Physics - Harvard University
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Research in the Department seeks to explore and explain fundamental questions that range from understanding the origin of the universe, including string theory, cosmology, and astrophysics, to understanding the visible world of colloids and the world on an ever diminishing scale, from the mesoscale to the nanoscale, condensed matter, and atomic, molecular and particle physics.
Physics - Harvard University
6d ago
Congratulations to Howard Georgi, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Harvard College Professor, on his election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow.
In addition to Prof. Georgi, seven other Harvard faculty are among the 502 AAAS 2023 class of fellows, a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community. AAAS is one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals. This latest class is comprised of scientists, engineers, and innovators across 24 AAAS disciplinary sections.
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Physics - Harvard University
1w ago
Each year, the GSAS the Harvard Horizons Faculty Fellows pick eight Ph.D. students to participate in Harvard Horizons, an initiative to recognize and celebrate the work of promising scholars. The selected students get the opportunity to present their work at the symposium and prepare through personalized coaching sessions with faculty mentors and the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.
Among the 2024 New Horizon symposium, held at Sanders Theatre, was physics G5 Noah Toyonaga, for his research "Scissors across scales: the geometry of biology, fashion, and architecture."
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Physics - Harvard University
2w ago
Prof. L. Mahadevan has been elected to receive the 2024 Weldon Memorial Prize.
The prize was founded in memory of W.R.F. Weldon, an English evolutionary biologist and a founder of biometry. It is awarded every year, without regard to nationality or membership of any university, to the person who in the judgment of the Electors has in recent years published the most noteworthy contribution to biometric science. The prizewinner receives a medal and is invited to give a lecture followed by a dinner in college that enables them to meet with the Weldon Electors and other Oxford researchers ..read more
Physics - Harvard University
2w ago
"My Life With QCD: A Fifty Year Love Affair That’s Still Going Strong"
FRANK WILCZEK
Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT
Chief Scientist, T. D. Lee Institute and Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Distinguished Professor, Arizona State University
Professor of Physics, Stockholm University
2004 Nobel Prize in Physics
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 @4:30pm
The lecture will be held in Jefferson 250 and streamed live on Zoom.
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It’s been a trip. Highlights from the earliest days include the discovery of asymptoti ..read more
Physics - Harvard University
1M ago
FRANK WILCZEK
Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT
Chief Scientist, T. D. Lee Institute and Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Distinguished Professor, Arizona State University
Professor of Physics, Stockholm University
2004 Nobel Prize in Physics
Tuesday, April 9, 4:30pm
"My Life With QCD: A Fifty Year Love Affair That’s Still Going Strong
The lecture will be held in Jefferson 250 and streamed live on Zoom.
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It’s been a trip. Highlights from the earliest days include the discovery of asymptotic freedo ..read more
Physics - Harvard University
1M ago
ANDRE GEIM
Regius Professor, University of Manchester
2010 Nobel Laureate
all lectures will be held in Jefferson 250
and streamed live on Zoom
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Monday, March 25, 2024, @4:30pm: Colloquium - "Wonder Materials"
Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, is not only the thinnest but also probably the simplest material one can imagine. Nonetheless, graphene has acquired so many superlatives to its name and revealed such a cornucopia of new phenomena that it is often called a wonder material. Following its advent, many other one-atom or one-molecule t ..read more
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1M ago
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1M ago
Prof. Subir Sachdev has been honored with the 2024 PROSE award in the category of chemistry, physics, astronomy and cosmology for his book Quantum Phases of Matter (Cambridge, 2023), called "a visionary, provocative, and thoughtful text" by Steven Kivelson (Stanford).
Since 1976, the Association of American Publishers has been recognizing the very best in professional and scholarly publishing with Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) Awards for the authors, editors, and publishers "whose landmark works have made significant advancements in their respective fields of study ..read more
Physics - Harvard University
1M ago
Required for most faculty searches in the sciences, chalk talks remain mysterious because they're rarely open to graduate students or postdocs.
In an informal Q&A; on December 6, 2017, Prof. Stubbs, seeks to demystify this crucial component of the search process, based on his long-standing experience as a senior faculty member in Physics. He reviews top 10 Do’s and Don’ts and answers questions such as: What’s the point of the chalk talk? What are departments looking for? How should I prepare? How should I involve my PI? How to balance vision and deliverables? How to structure my talk? How ..read more
Physics - Harvard University
2M ago
ANDRE GEIM
Regius Professor, University of Manchester
2010 Nobel Laureate
all lectures will be held in Jefferson 250 and streamed live on Zoom
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Monday, March 25, 2024, @4:30pm
Colloquium: "Wonder Materials"
Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, is not only the thinnest but also probably the simplest material one can imagine. Nonetheless, graphene has acquired so many superlatives to its name and revealed such a cornucopia of new phenomena that it is often called a wonder material. Following its advent, many other one-atom or one-molecule thick crystals have ..read more