<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/jonas-becker-tyler-cocker-honored-as-jerry-cowen-endowed-chairs-of-experimental-physics.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><unit>Alumni,Faculty &amp; Staff,Research</unit><pubDate>03/30/2022</pubDate><title>Jonas Becker, Tyler Cocker honored as Jerry Cowen Endowed Chairs of Experimental Physics</title><description><p>Michigan State University Assistant Professors Jonas Becker and Tyler Cocker were each honored as a Jerry Cowen Chair of Experimental Physics in the College of Natural Science’s Department of Physics and Astronomy at an investiture ceremony held March 24 in the Christman and Jackson Lounges of MSU’s Wharton Center.</p></description><author/><hero-image><img src="https://natsci.msu.edu/sites/_natsci/cache/file/87C91AA1-3337-44B2-B1F5808B4737F8B7_newsarticlehero.jpg" alt="Hero image"/></hero-image><image><img src="https://natsci.msu.edu/sites/_natsci/cache/file/87C91AA1-3337-44B2-B1F5808B4737F8B7_medium.jpg" alt="Hero image"/></image><tags><tag>Endowed faculty position</tag><tag>Jerry Cowen Endowed Chair of Experimental Physics</tag><tag>faculty</tag><tag>solid-state quantum optics</tag><tag>ultrafast physics</tag></tags></item>