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John H. Weaver Receives Outstanding Alumni Award

Congratulations to LAS alum, John H. Weaver (physics), for being the recipient of the Department of Physics and Astronomy Outstanding Alumni Award. 

Professor Soeren Prell Elected Belle II Coordinator

On Monday, the Belle II collaboration elected Soeren Prell to a 2-year term as Physics Coordinator for the experiment.

Grad Student David Rea wins NASA Award

Graduate student David Rea working with Prof. Jake Simon has just won a prestigious NASA FINESST award to study how the moons of Jupiter formed.

Dr. Srimoyee Sen Selected for the 2023-24 Early Achievement Award

Congratulations are in order for Dr. Srimoyee Sen, who has been selected for the 2023-24 LAS Award for Early Achievement in Research. Dr.

Paul Canfield, a Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Robert Allen Wright Endowed Professor in Physics and Astronomy, a senior scientist at the Ames National Laboratory and a Member of the American Academy of

Professor James Vary Named Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences

Congratulations to James Vary on being named Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University.  Few colleagues achieve this distinction.

Read what Professor Steve Kawaler has to say about the total solar eclipse happening on Monday.

Costas M. Soukoulis, Iowa State University Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Ames National Laboratory Scientist, dies at 73

Costas M. Soukoulis, the Iowa State University Frances M. Craig Endowed Chair and a Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, died March 14 at the age of 73.

Kira Richards (undergrad) shares her love of physics — and what she learned while helping commission a two-story, 1,000-ton particle detector.

Dr. Adam Kaminski is Named Harmon-Ye Professor

Congratulations to Adam Kaminski who has been named the Harmon-Ye Professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.  Named faculty positions are among the highest recognitions for scholarly excellence at U.S.

Graduate Student Samuel Hauser is Honored at Fermi Lab

Samuel Hauser was honored with the Best Poster Award during the annual meeting of the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center. Sam is presently a graduate student with Professor Jigang Wang.

Scientists Make a Surprising Discovery about Magnetic Defects in Topological Insulators

Scientists from the Department of Physics and Astronomy discovered surprising role of magnetic defects in topological insulators.

Postdoc Daniel Carrera wins NASA grant

Postdoc Daniel Carrera has won a NASA grant with Professor Jake Simon to study physical processes at work in the early Solar System.

Online Summer Astronomy and Physics Courses at ISU

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to offer two online astronomy courses during the summer of 2023.  ASTRO 102: North Star Astronomy is a one-credit hour course that covers a diverse set of subjects, such as how astronome

Congratulations to Tom Iadecola for winning the University Award for Early Achievement in Research.

A great day for particle physics activities, our department hosted students from Ames High School for this year's International Masterclass Programme.

UPTON, NY—The Board of Directors of Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) has named theoretical physicist JoAnne Hewett as the next director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and BSA president.

Sunil Ghimire a DCMP Graduate Travel Awardee for 2023 APS March Meeting

CONGRATULATIONS SUNIL GHIMIRE!!

Sunil was one of the DCMP Graduate Travel Awardees for the 2023 APS March Meeting in Las Vegas.

“The history of modern scientific research,” wrote Wang and his operations team in a recent research paper, “stands upon cycles of great discoveries enabled by the development of revolutionary new machines.”

Graduate students Noah Brenny and Sayan Mitra awarded 2023 Ozaki Fellowship

Congratulations to Noah Brenny and Sayan Mitra for being awarded the 2023 Ozaki Fellowship!