Recent News
Jiaqi Cai’s doctoral research has led to a landmark discovery in condensed matter physics: the experimental realization of the fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect (FQAH) -– a phenomenon long theorized but never before observed.
We are excited to share that Professor David Hertzog has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
The Dark Universe Science Center was the sole U.S. institute selected for a Simons Targeted Institute Grant this year.
Xiaodong Xu, professor of physics in the College of Arts & Sciences and of material sciences and engineering in the College of Engineering, was awarded the NAS Award for Scientific Discovery.
Congratulations to Eric Adelberger for winning the 2025 Einstein Prize from the American Physical Society.
Congratulations to David Baker (Professor in Biochemistry and Adjunct Professor of Physics) for winning the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry!
We are currently searching for a tenure track Assistant Professor in experimental atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics. The successful candidate will expand our existing AMO research efforts with neutral atoms and trapped ions, and will be welcomed into a vibrant campus-wide quantum research community with a variety of synergistic opportunities for collaboration.
Nominations are open for the University of Washington Dehmelt and Thouless Postdoctoral Fellowships for outstanding early career researchers. The nomination deadline for 2025 Fellows is September 22, 2024. For more information, see: https://phys.washington.edu/postdoctoral-fellowship-programs
David Kaplan is on a quest to straighten out chirality, or “handedness,” in particle physics. A theorist at the University of Washington, Seattle, Kaplan has been wrestling with chirality conundrums for over 30 years.
After a hiatus of six years, 2023 saw the resumption of the Summer Institute in Physics and Physical Science for in-service high school teachers. This four-week program, led by Associate Teaching Professor Donna Messina, features a semi-Socratic approach known as Physics by Inquiry and seeks to give teachers both improved understanding of physics and experience with inquiry-based instruct