Zhenyu Ye

Email Address: yezhenyu@uic.edu
College: Liberal Arts and Sciences Department: Physics
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: SES 2258 Phone: 312-9962198
Participating in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards program: Yes

Research Interest:
I am specializing in the High Energy Nuclear Physics, working on the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY. I use heavy flavor quarks as the probe to study the formation and characteristics of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), a state of matter believed to exist at sufficiently high energy densities.

Minimum time commitment in hours per week: 4

Qualifications of a Student:
Junior or senior students with the major in physics. Experience with programming (especially C++) is a plus.

Brief Summary of what is expected from the student:
The work will be a part of ongoing research program within the large international collaboration of physicists on the STAR experiment. Students can opt to get UIC credit for Physics 392, Physics Research.

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