Last week, the Physics Department welcomed an exciting new addition, gifted by Dr. David Carroll, in the form of a clone of the apple tree that led Issac Newton to discover the laws of motion. This is very fitting as our department is constantly evolving and on the […]
The Department of Physics awards the Randall Ledford Scholarship II once every four years to a high school student interested in majoring in Physics at Wake Forest University. This is a four-year half-tuition scholarship awarded to a promising incoming physics major attending Wake Forest […]
Graduate student Owen Ganter attended the Los Alamos Computational Condensed Matter Summer School (LACCMSS), a two week program at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The school was held from June 16th to June 27th. All travel, room, and board was provided by the lab. The school […]
As a North Carolina Teaching Fellow, Nick earned a B.S. in Physics and a B.A. in Mathematics with Teacher Licensure in 2011 from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. After that, he received a M.A.Ed from Wake Forest University in Secondary Science Education. From 2012 to 2018, […]
Congratulations to Professor Kandada for his dedication to teaching, mentoring and research.
Amanda Peake was awarded honorable mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The Fellowship is based on intellectual merit as well as the broader impact of research work. Amanda’s proposal includes PhD work on gravitational waves and STEM inclusivity initiatives. An exceptional application and research […]
Ian Newsome and Leda Gao successfully defended their PhDs last week. Their dedication and hard work was evident, and we wish them the very best! Ian Newsome with his advisor, Prof. Paul Anderson. Leda Gao with his advisor, Prof. Greg Cook.
For advancing the understanding of charge injection and transport in organic semiconductors, promoting significant improvements in device performance, and for leadership in creating a more inclusive materials science community. Professor Oana Jurchescu has been elected a 2025 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS), […]
Jesse Gao presented “Catalase, Azide, and Peroxide Reaction Produces Nitroxyl” at the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine’s (SfRBM) 31st Annual Conference held in Savannah, Georgia on November 20-23, 2024.