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Erin Sohr

Assistant Director for Education

University of Maryland

RQS Executive Council
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esohr@umd.edu

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Bio

Erin Ronayne Sohr is a physics education researcher at the University of Maryland College Park, focusing on quantum education. She specializes in interaction and discourse methodologies to examine collaborative processes of knowledge building. She received her doctorate in physics, with a dissertation in Physics Education Research, from the University of Maryland in 2018.

Recent News

  • Jarrett Nelson, a rising senior majoring in computer science and minoring in physics and math at Utah Valley University, explains his recent work involving quantum simulations using lasers at a poster session sponsored by the University of Maryland Office of Undergraduate Research.

    REU Program Immerses Students in Interdisciplinary Quantum Simulation Research

    August 8, 2025

    The Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation has launched its first summer program to train visiting undergraduates in quantum research.

  • William Phillips, a Distinguished University Professor of physics and a senior investigator in RQS, showed how extreme low temperatures often used in quantum research can affect everyday objects like balloons or rubber balls.

    RQS Sponsors STEM Showdown for Ninth Graders

    August 6, 2025

    Students from four regional high schools constructed slingshot-style launchers, competed for a trophy, and watched liquid nitrogen shatter rubber balls—all in a daylong event designed to spark interest in STEM.