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Boris Spivak

Professor

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spivak@phys.washington.edu
206-685-7156
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Fields of Interest

Condensed Matter

Courses Taught

Spring 2025

  • PHYS 323 A: Electromagnetism III

Winter 2025

  • PHYS 486 A: Senior Honors Seminar
  • PHYS 488 A: Honors Thesis
  • PHYS 495 A: Seminar on Current Problems in Physics

Autumn 2024

  • PHYS 507 A: Physical Applications of Group Theory

Spring 2024

  • PHYS 498 A: Directed Reading in Physics
  • PHYS 531 A: Contemporary Atomic Physics
  • PHYS 531 B: Contemporary Atomic Physics

Autumn 2023

  • PHYS 494 B: Seminar on Current Problems in Physics
  • PHYS 494 C: Seminar on Current Problems in Physics

Spring 2023

  • PHYS 568 A: Theory of Solids

Winter 2023

  • PHYS 567 A: Theory of Solids

Autumn 2022

  • PHYS 578 A: Selected Topics in Theoretical Physics

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