August 25, 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Prof. Sparveris joins the editorial board of Frontiers in Physics<\/em> as an Associate Editor. <\/strong>Prof. Sparveris will serve as Associate Editor of the Nuclear Physics section within Frontiers in Physics<\/em> and Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 14, 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Prof. Nikos Sparveris has been selected as the recipient of the Bruce Taggart Professorship of the College of Science and Technology, <\/strong>for “embodying the longstanding Temple tradition of excellence in teaching, research, knowledge, and discovery.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 28, 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The VCS-II Experiment at Jefferson Lab has been granted approval by the JLab Program Advisory Committee. <\/strong>The VCS-II (E12-23-001) Experiment at Jefferson Lab (Spokesperson: N. Sparveris) is among the 5 new Jefferson Lab proposals that were granted approval by the Program Advisory Committee (PAC51). The PAC awarded 62 days of beam time for the next phase of the proton generalized polarizabilities measurements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 29, 2023 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Nuclear Physics Group publishes in Nature<\/em> a new measurement of the proton’s gluonic gravitational form factors:<\/strong> The reported experiment investigated the gravitational density of gluons inside the nucleon and the new results revealed that the proton has a mass radius that is notably smaller than the electric charge radius. The paper is published in Nature 615, 813 (2023)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 20, 2022 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Dean’s Distinguished Excellence in Research Award<\/em> for the year 2022 is awarded to Prof. Nikos Sparveris.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 19, 2022 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n US Department of Energy selects our paper on the proton polarizabilities for a Science Highlight (publication highlight of special note). <\/strong>Each year, scientists with the Office of Science, at national laboratories, and supported by the Office of Science at the nation\u2019s colleges and universities, publish thousands of research findings in the scientific literature. A small group of these are selected annually by the Office of Science as publication highlights of special note<\/a>. The Department of Energy has selected our recent work on the proton polarizabilities for the December 19th Science Highlight<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n December 1, 2022 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n News coverage of our recent paper on the proton polarizabilities: <\/strong>An updated list of news articles can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n October 19, 2022 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n News Release, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility:<\/strong> Our new paper on the proton electromagnetic polarizabilities is covered by a Jefferson Lab news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 19, 2022 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Nuclear Physics Group publishes in Nature<\/em> new measurements of the proton’s electromagnetic polarizabilities:<\/strong> The new results reveal a puzzling structure in the proton’s electric generalized polarizability and present significant challenges to the nuclear theory. The paper is published in Nature 611, 265 (2022)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n March 30, 2021<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ruonan Li receives the Peter Havas award: <\/strong>Congratulations are in order to Ruonan Li for receiving the Peter Havas Humanitarian scholarship 2021-2022 for outstanding physics graduate students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n March 19, 2021<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Nuclear Physics Group publishes in the journal Nature Com.<\/em> a new method for the measurement of the neutron charge radius: <\/strong>The new method addresses long-standing discrepancies in the measurement of this important quantity for nuclear physics. The paper is now published at Nature Com. 12 (2021) 1759<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n February 21, 2021<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Nuclear Physics Group addresses a piece of the proton radius puzzle:<\/strong> The new method for the proton radius extraction resolves the discrepancies among the electron scattering measurements and provides the highest precision measurement for the proton charge radius based on this method of extraction. Find out more about this work that was published at Eur. Phys. J. A57 (2021) 2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"This](\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/nuclear\/files\/2021\/02\/Rp-1-1024x660.png\")
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