Michael Pravica
Biography
Michael Pravica is an expert in general physics. He especially enjoys research focused on the study of matter at extreme conditions of high pressure, high temperature, and high radiation flux.
Pravica — well-known for his community activism and dedication to spreading the joy of science to the masses via television, radio, print media, and public forum appearances — has worked to further the field through development of several innovative concepts. They include: a) A new field of science, dubbed "useful hard x-ray chemistry," wherein high energy, penetrating and focused x-rays are harnessed to initiate novel chemistry in isolated and sealed chambers, and b) Ion Beam Nuclear Transmutation Doping, a novel method to dope wide bandgap semiconductors using penetrating, high-energy protrons initiating nuclear transmutation to create dopant layers.
He has also decades of experience using liquid helium for nuclear magnetic resonance (related to MRI technology).
Education
- Ph.D., Experimental condensed matter physics, Harvard University
- M.A., Physics, Harvard University
- B.S., Physics and applied mathematics (honors), California Institute of Technology
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X-rays Mark the Spot
Physics professor Michael Pravica's work on useful hard X-ray photochemistry could reveal novel materials — and possibly an explanation for the origin of life on Earth.

UNLV Newsmakers 2020: July
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The Brains and the Beast (Mode)
Physics professor Michael Pravica teams up with Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch in Bleacher Report web series.