Marco Cavaglia

Marco Cavaglià named chair of physics

Posted by on July 1, 2026

Dr. Marco Cavaglià has been named chair of the physics department, effective Monday, Aug. 3. He takes over the position from Dr. Thomas Vojta, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of physics, who is returning to a faculty position after serving as chair since 2018.

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Celebrate experiential, service and teaching award honorees

Posted by on May 11, 2026

Congratulations to the winners and nominees of this year’s Experiential Learning, Service Learning and I Love Your Class awards.

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Learn about gravitational waves at physics lecture Oct. 9

Posted by on September 25, 2025

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves, physics will host a public lecture about the topic and its connection to black holes. The lecture will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in Hasselmann Alumni House. The event is free and open to the public.

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Search for vice chancellor for communications, outreach and engagement announced

Posted by on April 7, 2025

Missouri S&T has launched a search for the vice chancellor for communications, outreach and engagement. The role is a reimagined executive leadership role responsible for leading the university’s comprehensive strategy in external engagement, marketing and communications, and outreach initiatives. 

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Physics research group wins 2024 Outreach Award

Posted by on December 10, 2024

Dr. Hasti Khoraminezhad, a post-doctoral fellow in physics, Dr. Marco Cavaglia, professor of physics, and the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory research group received the physics department’s 2024 Outreach Award.

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Four tenured S&T faculty honored

Posted by on September 10, 2024

Four faculty members at Missouri S&T were honored with the Post Tenure Review Excellence Award. This award is granted to faculty who excel in scholarship and teaching through the five-year review period after achieving tenure. The recipients are:

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Faculty honored for outstanding teaching, service, experiential learning

Posted by on January 3, 2023

Missouri S&T celebrated faculty excellence at an awards banquet Dec. 8 on campus.  Honorees include:

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Cavaglia re-elected to LIGO working group

Posted by on May 4, 2021

Dr. Marco Cavaglia, has been re-elected co-chair of the Burst Sources Working Group of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration for an additional two-year term.

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27 faculty honored for excellence in teaching, research, service

Posted by on December 1, 2020

Recipients of Missouri S&T’s Faculty Excellence Award, Faculty Achievement Award and Faculty Teaching Award have been announced. Awardees are:

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Today: Learn about black holes, Milky Way’s darkest secret

Posted by on November 19, 2020

Dr. Marco Cavaglia, professor of physics, and Dr. Shun Saito, assistant professor of physics, will present a public lecture about the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, via Zoom. Their lecture is titled “Black Holes and the Milky Way’s Darkest Secret.

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