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And with our celebration of Dr. Lynch, Summer 2026 defenses are a wrap! Congrats to Drs. Cai, Chapman, Ganter, Lynch, and Siggia!

Cory Lynch’s PhD defense will be the final one of the summer, for five PhD defenses! ZSR 404, 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29th; see you there!

The second annual Physics Graduate Student Symposium is being held Saturday, August 29th on the Wake Forest Campus! Support physics students sharing their active research projects through oral and poster presentations! More information can be found on the website.

Our fourth PhD defense of the Summer will be Tuesday, July 28th! Own Ganter in ZSR 404 at 1 pm. Feel free to stop by!

Our third defense of the summer will be Vincent Siggia at noon on Monday, July 27th, in ZSR 404. Come on down if you want, and you can use the Zoom link on the flyer.

Eric Chapman successfully defends his PhD dissertation!

Can Cai successfully defended his PhD dissertation!

Can Cai will defend his PhD dissertation on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 1:30 PM, in ZSR Library 204. Please see the attached flyer. All are invited.   Multiscale Quantification of Fibrin Fibers: Standardization, Structure Scaling, and Formation Models Fibrin forms the structural scaffold of blood […]

Eric Chapman will defend his PhD dissertation on Thursday, July 9, 2026, at 1:00 PM, in ZSR Library 404. All are invited! MODELING MOLECULAR FILTERS WITH DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY Our understanding of quantum mechanics has now provided accurate atomic-scale models of materials allowing for in-depth […]

The Department of Physics is pleased to announce that five graduate students are scheduled to present and defend their Ph.D. dissertations during the summer of 2026. Defense details are available on the Physics Department Colloquium page: Presently, the schedule is as follows: Wed. July […]