
Welcome to the Physics Department.

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.
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William Thomas Duffy Jr
June 30, 1930 – March 4, 2025
William T “Bill” Duffy Jr, Professor Emeritus of Physics, passed away on March 4, 2025. He began at Santa Clara as an undergraduate and returned as faculty to teach...
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Few venues at the University of Utah can match the magical aura at night of the Canyons atrium at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Overlooking the Salt Lake Valley, the vaulted walls have a cathedral-esque loft to them. Accented...
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Four Stanford faculty are among the recipients of the 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships, which honors scientists in the United States and Canada.
“The Sloan Research Fellows represent the very best of early-career science, embodying the creativity, ambition, and rigor...
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.

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