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Both fellowship programs will allow Andrew to investigate the intersection of AI and Astrophysics. The LSST-DSFP is a travel and learning fellowship that brings students from across the world…
Study visualizes linker histone’s genome targeting while undergoing erratic movements
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Originally Written By: Emily CaldwellA protein that’s…
Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin on quantum physics and Columbus’ technological future Orginally by Columbus in Color
Quantum physics may sound…
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A new telescope built with a field of view large enough to unravel some of the…
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The Ohio State University has joined the Midwest Quantum Collaboratory (MQC), a coalition of leading research…
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Douglass Schumacher, a professor in the Department of Physics, is part of a multi-university…
On Tuesday, August 11, Professor Jay Gupta joined host Amy Juravich and QuSTEAM Executive Director Shawnta Jackson for a conversation about the growing field of quantum information science and…
On July 23, participants of the Department of Physics Undergraduate Research Program presented their research efforts and results during a poster session hosted by the OSU Consortium of Summer…
The Ohio State University Department of Physics congratulates Professor Geraldine L. Cochran on being recognized as this month's honoree in the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP)…
Ohio State’s momentum in quantum research is creating new opportunities to transform foundational discoveries into technologies that benefit society. In the latest installment of the university’s …
Department of Physics Graduate Student, Mathew Leon, has been awarded a 2026 SMART Scholarship from the US Department of War!
The SMART (Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation…
During the 2025-2026 academic year (including summer 2025, autumn 2025, and spring 2026), 75 Physics and 19 Engineering Physics majors graduated for a total of 94 students. 57 students graduated…
Following recent coverage in The Columbus Dispatch, Dr. Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, professor of physics and co-leader of the Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (CQISE), will be…
Professor Roland Kawakami was surprised on Tuesday April 28 during the Physics Spring Picnic when Professor Annika Peter, Vice-Chair for Undergraduate Studies, announced to the audience that Prof…
The Graduate Studies Office held their final event of the year today, a Pizza Party to celebrate our graduating students, recognize graduate student achievements throughout the 2025-2026 Academic…
During the Department of Physics' annual Spring Picnic, three awards are presented: the John G. Whitcomb Distinguished Staff Award, Outstanding Lecturer Award, and
Undergraduate Physics and Engineering Physics majors who received academic merit scholarships were recognized on Tuesday April 28 at the annual Department of Physics Spring Picnic.
The…
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees. 2,600 Fellowships were awarded this…
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DESI finishes observations for largest 3D map of universe Five-year mission completed as dark matter research…
In honor of World Quantum Day, The Columbus Dispatch recently highlighted the groundbreaking work being done at Ohio State's Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (CQISE).
The Goldwater Scholarship is one of the most prestigious academic honors in the nation for undergraduate students pursuing research careers in the natural sciences, engineering, and…
Written by: Tatyana Woodall (Ohio State News)
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Researchers reveal new method for dialing up superconductivity Surprising results spawn unusual physics, study…
Alex Schimmoller, physics graduate student, has been named a recipient of the 2026 Graduate Associate Leadership Award (GALA) for demonstrating exceptional leadership within the university and the…
Dr. Samir Mathur, professor of physics, was recently featured in a new installment of the Rethinking Reality series, produced by the World Science Festival. In a deep-dive conversation…
Dr. Michael Poirier, professor of physics, has been elected to the 2025 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows. He is one of four Ohio State University…
The OSU Newark SciDome Planetarium Internship Program has been recognized by the Ohio State University Office of Outreach and Engagement as a 2026 Program of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship…
Professor Masaki Oshikawa is one of the world’s leading condensed matter theorists of his generation. His work spans a remarkably broad range of topics, including condensed matter theory…
Former Graduate Student, Jeremy Borden, and Professor Yuri Kovchegov were recently published in the APS Physical Review D as an Editors’ Suggestion.
Read the full paper,…
Department of Physics graduate student, Zoe Phillips, has won the College of Arts and Sciences Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition! Zoe's submission, "Integration of Molecular Qubits into 2D…
Andrew Engel, an Ohio State physics graduate student, was recently published in Science Advances!
The study, "Understanding generative AI output with embedding models," explores…
Louis DiMauro, Director of the Institute for Optical Science and Hagenlocker chair and professor in the Department of Physics, is the corresponding author of a new article published in…
The OSU Graduate School has announced the 2025-2026 Presidential Fellowship recipients. The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School to recognize the…
The Ohio State University Department of Physics is pleased to announce that assistant professor, Kevin Singh, recipient of the John W. Wilkins Endowed Professorship of Physics, has been awarded $1…
Christopher Orban, associate professor of physics at Ohio State Marion, was recently featured on a WOSU Podcast discussing the government shutdown and its impact on research.
Read more about…
Yesterday, November 2, 2005, marked the 20th anniversary of the Physics Research Building, a cornerstone of our department's research collaboration, and community.
The story of our physics…
Four undergraduate physics majors represented the department at the 2025 Fall Meeting of the Eastern Great Lakes Section of the American Physical Society in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Tianhao Jin…
Written by: Tatyana Woodall (Ohio State News)
Original article: https://news.osu.edu/neutrinos-flavor-may-hold-clues-to-the-universes-biggest-secrets/
In a…
A newly published article from Prof. Geraldine Cochran (The Ohio State University) & Prof. Suzanne White Brahmia (University of Washington), published in Physics Today, rethinks what it means to…
The STEMcoding project just released a new activity explorer!
