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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">I am delighted to let everyone know that Dr. Mike Chini just accepted our offer of a faculty position at the rank of Associate Professor with tenure in our department! His scholarship is focused
on Ultrafast Physics. He will be joining our department Aug. 15 of 2024. Please be sure to welcome him. He will be around from time to time before he officially joins the department.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">A huge thank you goes to: (i) Lou DiMauro, who chaired the search and tenure review committee, (ii) the search and tenure review committee: Robert Baker, Ralf Bundschuh, Jay Gupta, Sasha Landsman,
Doug Schumacher, and (iii) Ruth Leonard, who organized all the visits, talks, and other logistics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Running a successful faculty search is a tremendous amount of work. I am grateful to everyone that helped make this a successful search.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">With best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><img width="224" height="45" style="width:2.3333in;height:.4687in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D98E52.D34A1390" alt="The Ohio State University"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Michael G. Poirier</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<span style="background:white">Professor and Chair</span><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Physics</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> Department
of Chemistry & Biochemistry (by courtesy)</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<span style="background:white"><a href="webextlink://1040%20Physics%20Research%20Building,%20191%20West%20Woodruff%20Avenue,%20Columbus,%20OH%2043210-1117" title="webextlink://1040 Physics Research Building, 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1117"><span style="color:#0072C6">1040
Physics Research Building, 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1117</span></a></span><br>
<span style="background:white">614- 247-4493 Office / 614-688-0742 Labs: 2135</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> 2147,
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</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:poirier.18@osu.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;background:white">poirier.18@osu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> / </span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://http/u.osu.edu/poirierlab/.osu.edu" title="http://http/u.osu.edu/poirierlab/.osu.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0066CC;background:white">http://u.osu.edu/poirierlab/.osu.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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