Welcome to the Physics Department.

Welcome to the Physics Department.

Welcome to the Physics Department.

Stanford Physics is a teaching and research department. Our course offerings range from Freshman seminars to advanced graduate classes. We enjoy close connections to Applied Physics and departments at SLAC.

Upcoming Events & Seminars

April
11
Date
Tuesday, April 11, 2023. 3:30pm
Location: Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
200
April
18
Date
Tuesday, April 18, 2023. 3:30pm
Location: Hewlett Teaching Center
370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
200

News Spotlight

  • Announcements
  • Faculty

After five years in the role, Kathryn A. “Kam” Moler will return to the lab and classroom at the end of her term as vice provost and dean of research (VPDoR) on August 31.

Moler will return to research and...

  • Announcements
  • Staff

Physics Director of Finance and Operations Rosenna Yau is retiring in March 2023 after 47 years at Stanford.

Illustration showing distortions in a new quantum material that were produced by an electronic tug-of-war between negatively charged cobalt ions ­and positively...

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have created a new type of quantum material whose atomic scaffolding, or lattice,  has been dramatically warped into a herringbone pattern.

The resulting distortions are “huge” compared...

Our Research

Undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are mentored in astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, atomic and laser physics, and condensed matter physics. Check out our research areas below.

Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Biophysics

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

Experimental Particle Physics

Experimental and Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology

Physics and Science Education Research

Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics

Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology

Physics Dept. Faculty Mtg (if needed)

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