We encourage you to check out the new STEMcoding website, where all 44 activities can be viewed.
Mike Lisa Recognized as Distinguished University Professor
We are wrapping up another successful year for the "Phun with Physics" booth at the Ohio State Fair.
Thank you to Harold Whitt, Christine Jackson, the machine shop team,…
Department of Physics Professor Daniel Brandenburg has just been elected as the new chair of the RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider) and AGS users executive committee.
The purpose…
A newly published study from Prof. Yuanming Lu’s group co-led by Dr. Mohamed Karaki and Mr. Ahmed Fahmy, published in NPJ Computational Materials (Springer Nature), establishes a novel theoretical…
Fourteen undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors participated in this summer's 10-week long Physics Undergraduate Research Program. On July 16 they shared their research projects with…
The $3M 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics has been awarded to the researchers on the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) collaborations!
OSU Department of…
CCAPP Fellow and Department of Physics Post Doctoral Researcher, Jung-Tsung Li, was awarded a NASA Grant for almost $1 million dollars.
The proposal, “Unraveling Solar-Disk Gamma Rays with…
Quantum key distribution link established on Ohio State campus for the first time
Elementary particle physics reflects the human quest to understand the basic building blocks of nature and the rules that govern the physical world. At the request of the Department of Energy and…
During the 2024-2025 academic year (including summer 2024, autumn 2024, and spring 2025), 65 Physics and 22 Engineering Physics majors graduated for a total of 87 students. 54 students graduated…
Department of Physics Professor Mike Lisa and graduating student Josie Rose visited Capitol Hill last Wednesday to talk to Ohio congressmen and senators to lobby for support of nuclear physics.
Expanding Horizons in Optical Science: IOS Travel Awards Create International Opportunities
Michael Lisa named Distinguished University Professor
This year at the Department of Physics Spring Picnic, we celebrated several of our grad students and TAs for their outstanding work.
The winners' names and award types are as follows…
2025 Distinguished University Professors: Final honorees named to complete celebrated class
Undergraduate Physics and Engineering Physics majors who received academic merit scholarships were recognized on Tuesday April 22 at the annual Department of Physics Spring Picnic.
The…
Annually, three staff persons in the Department of Physics are awarded the John G. Whitcomb Distinguished Staff Award. This award was established to recognize exceptional accomplishments,…
DESI article for The Conversation website
Department of Physics Professors John Beacom, Jeanie Lau, and Roland Kawakami are among the nine total OSU scientists who have been elected to the 2024 class of American Association for the…
Nine Ohio State scientists selected as AAAS Fellows
Department of Physics graduate student Danielle Wampler was selected to receive the 2025 Graduate Associate Leadership Award (GALA)!
This Award (GALA) is the Graduate School’s recognition of…
The latest OSU DESI results have been featured across many major news platforms!
Ohio State News has the full story on their website, and it is linked on the Department of…
OSU Department of Physics student organization, WaGMiP (Women and Gender Minorities in Physics), was awarded the 2025 APS Women in Physics Group Grant!
This $1,000 grant was awarded by the…
Department of Physics Professor Chris Hill and Graduate Student Mike Carrigan have been featured prominently in a short film about the milliQan experiment that Professor Hill is the co…
Department of Physics Professor Mike Lisa has been named a recipient of the 2025 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award!
This is an annual award given by Undergraduate…
Professor K.K. Gan of the Department of Physics has been reelected Chair of the Institute Board of the Pixel detector of the ATLAS experiment. The experiment was designed to study proton-proton…
Ohio State is nation’s top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars
From original article, "Persistence pays off for APS Bridge Program graduate, now aviation data scientist", for APS News by Kendra Redmond
"As a kid,…
Department of Physics graduate student Dina Eissa has won the People's Choice Award at the recent OSU-wide Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition!
This was the OSU Graduate School's fifth…
Physics saves lives!
Check out this behind-the-scenes tour of OSU's radiation therapy training facilities with medical physicist Professor Ashley Cetnar. She even talks about the recently built…
This year, the Department of Physics and the Department of Astronomy sent a combined 30 undergrad students to the 2025 APS Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics.
…
OSU Department of Physics Professor Samir Mathur has been featured in New Scientist!
Professor Mathur's article, A new kind of hidden black hole may explain the mystery of dark energy…
OSU Department of Physics Professor Chris Orban was recently interviewed for an education podcast, "Learning Unboxed."
Professor Orban is a co-founder of the STEMcoding project and was…
From original article on Ohio State News
Ohio State announces Agostini Prize Award is university’s most prestigious for scholarly and artistic achievement
…
Department of Physics Professor Geraldine Cochran's proposal to reestablish a Physics REU Summer Program has been approved.
The program will support eight non-OSU students doing research in…
Department of Physics undergrad Maura Kelley was awarded in the College of Arts and Sciences Autumn 2024 Undergraduate Research Scholarship Cycle.
