Professor and Chair, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech
Joined October 2016
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
Apr 20
Wonderful video of John Simonetti's Observational Astrophysics Course. Active learning. @VTPhysics @VT_Science news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_…
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Huge thanks to our amazing VT Physics community! 🧡 Grateful to everyone who supported Physics on #VTGivingDay — and special appreciation to John Fernando, whose challenge gift helped fuel incredible momentum and a record-setting year! ✨ @VT_Science
Feb 19
Thanks @VTPhysics Hokies for your generous support during VT Giving Day! We had a record number of donors (99) and met the challenge goal of alumnus John Fernando (BS'89) of 90 donors. @VT_Science #VTGivingDay
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
Feb 19
Thanks @VTPhysics Hokies for your generous support during VT Giving Day! We had a record number of donors (99) and met the challenge goal of alumnus John Fernando (BS'89) of 90 donors. @VT_Science #VTGivingDay
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
Feb 18
Your gift to @VTPhysics on #VTGivingDay supports our students and faculty in many ways. We fully supported 8 undergraduate students to attend the 2025 Physics and Astronomy Conference in Denver, CO, the world's largest gathering of undergraduate physics students. @VT_Science
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
Feb 18
VT Giving Day has begun! Any contribution $5 or greater is welcome; this event is about participation. Help us reach 90 donors, and alumnus John Fernando (BS'89) will contribute $5000 to @VTPhysics #VTGivingDay @VT_Science Go to givingday.vt.edu/giving-day/… to join in the fun!
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
Feb 17
Virginia Tech Giving Day starts tomorrow (Wed. Feb. 18) at noon! Help us to meet the challenge of alumnus John Fernando (BS'89) who will generously donate $5000 to our Annual Fund if 90 donors donate to the @VTPhysics Physics Annual Fund on Giving Day! #VTGivingDay
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
29 Oct 2025
Congratulations to @VTPhysics Professor Tatsu Takeuchi who has received the 2026 Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to the American Association of Physics Teachers. It recognizes his significant work for the AAPT Chesapeake Section.
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
26 Oct 2025
Congratulations to @VTPhysics graduate students who participated in the Nutshell Games last Thursday October 23: Chaturanga Wengappuliarachchige, Ibukun Olusola, Axel Campos, and Egor Kolesnikov communicatingscience.isce.vt…
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
24 Oct 2025
Very proud of the @Virginia_Tech Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering! @see_quantum @VTPhysics @VT_Science news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_…
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20 Sep 2025
Lovely evening for the @VTPhysics Society of Physics Students Fall Picnic last night at Heritage Park. Thanks to SPS President Mya Shekitka and SPS faculty advisor Alma Robinson.
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
14 Sep 2025
Nice interview with Sophia Economou (@see_quantum). @VTPhysics @VT_Science
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
3 Sep 2025
Kyungwha Park was a wonderful person, colleague, and physicist. She will be missed. @VTPhysics @VT_Science news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_…
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
11 Aug 2025
Congratulations to Rana Ashkar and team on this fascinating work on membranes! @VTPhysics @VT_Science news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_…
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
24 Apr 2025
Very nice spotlight piece on Physics alum Erica Stump. @VTPhysics @VT_Science link.vt.edu/alumni/profiles/…
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
14 Apr 2025
Nice explainer on quantum from Sophia Economou (@see_quantum), Charles Cao, and Wayne Scales. @VTPhysics @VT_Science @VTEngineering news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_…
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
12 Apr 2025
Always a pleasure to join the Department of Physics for their annual awards luncheon. Congrats to the outstanding students honored today, and heartfelt thanks to the generous donors who make their success possible.
#ThisIsHome #WhatsYourScience @VT_Science @KevinTPitts
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
2 Apr 2025
Congratulations to Giti Khodaparast on being names a fellow of the International Society of Optics and Photonics! Very well-deserved. @VTPhysics @VT_Science news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_…
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
3 Mar 2025
Congratulations to Rana Ashkar on being named a Sloan Research Fellow! Very prestigious and well-deserved! @VTPhysics @VT_Science news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_…
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Mark L. Pitt retweeted
19 Feb 2025
VT Giving Day has begun! Any contribution $5 or greater is welcome; this event is about participation. Help us reach 88 donors, and alumnus John Fernando (BS'89) will contribute $5000 to @VTPhysics #VTGivingDay Go to givingday.vt.edu/giving-day/… to join in the fun!
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