Congratulations to Assistant Professor (Research) Gaetano Barone, who received a 2024 Seed Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)! This annual program helps early-stage research projects grow, build collaborations, and find other funding sources.
Gaetano discusses the project, โBroadening the Horizons of Pico Second Silicon Devices to Space-Based Operations,โ and its impacts below.
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Matthias Kuehne, who received a 2024 Seed Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)! This annual program helps early-stage research projects grow, build collaborations, and find other funding sources.
The Physics Department hosted a number of eclipse-related events, and physics community members shared with us their varied and wonderful eclipse experiences.
With Brown students and scientists as their hosts, enthusiasts from across campus and the local area convened for an eclipse viewing event on Monday, April 8.
The Physics Department is pleased to present a seminar, โThe Wonder and Enigma of Eclipses,โ featuring Stephon Alexander, Francine Jackson, and Angella Johnson. Read more below.
Astronomers and enthusiasts across campus are gearing up for the big eclipse, with educational and viewing events at Brown and trips to prime watch spots in the path of totality.
The Caribbean Philosophical Associationโs 2024 Frantz Fanon Award for Outstanding Achievements in Science, Philosophy and Leadership Goes to Stephon Alexander
Brown Physics kicked off an exciting joint venture on January 16, 2023 with the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and the Simons Flatiron Institute: the Winter School in Computational Physics!
The Department of Physics Colloquia feature outstanding guest speakers from all over the world presenting cutting-edge research. Our students in particular are encouraged to attend, although the seminars are open to the public.
Arrive early to claim your seat at these not-to-be-missed events!
Colloquia are held on Mondays at 4:00 p.m. in BH168, with exceptions noted below. Refreshments are served at 3:45 PM.
As part of the Perimeter Institute Public Lecture Series, Stephon Alexander explains how the search for answers to deep cosmological puzzles parallels jazz improvisation.
Physics PhD student Rutendo Jakachira received a 2023 Google Fellowship in Health Research and secondary area in Algorithmic Fairness for her research on pulse oximetry. Congratulations, Rutendo!
Physics Alum Cengiz Pehlevan, Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has been selected to receive a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.
R. Sekhar Chivukula, Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego and the chair of the Executive Committee of the Division of Particle Physics (DPF) at the American Physical Society (APS), recently announced the funding of the Division of Particle Physics (DPF) Meenakshi Narain Mentoring Award in honor of former Department Chair Meenakshi Narain.