TINO SHAWISH NYAWELO portrait
  • Professor (Lecturer), Physics And Astronomy
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Education

  • B.Sc., Physics, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
  • Diploma, Theoretical High Energy Physics, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). Project: Supersymmetry Breaking in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
  • Ph.D, Theoretical Particle Physics , Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Project: Non-linear field theory with supersymmetry: Hydrodynamics and sigma models

Biography

Tino Nyawelo, a Professor (Lecturer) in the University of Utah’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, has been at the U since 2007. In 2012, Tino founded the REFUGES program which supports underrepresented students through an after-school program (grades 7-12) and a summer science “bridge” experience for incoming college freshmen. Tino the Director of Undergraduate Research, and also coordinates the Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

In 1998, Tino obtained his master’s degree in theoretical high energy physics at the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. He received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the Free University of Amsterdam in 2004. His main area of research deals with (quantum) field theory, supersymmetry and gravity