Maura is a Physics and Astronomy major…
The Institute of Optical Science takes a quantum leap with funding from the National Science Foundation
An interdisciplinary team in the Department of Physics and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University, with collaborators at the Massachusetts Institute of…
Ranjan Laha, an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is one of two winners of the 2024 ICTP Prize from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste,…
Department of Physics Professor Emeritus and Nobel Laureate, Pierre Agostini, was elected to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2024 class of fellows.
"The newest NAI fellows…
Department of Physics Professor Chris Hill has had three of his experiments featured in a New Scientist article.
The piece, "We may be about to solve the greatest riddle of…
The OSU Graduate School has announced the 2024-2025 Presidential Fellowship recipients. The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School to recognize the…
This fall has been a busy time in the Department of Physics, with many of our undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty, attending various conferences.
Most recently,…
Originally posted on the OSU Institute for Optical Science (IOS) website.
In the beginning of November, Prof. Agostini traveled across China, visiting top…
Penn State and Ohio State physicists and engineers are collaborating on a $1 million Department of Energy grant to find a replacement for gallium nitride, exports of which are limited, for…
The APS Eastern Great Lakes Section (EGLS) Fall 2024 Meeting and SPS Zone Meeting took place at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, on October 18th and 19th.
Several students from the OSU…
From original article for Photonics Focus Nov-Dec 2024, by William G. Schulz
Attosecond science: Nobel-worthy nonlinear optics on steroids
From original article on the Institue for Optical Science (IOS) website.
The 21st International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (ISUILS2024) took…
Department of Physics Professor Kevin Singh was recently published in Nature Physics (2024) alongside his co-authors, for their article "A dual-species Rydberg Array".
…
We are excited to announce a new undergraduate physics course, available for enrollment for Spring 2025: Physics 2100, Physics for Future Presidents!
This course is four credit hours…
Department of Physics Professor Richard Furnstahl was awarded the American Physical Society 2025 Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics!
This award is given "To…
The Nobel Foundation has announced the 2024 Nobel Laureates, including the two winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton have been chosen “for…
Department of Physics Professor Michael Poirier was awarded a 2024 APS Division of Biological Physics Fellowship!
"Fellowship in the American Physical Society is a great honor. In…
Department of Physics undergraduate student, Josie Rose, was invited to present at an international workshop in September.
The workshop, Intensity Interferometry 2024, was in Porquerolles,…
(From original article on OSU Office of Faculty Affairs website.)
Cynthia Carnes and Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin have been named ENGIE-Axium Endowed Chair…
Professor Geraldine Cochran has been named the 2025 recipient of the American Physical Society (APS) Edward A. Bouchet Award.
"This award promotes the participation of…
The Ohio State University rolled out two national commercials during the start of football season. The goal of the commercials is to highlight research at Ohio State and the Agostini…
Professor Alexandra Landsman's DOE Grant, Attosecond Physics with XFEL pulses, has been successfully renewed for the amount of $465K.
Abstract: Attosecond…
From original article on the OSU College of Arts and Sciences website.
A team of chemistry and physics researchers at The Ohio State University have received a $12M…
Professor K.K. Gan of the Department of Physics has been elected the Chair of the Institute Board of the Inner detector of the ATLAS experiment. The experiment was designed to study proton-proton…
Professor Kaeli Hughes's $729K NSF Grant, WoU-MMA: Cosmic Ray and Background Identification with RNO-G, has just received funding!
Abstract from the NSF:
Congratulations to Professor James Beatty, whose lab has achieved The Office of Environmental Health and Safety Dean's List!
"Congratulations! The Office of Environmental Health …
Congratulations to Professor Johnston-Halperin, whose lab has achieved The Office of Environmental Health and Safety Dean's List!
"Congratulations! The Office of Environmental…
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has named a third annual cohort of Experimental Physics Investigators to achieve remarkable physics insights and open new frontiers. This new cohort of 19…
Which Electron is Quicker?
In a recent paper published in the August 21, 2024 issue of Nature, an international collaboration…
Last Friday, August 16th, was the 61st Alpheus Smith Lecture, featuring Dr. Anne L'Huillier.
Dr. L’Huillier was a 2023 Nobel Laureate in physics alongside Ferenc Krausz, and OSU Emeritus…
From original article on the Institute for Optical Science's page.
The Institute for Optical Science and the Department of Physics hosted a Student Meet…
The Ohio State University high energy physics group recently was awarded a four-year $6.8 million grant from the Department of Energy.
This grant will fund the research activities of nine…
From original piece on OSU Student Success Research Lab News
Identifying Structures and Practices that Support/Hinder Engineering Identity Development Using…
We hope you had a chance to check out the physics booth at the Ohio State Fair! A big thank you to Christine Jackson, Harold Whitt, and all our volunteers for their hard work these past couple…
The Institute for Optical Science and Air Force Office of Scientific Research co-organized the 1st Joint DOD-IOS Workshop held at The Ohio State University on July 9 and 10, 2024.
The…
The display at the OSU 18th Street Library has been updated to include all six Ohio State affiliated Nobel Laureates.
Including the 2023 Nobel Prize winner in physics, Professor Emeritus,…
The Institute for Optical Science and 10 international partner organizations have been awarded two years of additional funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to…
We are happy to announce The OSU Department of Physics Spring 2024 Magazine is now available online!
