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

June
12
Date
Monday, June 12, 2023. 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: AllenX 101X
June
18
Date
Sunday, June 18, 2023. All day
Location: Hewlett Teaching Center Room 200

News Spotlight

Provost Persis Drell and Vice Provost and Dean of Research Kathryn Moler are recipients of the Deborah Rhode Lifetime Achievement Award. (Image credit: Andrew...

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Deborah Rhode Lifetime Achievement Award

Named after an amazing and fierce advocate for gender equity in the academy, this award honors Professor Rhode’s legacy by recognizing individuals who have dedicated their careers and used their influence to advance the status...

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Stanley G. Wojcicki died on May 31, 2023, at his condo in Los Altos at age 86. He still maintained his home on the Stanford campus.

Stan was an experimental particle physicist who in the 1960s took part in the...

2023 Panofsky Fellows Kelly Stifter and Julia Gonski. (Courtesy Kelly Stifter and Julia Gonski)

 

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Kelly Stifter and Julia Gonski have been named 2023 Panofsky Fellows at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Stifter will turn to quantum sensors to enhance the sensitivity of detectors hunting for dark matter, while Gonski will use...

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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