Physics & Astronomy

Our Graduates

42% of our graduates from 2002-2010 went on to get their PhD in physics or related fields:

• Evan Kimbro (2002): PhD 2011 NC-A&T
• Brandon Choi Ucheor (2003): PhD 2009 NC-State
• Caroline Ring (2004): PhD 2014 Duke
• Matthew Lanctot (2005): PhD 2010 Columbia
• Adam Davis (2005): PhD 2014 Univ. New Mexico
• Allison Jaynes (2006): PhD 2013 Univ. New Hampshire
• Jarrett Lancaster (2007): PhD 2012 New York University
• Brian Ruiz (2007): PhD 2016 ECU
• Thai Hoang (2008): PhD 2013 Georgia Tech
• Nicholas Hallfors (2008): PhD 2018 Khalifa Univ.
• Kyle Nowlin (2010): PhD 2015 JSNN

23% obtained terminal Master’s degrees:

• Bryan Beard (2005): MS ECU
• David Piantino (2005): MS ECU (Medical Physics)
• Corey Clift (2007): MS Duke (Medical Physics)
• Joseph Krenicky (2007): MS/MBA ASU
• Geoff Nichols (2008): MS LSU (Medical Physics)
• Megan Leagon (2009): MS ASU

4% (1 student) obtained military education:

• Andrew Pyle (2005): Lieutenant Commander, US Navy