b5e269108d8f440e4d7%7Cbb932f15ef3842ba91fcf3c59d5dd1f1%7C0%7C0%7C637527906847814696%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=DvVoQX6Ldvl%2FeVUgJ9yIcK7Mf2pENPU1RYPi3yf1oHU%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs4cloudae36f1aac.hana.ondemand.com%252Fdata-buffer%252Fsap%252Fpublic%252Fcuan%252Flink%252F100%252F071C15B9FB01F8ECD57AA2F0BDFC6971FD88154F%253F_V_%253D2%2526_K11_%253DBC48340BAA1813E8169283609182097F2C58C43C%2526_L54AD1F204_%253Dc2NlbmFyaW89TUxDUEcmdGVuYW50PW15MzA0NDI0LnM0aGFuYS5vbmRlbWFuZC5jb20mdGFyZ2V0PWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm5hdHVyZS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZXMvczQxNTk4LTAyMC01OTIwMC0yP3NhcC1vdXRib3VuZC1pZD0wNzFDMTVCOUZCMDFGOEVDRDU3QUEyRjBCREZDNjk3MUZEODgxNTRGJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9aHlicmlzLWNhbXBhaWduJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPTAwMF9NVk0xMzk4XzAwMDAwMTEzNjBfU1JFUF9DT05fQVcwMl9HTF9Ub3AxMDBfYXV0aF9waHlzaWNzJnV0bV9jb250ZW50PUVOX2ludGVybmFsXzIzNTMzXzIwMjEwMzMxJm1rdC1rZXk9NDIwMTBBMDU1MzA1MUVEQjk4QTZEMzk2OTAxNjUzMzc%2526_K13_%253D165%2526_K14_%253Dd523de1d18133eee6a1e140ed2f0a0a98d9a83569a515f649a49d038cf23bff2%26data%3D04%257C01%257Cmadhab.neupane%2540ucf.edu%257Ca5825092e1784b5e269108d8f440e4d7%257Cbb932f15ef3842ba91fcf3c59d5dd1f1%257C0%257C0%257C637527906847814696%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C1000%26sdata%3DDvVoQX6Ldvl%252FeVUgJ9yIcK7Mf2pENPU1RYPi3yf1oHU%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1617502352994000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQcEdyrtZZqFMI_WNKWCagKZgTsg\">Experimental observation of drumhead surface states in SrAs3<\/a>\u00a0received 1,993 article downloads in 2020, placing it as\u00a0<strong>one of the top 100 downloaded physics papers for <em>Scientific Reports <\/em>in 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/collections\/ihggebhehd?sap-outbound-id=071C15B9FB01F8ECD57AA2F0BDFC6971FD88154F&amp;utm_source=hybris-campaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=000_MVM1398_0000011360_SREP_CON_AW02_GL_Top100_auth_physics&amp;utm_content=EN_internal_23533_20210331&amp;mkt-key=42010A0553051EDB98A6D39690165337\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/collections\/ihggebhehd?sap-outbound-id=071C15B9FB01F8ECD57AA2F0BDFC6971FD88154F&amp;utm_source=hybris-campaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=000_MVM1398_0000011360_SREP_CON_AW02_GL_Top100_auth_physics&amp;utm_content=EN_internal_23533_20210331&amp;mkt-key=42010A0553051EDB98A6D39690165337<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-496 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/04\/unnamed-300x271.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/04\/unnamed-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/04\/unnamed.png 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/271;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>16. <\/strong>Neupane has been selected to receive a UCF\u00a0Research Incentive Award (RIA) in recognition of the outstanding impact of his scholarly work. Congratulations to him!<\/p>\n<p><strong>15.<\/strong> Congratulations to <strong>Dr. Mofazzel Hosen<\/strong> for being chosen as the College of Sciences\u2019\u00a0recipient of the Award for <strong>Outstanding Dissertation!\u00a0<\/strong>This award recognizes excellence in a\u00a0dissertation, focusing on the quality and significance of the completed work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14.<\/strong> Neupane has been recognized as a <strong>highly cited researcher<\/strong>\u00a02020 by Web of Science.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/recognition.webofscience.com\/awards\/highly-cited\/2020\/?fbclid=IwAR1Koa47wN1Jq3z-tqy7QxLh55a75ZjDKxzwVUb_r7ldrG-uHxGjKjjDHRE\">https:\/\/recognition.webofscience.com\/awards\/highly-cited\/2020\/?fbclid=IwAR1Koa47wN1Jq3z-tqy7QxLh55a75ZjDKxzwVUb_r7ldrG-uHxGjKjjDHRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-researchers-earn-top-spots-in-their-fields-in-new-ranking-of-scientific-impact\/\">https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-researchers-earn-top-spots-in-their-fields-in-new-ranking-of-scientific-impact\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>13<\/strong>. Neupane recently received Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-lands-7-5-million-in-grants-from-federal-agency\/\">https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-lands-7-5-million-in-grants-from-federal-agency\/ <\/a>Congratulations to him!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.usc.edu\/wsm-muri\/team\/?fbclid=IwAR2lV24iGoV2xiXOWfnAZ4Pym0oQ5xqwcUgxDq3oZ2DoK3DxcCU0e6Cwb9A\">https:\/\/sites.usc.edu\/wsm-muri\/team\/?fbclid=IwAR2lV24iGoV2xiXOWfnAZ4Pym0oQ5xqwcUgxDq3oZ2DoK3DxcCU0e6Cwb9A<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>12.<\/strong>. Firoza Kabir received an internship (2020) from <strong>Idaho National Laboratory (INL). <\/strong>She will spend about 3\u00a0months at INL from March 15.<strong> Congratulations to her!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11.<\/strong>\u00a0We attended the TMS Annual Meeting, February 23-27, San Diego, CA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tms.org\/tms2020\">https:\/\/www.tms.org\/tms2020<\/a>. Firoza Kabir presented a talk on\u00a0<em>Electronic structure and thermal transport measurement of GdxSb2-xTe3.