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Alumni Spotlight – Parker Hopkins

Meet Parker Hopkins, Wake Forest Physics and Mathematics Major class of 2021. Parker now works in the financial sector. In the following interview Professor Macosko discusses with Parker his experiences as a student and career path. Parker provides valuable advice to students regarding education, career, […]


Alumni Spotlight – Jason Grigsby

Meet Dr. Jason Grigsby, Wake Forest Physics Ph.D. class of 2009. Dr. Grigsby has traversed a diverse career path, from working as a Postdoctoral associate studying neuroscience to assuming the duty of a software engineer. In the following interview Professor Salsbury discusses with Dr. Grigsby […]


Alumni Spotlight – Ryan Godwin

Dr. Ryan Godwin graduated from the Wake Forest Physics PhD program in 2017. Now he is a Professor of Data Scientist at the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine. In the following interview Professor Salsbury discusses with Professor Godwin his experiences at Wake Forest […]


Faculty Updates

This will now be my seventh year as Chair of Physics and most likely my penultimate year – my renewed contract was for two years which will end in 2025.  As you can see from the news, we have a lot going on.  Thankfully, the […]


Awards

Awards Received by Faculty, Staff and Students October 2023 Professor Martin Guthold was awarded the Kulynych Family Faculty Fellowship. This fellowship has a three-year term beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2026. This and other fellowships recognize Wake Forest’s best teacher-scholars. The Wake […]


Recent Changes

Significant Changes Over the Past Year October 2023 The department has had great success in the past year. According to College Factual, the Physics Department now ranks 41 out of 226 colleges and universities in the US for our Bachelor of Science degree, second in […]


2023 Alumni Award

October 2023 In 2018 we implemented a new alumni award.  The award is given to a Physics Department alumnus for exceptional achievements and/or service. The award is not limited to physics but covers all areas that our alumni excel in.  This year the award is […]


Homecoming Reception 2023

October 2023 The Physics Department faculty and staff invite you to our Homecoming reception and demo show on Saturday, October 21.  We will join the Festival on the Quad again this year.  We will have a table near the steps of Wait Chapel.  Due to the […]


Alumni Spotlight – Ryan Melvin

Dr. Ryan Melvin graduated from the Wake Forest Physics PhD program in 2018. Now he is an Assistant Professor and Principal Data Scientist at the University of Alabama, and the inaugural holder of the Endowed Faculty Scholar for Data Science, AI, and Machine Learning. In […]


Alumni Spotlight – Jiajie Xiao

Meet Dr. Jiajie Xiao, Wake Forest Physics PhD program class of 2018. Dr. Xiao now works as a machine learning scientist in the biomedical field. In the following interview with Professor Fred Salsbury, Dr. Xiao reflects upon his time at Wake Forest and how the […]


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