This installment features news and goings on of our department from the past couple of…
This Wednesday was the 2024 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Poster Session!
We had 25 students in the program this year, and they each got a chance to present their work to their peers…
Original article from the Ohio State University Outreach and Engagement
June 2024
Engaged Scholars is a series highlighting Ohio State…
From original article for Ohio State Alumni Magazine by Jenny Applegate
Pierre Agostini is the first sitting Ohio State professor to be named a Nobel Prize…
From original story in Ohio State Alumni Magazine by Kristen Schmidt
The long and short of it Professors Lou DiMauro and Pierre Agostini, a 2023 Nobel…
From original story by Tatyana Woodall for Ohio State News.
Photo: Getty Images
NSF funding aims to support STEM students with varied math…
From original article by Evelyn Kretzer for Ohio State News, linked here.
Solstice Outreach uses…
We had 12 students participate in this year's David DeMartini Physics senior graduate student competition and three students with the highest evaluation scores are the winners!
The SubMillichargedExperimeT (SUBMET) is now taking data.
The experiment located at J-PARC in Tokai, Japan is the newest of Prof. Hill’s dark sector experiments to come online. It searches…
Professor Daniel Gauthier has been named a Reviewer of the Year for the journal njp Quantum Information.
When they asked him about why he spends time reviewing manuscripts, he said:
…
Michael Poirier, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics, and Carlos Castro, Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, have received a National Science…
Geraldine L. Cochran, Associate Professor of Physics at OSU, conducts equity-oriented, physics education research.
Cochran was recently awarded $500k from the National Science Foundation to…
From original article by Tatyana Woodall for Ohio State News, linked here.
Digital twin models may enhance future autonomous systems
Systems controlled by…
During the 2023-2024 academic year (including summer 2023, autumn 2023, and spring 2024), 49 Physics and 18 Engineering Physics majors graduated for a total of 67 students. 38 students graduated…
Professor Yuri Kovchegov's scientific research was recently published in The Department Of Energy Office of Science highlight, “New Theoretical Contribution Helps Examine the Internal Rotation of…
Congratulations to our Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research Scholarship Winners!
The recipients are enrolled in a major program in the college of Arts and Sciences and will be earning a degree…
From original article by Tatyana Woodall for Ohio State News, linked here.
Researchers at The Ohio State University played a major role in…
This year at the Department of Physics Spring Picnic, we celebrated several of our grad students and TAs for their outstanding work.
The winners' names and award types are as follows…
Article by Wayne Rowe for OSU Marion website, linked here.
The Ohio State University Office of Outreach and Engagement recently recognized the STEMcoding initiative…
David Zach, academic advisor in both the Department of Physics and the Department of Astronomy, received the Mary Bailey Advising Award from ACADAOS (Academic Advising Association of The Ohio…
Annually, three staff persons in the Department of Physics are awarded the John G. Whitcomb Distinguished Staff Award. This award was established to recognize exceptional accomplishments,…
Professor Samir Mathur was surprised on Tuesday April 23 during the Physics Spring Picnic when Professor Tom Humanic, Vice-Chair for Undergraduate Studies, announced to the audience that Dr. Samir…
Congratulations to Professor Fengyuan Yang, whose lab has achieved The Office of Environmental Health and Safety Dean's List!
"Congratulations! The Office of Environmental Health…
Professor John Beacom has recently been recognized for his work with the award-winning SciAccess program.
While the laws of science are universal, access to science is not, and it…
Friday, April 19th was the Spring 2024 Undergraduate Award Ceremony. After a reception catered by Steven's Catering, families and undergraduate students from each year gathered in the Smith…
Congratulations to Professor Lou DiMauro, whose lab has achieved The Office of Environmental Health and Safety Dean's List!
"Congratulations! The Office of Environmental Health &…
From original article on NSF NeXUS at OSU.edu, linked here.
On the heels of the Nobel committee’s recognition of the field of attosecond science with the…
The recording of Pierre Agostini's April 2nd lecture, Attos to Zeptos, is now available!
You can watch it at the link below and on our YouTube channel, at The Ohio State…
from article on Ohio State ERIK site, linked here.
Brian J. Skinner, PhD, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has earned…
Yesterday, hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Physics showed up to meet and mingle with Professor Emeritus and Nobel Laureate, Pierre Agostini!
There were…
Professor Jim Beatty has been named a Winstein Distinguished Visiting Fellow by the University of Chicago Department of Physics!
The Winstein Fellowship is sponsored by the family of Prof…
From original article by Franny Lazarus for Ohio State News, linked here.
On a breezy spring day, Pierre Agostini, emeritus professor of physics at The Ohio State…
Professor Geraldine Cochran's article, "Racial equity in physics education research", has been published in Nature Physics. You can read the full piece at Nature.
Her paper is…
(Article written by Jeff Grabmeier for Ohio State News)
(Photo credit: Fanny Staveby Widinghoff)
Emeritus professor of physics receives medal from King of Sweden
Professor Geraldine Cochran's paper with grad student (Liam McDermott) and undergrad assistant (Nazeer Mosley) was published in Physical Review - Physics Education Research.