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. <\/strong>Md Mofazzel Hosen successfully\u00a0defended his dissertation on 02\/18\/2020. Congratulations to Dr. Hosen!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-437 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/02\/IMG_5730-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"316\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/02\/IMG_5730-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/02\/IMG_5730.jpeg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 422px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 422\/316;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong> Neupane has been recognized as a <strong>highly cited researcher<\/strong>\u00a02019 by Web of Science.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/recognition.webofsciencegroup.com\/awards\/highly-cited\/2019\/?fbclid=IwAR22ka_442R50aqq1injaJOl9Ewc90UF_yaHqwp9bf1iqL4xkIPWmPBn6s0\">https:\/\/recognition.webofsciencegroup.com\/awards\/highly-cited\/2019\/?fbclid=IwAR22ka_442R50aqq1injaJOl9Ewc90UF_yaHqwp9bf1iqL4xkIPWmPBn6s0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/scientist-surpasses-10k-publication-citations\/\">https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/scientist-surpasses-10k-publication-citations\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> The University of Central Florida honors Dr. Neupane with the prestigious <strong>Luminary Award<\/strong> for his active contribution to push the frontier of quantum materials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/nine-luminary-award-recipients-honored-for-making-an-impact-on-the-world\/?fbclid=IwAR01AvjLDUKn0HGWCz4DvLkXlh1-WKJUhRhec8qe0EZlNEFCIIepLbHjKyk\">https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/nine-luminary-award-recipients-honored-for-making-an-impact-on-the-world\/?fbclid=IwAR01AvjLDUKn0HGWCz4DvLkXlh1-WKJUhRhec8qe0EZlNEFCIIepLbHjKyk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-430 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/02\/SpotlightMadhab_Neupane-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/02\/SpotlightMadhab_Neupane-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/02\/SpotlightMadhab_Neupane-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/02\/SpotlightMadhab_Neupane-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/02\/SpotlightMadhab_Neupane.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> Kabir and Neupane attended the TETI all-hands meeting, September 18-20, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-401 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/09\/IMG_8955-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"272\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/09\/IMG_8955-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/09\/IMG_8955.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 363px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 363\/272;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-400 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/09\/IMG_8943-e1569427249111-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"357\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/09\/IMG_8943-e1569427249111-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/09\/IMG_8943-e1569427249111.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 268px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 268\/357;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> Firoza Kabir attended the EFRC PI meeting, July 29-30, Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Firoza Kabir received the summer internship (2019) from <strong>Idaho National Laboratory. Congratulations to her!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4<\/strong>. Kabir and Neupane attended the Center for Thermal Energy Transport under Irradiation (TETI)<strong>\u00a0All-Hands Meeting at Idaho National Laboratory from April 15-17.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Neupane group attended the APS March Meeting 2019, Boston, MA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-351 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/03\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1029\" height=\"794\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/03\/unnamed.jpg 3217w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/03\/unnamed-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/03\/unnamed-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/03\/unnamed-1024x790.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1029px) 100vw, 1029px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1029px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1029\/794;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2<\/strong>. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1847962&amp;HistoricalAwards=false&amp;fbclid=IwAR3XISd_HYQGrsl1eirIY_w6Si8D-cVai0DOrgqxoHBF_7yxG0i40eb1Wo0\">Neupane received NSF career award on February 15, 2019. Congratulations to him!<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>1. News coverage of our recent publications:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>* Selected as one of the groups for the UCF top 10 research findings of 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-top-10-research 2018\/?fbclid=IwAR0nZpeXkos9DMBiGe6eirAmCu7_R_GK93I3TmBKOTRdCvebtqcIZImVy0\">https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-top-10-research 2018\/?fbclid=IwAR0nZpeXkos9DMBiGe6eirAmCu7_R_GK93I3TmBKOTRdCvebtqcIZImVy0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0Nature publication has selected one of our papers is the best paper of 2018 as well as placing it in\u00a0the top 50 best paper list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/ncomms\/top50.