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| The panels show the last part of the inspiral of a neutron star binary and the final coalescence. The process is expected to be one of the significant sources of gravitational wave and gamma ray emissions. |
Welcome to the Department of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis.
Please explore the website to find information about cutting-edge research, the undergraduate and graduate programs, and job opportunities. Please contact our office or any faculty member by email or phone for additional information.
Please explore the website to find information about cutting-edge research, the undergraduate and graduate programs, and job opportunities. Please contact our office or any faculty member by email or phone for additional information.
Faculty News:
- Professor Henric Krawczynski has received a three-year, $921,717 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research titled "Optimization of CZT Detectors with Sub-mm Pixel Pitches." The purpose of the grant is to develop room-temperature semiconductor detectors for EXIST (Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope), a hard X-ray imaging all-sky deep survey mission that will be the Black Hole Finder, one of three Einstein Probes in the Beyond Einstein Program.
- Congratulations to Tom Bernatowicz, who has received the David Hadas Teaching Award. The David Hadas Teaching Award recognizes outstanding tenured faculty members in Arts & Sciences who demonstrate commitment and excellence in teaching first-year undergraduates. Tom is a leader, helping to lay paths for new ways to teach science that reach far beyond the introductory physics course.
Alumni News:
Congratulations to 2009 APS inductees...
Congratulations to Dr. Suzanne Gronemeyer an outstanding Ph.D. alum of our department (in nuclear physics, research performed at Argonne). She has been awarded the prestigious Margaret Hay Edwards Medal recognizing her extraordinary achievements in contributions to cancer education (her overall career in bioimaging and biomedical physics is similarly impressive). Information on the award is at AwardsHonors_mhe.html and AwardsHonors_mhe_2009.html.
In the news:
Stuart Solin, physicist:
the peer-reviewed life
Washington University physicists
are closing in on the origin of cosmic ray
Mathematics of chicken brain microcircuits
delivers new insight into neural network computation
Pinpointing origin of gamma rays
from a supermassive black hole
New element
found to be a superconductor
Nanotechnology institute formed
St. Louis Institute of Nanomedicine Working Group established
More news...
Recent publications:
Recently published papers by our department...
Department News Letter - Spring 2009
Student News:
- The physics department recently received a GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need) Award from the US Department of Education. This award will provide a $30,000 stipend to five outstanding physics graduate students in each of the next three years. Our proposal received perfect scores from each of two reviewers.
- Congratulations to Michelle Milne, graduate student in Professor Conradi's group, who has been awarded a Dissertation Fellowship from the Graduate School. The fellowship will support her for the academic year 2009-10.
This week's colloquium/seminars:
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Observation of PT-Symmetry Breaking in Complex Optical Potentials
Dr. Gregory. J. Salamo
Lecture: 4:00 PM, 204 Crow
Dr. Gregory. J. Salamo
Lecture: 4:00 PM, 204 Crow
Physics Certificate