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Rhiannon Mayne shows off a meteor in front of the Monnig Meteorite Gallery.
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Rhiannon Mayne, Monnig Meteorite Collection and Gallery featured in VoyageDallas Profile

The piece highlights her path from growing up in the U.K. to leading one of the world’s largest university-based meteorite collections at TCU.

Rhiannon Mayne shows off a meteor in front of the Monnig Meteorite Gallery.

Rhiannon Mayne, Monnig Meteorite Collection and Gallery featured in VoyageDallas Profile

The piece highlights her path from growing up in the U.K. to leading one of the world’s largest university-based meteorite collections at TCU.

December 10, 2025, by McKenzie Lane
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TCU's Rhiannon Mayne Illuminates the Wonders of the Geminid Meteor Shower in ABC News Feature

Rhiannon Mayne, curator of the Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Collection and Gallery, shares her expertise with ABC News about the highly anticipated Geminid meteor shower, which peaks this weekend and promises to deliver a dazzling celestial display.

December 12, 2024
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Figure Eights and Physics: Physics & Astronomy Chair Hana Dobrovolny Has a Passion for Figure Skating

When she’s not researching computational biophysics, viral infections or cancer, TCU physics professor and department chair Hana Dobrovolny can be found skating on the ice.

December 11, 2024, by Brooke Rowland
Luminescence

A Bright Future: Physics Professor and Undergraduate Students Shine in Luminescence Research

Zygmunt (Karol) Gryczynski, Ph.D., and TCU students Danh Pham ’28 and Rajveer Sagoo ’26 earn prestigious recognition with their paper on luminescence, featured as the front cover of the Luminescence Journal.

September 17, 2024, by Abriana Nader
Carson Huey-You

Carson Huey-You: Researching Physics, Making History

TCU’s youngest undergraduate is about to be its youngest Ph.D.

May 9, 2024
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TCU Physics Professor, Zygmunt (Karol) Gryczynski, is Pickleball Pro

In the lab, TCU physics professor, Zygmunt (Karol) Gryczynski, focuses on fluorescence spectroscopy, biomedical diagnostics, forensic, drug development/delivery, and nanophotonics. In his free time, however, Gryczynski is a pickleball phenom. He shares a little about his journey in the sport.

October 10, 2023