Department of Physics Professor Jeanie Lau has been awarded a DMREF Award from the National Science Foundation in collaboration with Professors Fan Zhang and Bing Lv (both at the University of…
From article on the College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering website, linked here.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering…
This January, 12 physics and engineering physics major undergraduate students, as well as five astronomy students, attended the American Physical Society Conference for Undergraduate Women in…
Resolution recognizes Agostini's groundbreaking scientific achievements
From article on Ohio State News website
The Ohio State University Board of Trustees has recognized…
The Department of Physics is pleased to announce the new Computational Physics Certificate program starting autumn semester 2024! Computation is an integral part of modern science and the…
The American Physical Society (APS) Committee on the Status of Women in Physics has invited OSU Professor, Jeanie Lau, to speak at the March Meeting in…
Professor Agostini (Agostini-DiMauro Research Group) was appointed to the Legion of Honor of France with the rank of Commander. The Legion of Honor was established by…
OSU Department of Physics graduate student, Jaychandran Padayasi, was published as first author yesterday on the American Physical Society 29 December 2023 issue of Physical Review Letters (Vol…
“It is like calisthenics to tune up your brain.”
Andrew Heckler, well-known specialist in physics education research at The Ohio State University was awarded two grants from The…
The Ohio State University Department of Physics has a proud history of decorated alumni and faculty. Among those, are a handful of Nobel Laureates. Until recently, the Department of Physics had…
The Graduate School has announced this week the winners of the 2023-24 Graduate School Presidential Fellowship competition!
The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award…
From original article in Ohio State Alumni Magazine by Jenny Applegate, with Photos by Jodi Miller.
Professor Lou DiMauro has a New York accent and eyes that crinkle the…
Congratulations to Professor and Chair, Michael Poirier, whose lab has achieved The Office of Environmental Health and Safety Dean's List!
"The Office of Environmental Health &…
Department of Physics Undergraduate Students Josie Rose and John Scott presented at the Eastern Great Lakes Section of American Physical Society this past weekend.
Josie Rose is a…
Congratulations to Professors James Beatty and Amy Connolly, whose lab has achieved The Office of Environmental Health and Safety Dean's List!
"The Office of Environmental Health…
Andrew Heckler, OSU Professor of Physics specializing in Physics Education Research, was awarded in Sept 2023, two NSF grants (PI on one $600k), co-PI on the other (OSU portion …
Article from OSU News
In a new breakthrough, researchers have used a novel technique to confirm a previously undetected physics phenomenon that could be used to…
Monday, October 9th through Friday, October 13th was Safety and Infrastructure Week in the Department of Physics. Sessions took place twice a day in the Physics Research Building Atrium North End…
The Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (CQISE) is excited to announce that the Partnership Seed Award (PSA) is now live and accepting applications. The PSA was created to…
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier on Tuesday for their experiments that “have given humanity new tools for exploring the world of…
From article by Jessica Blake for Inside Higher Ed.com
Many have argued that increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM comes at the cost of lowering standards, but a recent…
Professor Yuri Kovchegov has been awarded the Distinguished Visiting Academic (DIVA) Award from the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) at Durham University in Durham, UK…
Recent analysis by Professor Brian Winer, Dr. Brent Yates (postdoc), and Mr. Aashwin Basnet (grad student) has been included in the September 2023 issue of CERN Courier.
Despite…
A team at Ohio State is part of a multi-institution effort that was just awarded $5M from the NSF’s ExpandQISE program. To meet the growing national demand for a quantum-trained…
Author: Charlie Wood, Quantum Magazine
In 1935, Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger, two of the most prominent physicists of the day, got into a dispute over the nature of…
An interdisciplinary team at The Ohio State University has received $3M from the National Science Foundation to support the launch of a new graduate program in quantum information science and…
The National Science Foundation has awarded funding to an AGEP grant proposal, Inclusive Graduate Programs: An AGEP (Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate) …
Attention Department of Physics students, faculty, and staff: the newly renovated Undergraduate Student Lounge is now open! That’s right, the Undergraduate Student Lounge is back and boasts a…
In a new study, researchers have taken an important step toward understanding how exploding stars can help reveal how neutrinos, mysterious subatomic particles, secretly interact with…
Daniel Brandenburg, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, has been selected as one of 93 scientists across the country to receive funding from the U.S. Department…
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science announced $28.5 million for LaserNetUS to advance discovery science and inertial fusion energy.
LaserNetUS is North America's…
The Department of Physics is being represented at The Ohio State Fair this year through amazing experiments and lots of pfun presented by Christine Jackson, Harold Whitt and department volunteers!…
The Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (CQISE) will be the administrative home for a $1 million, three-year congressionally directed award.
This project aims to create…
Research shows how ‘pioneer factors’ function as master regulators of genes from yeast to humans
Genetic information contained within DNA has to be read by specific proteins that enable…
The 2023 LaserNetUS Users Meeting - LaserNetUS: Then, Now, and in the Future - is being held at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD from June 27-29, 2023. Located near…
Congratulations to the Schumacher Laboratory! It was recognized by The Office of Environmental Health & Safety for the effort that it takes to maintain a safe and healthy work environment for the…
Congratulations to Harrison Blake, a double major in Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics, for being awarded an Astronaut Scholarship. Harrison has been working with Professor Chris Hirata on…
Ohio State physics graduate student Daniel Adamiak was recently selected as one of six recipients of a one-year fellowship from the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) Center at Jefferson Lab. The…
Sixty four undergraduate students graduated on May 7 with degrees in Physics and Engineering Physics. 65 Physics and 19 Engineering Physics majors graduated during the 2022-2023 academic year for…
Kevin Ingles has been awarded an MPS-Ascending Fellowship by the National Science Foundation.
