University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Not Just Blowing Smoke

Gang Cao's research is helping take UK to a new level

Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kentucky, the Commonwealth’s flagship Research University. Our department leads the Commonwealth in both education and research in the study of the physical Universe, with 29 regular and five active adjunct/emeritus faculty members, including 11 Fellows of the American Physical Society and several award-winning teachers, state-of-the-art research facilities, and a new on-campus observatory.

Tim Gorringe Department Chair

By launching and directing the new Center for Advanced Materials at UK, Cao believes the University of Kentucky can establish a unique niche as a specialist in both the development of new materials and the analysis of their particular properties.

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