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New Chair to continue department’s strengths, commit to diversity and inclusion

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The department of physics is pleased to announce that Prof. Kevin Black has been named new department chair. His three-year term began July 1, 2024, succeeding Prof. Mark Eriksson. Black says he is looking to continue the department’s excellence in its mission of research, teaching, and outreach, and to continue developing an intentional commitment to …

New department chair looks to build off past strengths in move toward future

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The Department of Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to announce that Mark Eriksson, the John Bardeen Professor of Physics, has been named our new department Chair. His three-year term began in August 2021. Eriksson succeeds Sridhara Dasu, who served as Chair from 2017-2021. “I’m honored to lead our department after Sridhara’s very …