The MPS-Ascend program supports postdoctoral fellows who will broaden the participation of…
The Department Picnic was the location of the announcement of the 2023 John G. Whitcomb Distinguished Staff Awards. Jenny Finnell, Lindsey Thaler, and Becky Daskalova each received a crystal…
Professor Rolando Valdés Aguilar was surprised on Friday April 21 during the Physics Undergraduate Awards Ceremony when Professor Tom Humanic, Vice-Chair for Undergraduate Studies, announced to…
On April 21, the Physics Undergraduate Studies Office, joined by Department Chair Michael Poirier, congratulated and recognized the 2023 undergraduate physics and engineering physics award…
Melanie Zaidel has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This award, which is highly competitive, supports outstanding…
The Office of Environmental Health & Safety recognizes the effort that it takes to maintain a safe and healthy work environment for laboratory staff. The most recent annual safety inspection of…
Mackenzie Scott has won a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship! The fellowship provides three years of financial support (a stipend of $37k) for graduate school. She will…
Congratulations to Anya Phillips for winning a 2023 Goldwater Scholarship! Anya is a 3rd year student pursuing a double major in Physics and Astronomy & Astrophysics. The Barry M…
The President’s Buckeye Accelerator supports student founders prepare a startup for launch. The accelerator combines entrepreneurship skill building, deep mentorship, community building, and…
Mohit Randeria, PhD, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has earned The Ohio State University 2023 Distinguished Scholar Award. Senior leadership in the Enterprise for…
Congratulations to Prof. Michael Lisa who has been selected as a College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor!
The title of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor serves to honor…
Nuclear physicists have found a way to peer inside the deepest recesses of atomic nuclei, according to a new study.
The finding was made possible using the Relativistic…
The American Physical Society (APS) has selected 153 Outstanding Referees for 2022 that have demonstrated exceptional work in the assessment of manuscripts published in the Physical Review
The Arne Slettebak Planetarium at Ohio State is part of the world premiere of “5000 Eyes: Mapping the Universe with DESI” on Saturday, March 4! This is a fulldome film about the Dark Energy…
How is a collection of electrons like a society? Nandini Trivedi, professor of physics, says in both cases, individuals act differently in a group than they do alone. She studies…
Researchers have produced new evidence of how graphene, when twisted to a precise angle, can become a superconductor, moving electricity with no loss of energy.
In a study published today …
Asst. Prof. Daniel Brandenburg was recently featured in Physics World: Using quantum entanglement, physicists in the US have mapped out distributions of gluons within…
Congratulations to the Hammel lab and postdoc Shekhar Das for making the Research Safety Dean’s List! The Office of Environmental Health & Safety…
Congratulations to Caitlin O'Brien on becoming a Brooke Owens Fellow in the Class of 2023. Caitlin is a fourth-year undergraduate at The Ohio State University (OSU) majoring in Astronomy and…
Congratulations to the College of Arts & Sciences 2023 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) awardees! The 3MT is an academic competition for doctoral and master’s students engaged in their own research,…
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected 505 scientists,…
Congratulations to postdoc and former OSU grad student Keith McBride who has been awarded the University of Chicago’s Grainger Postdoctoral Fellowship, one of the premier physics…
For the first time, scientists have observed quantum interference—a wavelike interaction between particles related to the weird quantum phenomenon of entanglement—occurring between two different…
First-ever observation of quantum interference between dissimilar particles offers new approach for mapping distribution of gluons in atomic nuclei—and potentially more
Nuclear physicists have…
The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School to recognize the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final…
Professor K.K. Gan of the Department of Physics has been elected to be the Chair of the Institute Board of the Pixel detector of the ATLAS experiment. The experiment was designed to study proton…
A recent article in Symmetry Magazine (a joint Fermilab/SLAC publication) featured a story that Prof. Klaus Honscheid has been involved with: On June 11, lightning struck…
Symmetry Magazine (a joint FermiLab/SLAC publication) recently wrote about HEP research in small colleges through affiliation with big universities. Washington College and OSU are mentioned in…
Prof. Amy Connolly was awarded a single-PI NSF grant entitled “Precision Ultra-High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics and New Signatures Enabled by a Complete Treatment of Birefringence in Antarctic…
This October, the first component of the milliQan detector has been installed on top of the CMS experimental cavern, and it is now taking data at the high energy of LHC RUN3.
The milliQan…
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded its first grants in its Driving Change initiative, awarding $2.5 million each to six universities: The Ohio State University,
Astronomers create new technique to assist in search for dark matter
Meteors may help astronomers devise a new way to locate dark matter – mysterious and invisible particles that…
Steven Prohira, a physicist and a former postdoctoral researcher at The Ohio State University, has been named a recipient of the 2022 MacArthur Fellowship, a prize often called the …
The Physics Department has six faculty openings this year, some joint with other departments:
Astrophysics Experiment
Atomic Experiment — Ultrafast
Chemical…
New algorithm makes it easier to predict chaotic physical processes
The past may be a fixed and immutable point, but with the help of machine learning, the future can at times be more easily…
Come chat with Donna Strickland!
