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In Memoriam – George Holzwarth (1937-2024)

Professor George Holzwarth passed away on March 13, 2024. George joined the physics faculty of Wake Forest University in August 1983. While he officially retired in 2004, he remained active in his biophysics research to the very end.  Before joining WFU, George earned a BS  […]


Alumni Spotlight – Peter Groves

Dr. Peter Groves graduated from the Wake Forest Ph.D. program in 2003 and now works as an Operations Research Analyst for MITRE, a federally funded research & development center. While a graduate student at Wake he worked with Professors Paul Anderson and Eric Carlson researching […]


Alumni Spotlight – Laura Jennings

Laura Jennings graduated from Wake Forest in 2018 and now works in Fiber Optics for a communications company in Berlin. While an undergraduate student at Wake, she worked in the laboratory of Professor Oana Jurchescu conducting research on organic semiconductors and perovskites. In an interview […]


Alumni Spotlight – Peter Diemer

Dr. Peter Diemer graduated from the Wake Forest Ph.D. program in 2016 and now works as the lead physicist for ohsnap, a phone accessory manufacturer. While a graduate student at Wake he worked in the laboratory of Professor Oana Jurchescu conducting research on organic semiconductors. […]


Congratulations Ajay Kandada and Steve Winter

Congratulations to Professors Ajay Kandada and Steve Winter for each winning a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation! These grants are awarded to junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and together they total over $1 million. See


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