Jacob Burgess, recipient of 2020 Rh Award

Rh Awards Recognize UM Research Excellence

Congratulations to Jacob Burgess in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, on receiving the 2019 Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation Award, in the Natural Science category.

Dr. Jacob Burgess joined the Department of Physics and Astronomy in 2017. He leads the Ultrafast Microscopy and Magnetism Research Group in studies on spin and carrier dynamics in magnetic thin films, nanomagetic elements, and correlated electron systems using time-resolved scanning tunnelling microscopy in concert with optical measurements including magneto-optical magnetometry and THz spectroscopy.

Join us online to honour and celebrate the UM recipients, an outstanding group of UM engineers, scientists and scholars on Sept. 22, 7 p.m., via the UM YouTube channel.

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