\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/ncomms\/top50.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.materialstoday.com\/materials-chemistry\/news\/new-quantum-material-quantum-computing\/\">New quantum material could help usher in era of quantum computing, Materials today (August 08, 2018)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacedaily.com\/reports\/UCF_professor_discovers_a_first_of_its_kind_material_for_the_quantum_age_999.html\">UCF professor discovers a first-of-its-kind material for the quantum age, Space Daily (August 07, 2018)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Novel Material Demonstrates Quantum Properties, Photonics.com (August 06, 2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.photonics.com\/Articles\/Novel_Material_Demonstrates_Quantum_Properties\/a63761\">https:\/\/www.photonics.com\/Articles\/Novel_Material_Demonstrates_Quantum_Properties\/a63761<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scientists discover a first-of-its-kind material for the quantum age, nano werk (August 01, 2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nanowerk.com\/nanotechnology-news2\/newsid=50813.php\">https:\/\/www.nanowerk.com\/nanotechnology-news2\/newsid=50813.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UCF professor discovers a first-of-its-kind material for the quantum age, EurekAlert (August 01, 2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2018-08\/uocf-upd080118.php\"><u>https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2018-08\/uocf-upd080118.php<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UCF professor discovers a first-of-its-kind material for the quantum age, Primeur Weekly (August 01, 2018) <a href=\"http:\/\/primeurmagazine.com\/weekly\/AE-PR-09-18-18.html\">http:\/\/primeurmagazine.com\/weekly\/AE-PR-09-18-18.html<\/a>First-of-its-kind material for the quantum age, Science Daily (August 01, 2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/08\/180801115037.htm\">https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/08\/180801115037.htm\u00a0<\/a>Team discovers a first-of-its-kind material for the quantum age, Physics.Org (August 01, 2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2018-08-team-first-of-its-kind-material-quantum-age.html\">https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2018-08-team-first-of-its-kind-material-quantum-age.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor\u2019s Work Highlighted by the Department of Energy, University of Central Florida News (December 7, 2017) <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/professors-work-highlighted-department-energy\/\"><u>https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/<\/u>professors-work-highlighted-department-energy\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spin-Polarized Surface States in Superconductor, Basic Energy Sciences, Science highlights (2017) <a href=\"https:\/\/science.energy.gov\/bes\/highlights\/2017\/bes-2017-10-q\/\">https:\/\/science.energy.gov\/bes\/highlights\/2017\/bes-2017-10-q\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UCF physicists observes breakthrough, University of Central Florida News (November 7, 2016) <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-physicist-observes-breakthrough-in-material-bipd\/\">https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-physicist-observes-breakthrough-in-material-bipd\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spotting Dirac-like fermions in rare earth\u00a0monopnictides,<em>JPCM (May 23, 2016) <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/jphysplus.iop.org\/2016\/05\/23\/spotting-dirac-like-fermions-in-rare-earth-monopnictides\/\"><em>https:\/\/jphysplus.iop.org\/2016\/05\/23\/spotting-dirac-like-fermions-in-rare-earth-monopnictides\/<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Neupane&#8217;s talk on topological state of matter for general audience @ Kavli Frontier of Science\u00a018th Chinese-American Symposium\u00a0October 19-21, 2018\u00a0Nanjing, China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ttfmake-embed-wrapper aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px;\"><iframe title=\"Topological States of Matter - Madhab Neupane, University of Central Florida\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/297408799?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; 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Summer 2026 Nathan Valadez has received a Summer 2026 internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Mazharul Islam Mondal has received a Summer 2026 internship at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Zakaria El-Helw has been selected for a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at The Ohio State University for Summer 2026. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-163","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>News - Neupane Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"News - Neupane Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Neupane Group News 45. 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