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Featured Research Project: Studying Positrons

Student-faculty research opportunities abound throughout each school year and beyond. Leonardo Juarez โ€™26 worked with Professors of Physics Paul Voytas and Elizabeth George to study antimatter particles called positrons, which are best known for being used in medical PET scans.

โ€œThe goal of our experiment was to get a better understanding of the differences between matter and antimatter, hoping to help solve the mystery of why antimatter is so rare in the universe,โ€ George explained.

In the Studentโ€™s Own Words:

โ€œThe best part of doing research is being part of the team and working together to answer a question,โ€ Juarez said. โ€œIt was great learning about the answer we're trying to answer. It was also great doing work and seeing how it will contribute to the main research question.

โ€œI learned that I like doing research and that I like applying what I learned in class to the questions and problems in my research,โ€ he added. โ€œI chose this research because I wanted experience in research. I wanted to see if research were something I would want to do as a career.โ€

Leonardo Juarez, class of 2026 from Springfield, Ohio
Physics Major

To see other summer research that was conducted last summer between students and faculty, click here.

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