Monday, Sept 19th from 1pm-2:30pm Pizza and drinks in the Atrium of the Physics Research Building
The OSU Optica Student Chapter…
The Ohio State University has selected its inaugural cohort for the Provost’s Early Career Scholars Program, a new initiative designed to attract and develop the highest caliber early-career…
Kristin Chesnutt, a third-year graduate student in biochemistry, is the first recipient of the Nancy Byrd Johnson and Howard M. Johnson endowment. Her dissertation focuses on how…
A staff lunch at the Budd Dairy Food Hall in August was the location of the announcement of the 2022 John G. Whitcomb Distinguished Staff Awards. Lori Arnold and June Sprowls were awarded there,…
NSF funds Ohio State as the epicenter of an international collaboration at the extremes of laser science
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the funding of a multi-institution,…
The First international online conference, WOW Physics! (Women of the World in Physics!) will be held November 9-11, 2022 on Zoom, and is hosted by Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. Prof…
Daniel Gauthier, professor in the Department of Physics, received a $49,994 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of the two-day NSF Project Scoping Workshop…
Congratulations to Prof. Mohit Randeria who was awarded the 2022 John Bardeen Prize at the 2022 M2S Conference in Vancouver in July. Congratulations!
Prof. Alexandra Landsman was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant: "Strong Field Physics with a Twist" to study the interaction of intense ultrafast laser pulses with atoms…
APS reports that according to the 2021 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2022), PRX Quantum has achieved a Journal Impact Factor of
The Office of Environmental Health & Safety has recognized Prof. Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin's laboratory for its efforts to maintain a safe and healthy work environment for the laboratory staff…
Three Arts and Sciences faculty members, including Prof. John Beacom received 2022 Outreach and Engagement Impact Grants from the Ohio State Office of Outreach and Engagement. Across the…
Twenty years ago, on May 17, 2002 the Department of Physics broke ground for the Physics research Building! A shovel used for the ceremony sits in a corner of the Chair's office.
"On May…
A record number of students graduated on May 8 with degrees in Physics and Engineering Physics. 65 Physics and 35 Engineering Physics majors graduated during the 2021-2022 academic year for a…
The 3rd Attosecond School, co-organized by The Institute for Optical Science, drew all-time, historically high numbers during it's online session March 21-25, 2022.
The Attosecond School…
The College of Arts and Sciences has selected Prof. Nandini Trivedi as a College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics. Congratulations!
In the…
The newest issue of the magazine for the Department of Physics has been published- pick up a copy in the main office or read it online.
Michael Poirier says in his letter, "Of course, these…
The Ohio State University recently announced it is establishing the Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (CQISE), building on the momentum around a discipline with far-reaching…
Under the guidance of The Ohio State University at Newark Associate Professor Mike Stamatikos, Newark’s SciDome — located at The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art & Technology —…
Professor Brian Winer was surprised on Wednesday in his Physics 1251 classroom by Professor Tom Humanic, Vice-Chair for Undergraduate Studies, with the 2022 Physics Undergraduate Teaching Award…
The Department of Physics Undergraduate Studies Committee has chosen this year's undergraduate award winners. Congratulations to this year's scholarship recipients!
Freshman Award…
Four Ohio State honors students have been recognized by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. Juniors Lia Gomez-Perez, Anthony Moussa, Rakesh Murugesan, and …
Fifteen teams have been awarded a total of nearly $750,000 in funding in the second year of the President’s Research Excellence (PRE) Accelerator Grant program. Each grant of up to $50,000 is…
John Beacom, Henry L. Cox Professor of physics and astronomy, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor and director of the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), received the…
The Institute for Optical Science is pleased to announce the 3rd Attosecond School. The school will happen during March 21-25, 2022. Due to the pandemic, the school will be virtual (online)…
Gregory Lafyatis, an associate professor in the Department of Physics, expects that QIS will begin to have a significant role in transforming science and technology within the…
In celebration of Black History month, the STEMcoding Project led by Prof. Chris Orban teamed up with Jahmour Givans from the OSU Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (CCAPP) to develop…
Less than a millionth of a billionth of a second long, attosecond X-ray pulses allow researchers to peer deep inside molecules and follow electrons as they zip around and ultimately…
Despite the growing number of curricula, seminars, and workshops providing resources for physics educators to address EDI in their classrooms, many physics educators are hesitant to engage in…
In November, 2021, the AAAS Council elected 564 members as Fellows of AAAS. Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service…
The 2022 John Bardeen Prize is awarded to Jörg Schmalian (Karlsruher Institute of Technology), Mohit Randeria, (The Ohio State University), and Peter…
Ohio State University scientists are collaborating on an international effort to produce a 3D map of the universe in unprecedented detail, allowing physicists and astronomers a clearer…
Black holes really are giant fuzzballs, a new study says.
