University Bio - Hiba Assi

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Assistant Professor of Physics

Contact Info:
Campus: McNichols Campus
Building: Chemistry
Room: 15
Phone: 313-993-1239
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Areas of Expertise:
Condensed Matter Physics
Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering
General Physics courses for Engineering, Life Science and Liberal Arts Students

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Physics, Virginia Tech
  • M.S., Physics, Virginia Tech
  • B.S., Physics and Mathematics, Washington and Lee University

Biography

Assistant Professor of Physics, teaches general physics courses for engineering and life science students and a modern physics with device applications course for electrical engineering students. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Physics from Virginia Tech, and a B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from Washington and Lee University. Her research focuses on computational and statistical condensed matter physics with publications analyzing the non-equilibrium relaxation dynamics of magnetic vortices in disordered type-II superconductors and the Coulomb glass model in disordered semiconductors. Assi is currently working on creating research projects in Physics Education Research and DEI efforts in STEM fields. She joined the University in August 2022. 
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