Undergraduate Contacts
Director Undergraduate Studies
choosingphysics [at] stanford.edu (Pre-Major Advising)
Physics Summer Undergraduate Research 2025
The Physics Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) has weekly faculty research presentations and/or professional development workshops. Except for the first orientation meeting, which will be held on Monday, June 23 at 9:00 AM, all other research presentations and workshops will be held in person and are scheduled to take place Wednesdays at 9:00 AM in Physics and Astrophysics Building, Room 102/103. The weekly Wednesday presentations and workshops, unless otherwise noted, will conclude by 10:30am. All research participants are required to attend and participate in these presentations and workshops. Questions? Please email the SURP mailing list: physics_surp_admin [at] lists.stanford.edu (physics_surp_admin[at]lists[dot]stanford[dot]edu).
NEWS
- Orientation will be on Monday, June 23, 9:00 - 10:30 am in Physics and Astrophysics Building, room 102/103.
- We will hold mid-summer check-in meetings during week 6. Sign up and Mid Quarter Reflections survey links to be added later in the summer.
- Students will participate in an in-person poster presentation about their research at the end of the program, preceded by a brief (~1 min) pitch for why folks should come see their poster during the poster session. Presentations will be held on the Friday of week 10 of the program. Please do not book any travel until after 6pm on Friday, August 29.
SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER 2025 - Details such as titles of talks will be added, but event timing is fixed.
All events will be held in person in the Physics and Astrophysics Building, room 102/103 and will begin at 9:00am Wednesday morning unless noted.
Upcoming Other Events
Wilcox Solar Observatory Tour: Thursday, July 24, 2:30 PM (weather back-up Friday 7/25 at 2:30 PM)
Wilcox Solar Observatory: 805 Reservoir Road
Hike the dish trail to meet us there, or meet at Frenchman's Gate at 2:15 PM to walk up (~0.4 mi) together. We can shuttle people up around 2:30 PM as well.
Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF) Tour: Thursday, August 7, 9 AM - 12 PM
Allen building
Space is limited. Indicate your interest: SNF Tour RSVP
SLAC Tour: Tuesday, August 12, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM. More details will follow soon.
Stanford Student Observatory Tour: Monday, August 18, 9:00 - 10:30 PM (weather back-up Wednesday, August 20)
Professional Development Workshops and Faculty Research Presentations
| Date | Faculty Talk or Workshop | Title of Faculty Talk or Workshop SLIDES |
|---|---|---|
06/23 (MONDAY) | Orientation: Intro to Summer Research Goal Setting Workshop | |
| 07/02 | Brian Lantz | Exploring the Gravitational wave Universe with LIGO |
| 07/09 | David Goldhaber-Gordon | Faculty Talk or Workshop Slides |
| 07/16 | Physics Subfields | |
| 07/23 | Chelsea Bartram | Wave-like dark matter: a sea change |
| 07/30 | Mid-Quarter Reflection | |
| 08/06 | Dan Wilkins | Seeing to the event horizons of black holes |
| 08/13 | Poster Presentation Workshop | |
| 08/20 | Jason Hogan | |
| 08/27 | Physics Career Paths | |
08/29 (FRIDAY) | Final Presentations | Time: 9:00am - 12:30pm Location: TBD |