The study attempts to put to rest the debate over Stephen Hawking’s famous information paradox, the problem created by Hawking’s…
New study reveals a zoo of magnetic patterns at the atomic scale
Atomic-scale magnetic patterns resembling a hedgehog’s spikes could result in hard disks with massively larger capacities than…
Kicking off Dec. 3 at 3:30 p.m., the Photonics and Nanophotonics Webinar Series hosted by The Institute for Optical Science brings together top researchers of the world!
Photonics and…
During the 2021 annual SACNAS conference in October, members of the Ohio State SACNAS chapter participated by giving oral and poster presentations about their research as well as a panel…
PBS recently featured the work of Prof. Samir Mathur and colleagues on SPACETIME: Are Black Holes Actually Fuzzballs? Fuzzballs are a model for resolving Hawking's paradox.
Check it…
THIS SPRING, AT a meeting of Syracuse University’s quark physics group, Ivan Polyakov announced that he had uncovered the fingerprints of a semi-mythical particle.
“We said, ‘This is…
A collaborative research team involving faculty from Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry were awarded a 2021 Catalyst Grant through the President’s Research Excellence (PRE…
Prof. Andrew Heckler has received the honor of APS Fellow for 2021! The criterion for election is exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise; e.g., outstanding physics…
“By far the strongest electric and magnetic fields that we know how to create is through using ultra-intense laser systems,” said Christopher Orban, Associate Professor of Physics…
Engaged Scholars is a monthly series highlighting Ohio State faculty who have made an impact in our communities through their community-engaged research…
Professor James Beatty, and Associate Professor Michael Stamatikos are part of the collaboration for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a massive astroparticle…
Each year, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) conducts a laboratory safety site visit of all campus research laboratories using hazardous chemicals and biological materials. The site visit…
Douglass Schumacher has been awarded funding from two different Department of Energy programs totaling $833,000 over three years. The support will be used to study relativistic plasmas including…
A relatively new type of computing that mimics the way the human brain works was already transforming how scientists could tackle some of the most difficult information…
A multidisciplinary, multi-institutional program led by The Ohio State University is taking the next step in its aim to develop a diverse, effective and contemporary quantum-ready workforce by…
Michael Poirier, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics was recently awarded a Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institute of General…
The Ohio Department of Education issues guidelines on which topics need to be covered in various math and science courses and they also provide instructional supports and resource lists to provide…
New evidence suggests that protons and neutrons go through a “first-order” phase transition—a kind of stop-and-go change in temperature—when they “melt.” This is similar to how ice melts: energy…
CCAPP Fellow Ami Choi was surprised recently in the Cosmology Lunch group meeting by Marcela Hernandez, Administrative Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, who came to…
The newly established TOPTICA BEC Award for Lifetime Achievements 2021 recognizes longstanding important contributions to the field. Prof. Ho is the inaugural awardee of …
Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, professor in the Department of Physics, is leading Ohio State’s role in federally funded research that explores new ways to exchange information between…
Research into dual-process theories of reasoning from cognitive psychology suggests ways to improve classroom instruction in physics. Prof. Andrew Heckler, Mila…
Each year, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) conducts a laboratory safety site visit of all campus research laboratories using hazardous chemicals and biological materials. The site visit…
The Chicago Quantum Exchange, a growing hub for the research and development of quantum technology that is based at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, has added…
Jay Gupta, professor of physics, explores the properties of novel materials at the atomic scale to address problems in energy conversion and advanced computing. Via scanning…
Physics Professor Daniel Gauthier of the College of Arts and Sciences, electrical and computer engineering Professor Emre Koksal of the College of Engineering, and Potomac…
Study confirms unusual electron behavior in a quantum material
Researchers have discovered a new electronic property at the frontier between the thermal and quantum…
More than a dozen current and former faculty and researchers from Ohio State played crucial roles in releasing new results from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) last week.
The DES uses the…
Congratulations to PhD student Martha (Estefany) Nunez Ornelas for receiving the “2020 CMS Award” from the Compact Muon Solenoid Detector Collaboration at the Large Hadron…
OSU physics undergrad Nashad Rahman had big plans to work on laser experiments in summer 2020. But of course Covid-19 changed all that. Out of an abundance of caution, the social distancing…
With large contributions from Ohio State faculty and researchers, a five-year quest to map the universe and unravel the mysteries of “dark energy” officially began Monday at Kitt Peak National…
The Gravity Research Foundation has awarded Prof. Samir Mathur the first prize for his essay, "The Elastic Vacuum." The main purpose of the Gravity Research Foundation is to encourage scientific…
The OSU faculty, Professors K.K. Gan and H. Kagan are leading a group of undergraduate students, graduate students, post-docs, engineers and technicians in the R&D and fabrication of the state-of…
We are proud to announce three physics majors were recognized at the 26th annual Denman Research Forum on April 7th and 8th.
Over 180 students presented in 21 categories and 63 winners were…
Jacob Borison, a second-year physics major from Beachwood, Ohio has been selected as one of the US ATLAS Summer Undergraduate Program for Exceptional Researchers (SUPER). The scholarship is funded…
Prof. Antonio Boveia was surprised by Prof. Tom Humanic last Friday during a (virtual) undergraduate studies committee meeting with the announcement that he has been named the 2021 Physics…