Mizzou Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Association

Columbia Young Scientists Expo 2026

Join us on February 12th for good times and a great movie ☕️🎦🍿

Bowling our way into 2026 with good vibes and gutter balls 🎳💕

This year’s first PAGSA Bowling Night was held on January 27th, 2026 at Level Up Entertainment.

Mizzou 18 This award is dedicated to honoring 18 University of Missouri graduate and professional students in the last year of their degree eligibility.

Congratulations to our own Dr. Jared Williams for successfully defending his PhD thesis titled: “Time Dependent Exciton Dynamics: Insights From 1- and 2-Dimensional Model Systems”

Mizzou Physics and Astronomy graduates Dr. Ryan Smith and Dr. Dylan Weaver have recently published the results of their collaborative work titled “Chain-Length Dependence of Peptide–Lipid Bilayer Interaction Strength and Binding Kinetics: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Approach”.

You can find the paper here:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01218 #

Chain-Length Dependence of Peptide–Lipid Bilayer Interaction Strength and Binding Kinetics: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Approach Physical interactions between polypeptide chains and lipid membranes underlie critical cellular processes. Yet, despite fundamental importance, key mechanistic aspects of these interactions remain elusive. Bulk experiments have revealed a linear relationship between free energy and peptide chain len...

Congratulations to Dr. Randy Burns on the successful defense of his dissertation titled “Structural and Electronic Properties of Hybrid Halide Perovskites: Insights Into Chemical V***r Deposited Films”.

Mizzou scientists spot more Milky Way-like galaxies in early universe // Show Me Mizzou // University of Missouri The study advances our understanding of how galaxies were formed.

Mizzou Physics and Astronomy Graduate students Dominic Dalba, Bipin Bhattarai, Dilan Gamachchi, and Indeewari Karunarathne published their research article titled "Effect of ZnO Interfacial Seed Layer in Sol–Gel Grown ZnMgO Ferroelectric" in ACS Applied Electronic Materials.
You can find their article here:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsaelm.4c00281