Congratulations to University of Rochester graduate student and LLE Horton Fellow Hunter Markland, who received the prestigious Susumu Okubo Prize at the 2024 Department of Physics & Astronomy commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18 in Hoyt Hall. This prize, given in honor of UR professor emeritus of physics Susumu Okubo, is awarded annually to two students for the most-outstanding performance on the graduate physics preliminary assessment. Hunter joined LLE as an undergraduate from SUNY Geneseo in the summer of 2021 before starting his UR graduate work in the Department of Physics & Astronomy under advisor Jeremy Pigeon. Hunter’s research, which is supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, focuses on developing an intense THz probe using the flying-focus technique.
