Meet Andrew Wall, Wake Forest University class of 2008. While at WFU, Andrew worked in biophysics with Dr. Jed Macosko and Dr. George Holzwarth and later in condensed matter laser physics with the late Dr. Richard Williams. He now works at Microsoft where he’s helping engineer […]
Shane Hutson was once an undergraduate student in the Wake Forest Department of Physics. Now he’s a professor and endowed chair at a major research university. Professor George Holzwarth talks with Shane Hutson about his experience at Wake Forest and how it helped prepare him […]
Former Wake physics student Tim Kreutzfeldt is now a software engineer working at Lockheed Martin in the Advanced Technology Laboratory. In this interview, Professor Jed Macosko discusses with Tim his career path and how his education helped prepare him. Prof. Macosko: How did Wake Forest […]
Sophia Lourduraj is a current third-year student at Wake Forest studying biophysics. In a discussion with Professor Freddie Salsbury she shares her own unique Wake story and tells us about her interest in the intersection between biology and physics: biophysics. Prof. Salsbury: What led you […]
The Wake Forest Physics Department fosters a tight-knit academic community centered around close collaboration between students and professors. This stimulating and supportive environment is often the birthplace for innovation. One great example is found in the story of Dr. Vikas Pandey, co-founder of Valetude Primus […]
Professor Stephen Baker recently published an article in Communications Medicine titled “Plasma from patients with pulmonary embolism show aggregates that reduce after anticoagulation”. The intriguing background story behind this study can be accessed here. . Professor Baker’s study investigates the formation of blood […]
Dr. Michael Font — Wake Physics class of ’11 — is a practicing anesthesiologist in Des Moines, Iowa. Prior to that he taught biology to middle schoolers in Washington, D.C.. In this interview Professor Kim-Shapiro discusses with Dr. Font the development of his career and […]
Andrew Taska was once an undergraduate student in the Wake Forest Department of Physics. Now he’s a partner at one of the top patent law firms in the world. Professor Kim-Shapiro discusses with Andrew Taska about his experience at Wake Forest and how it helped […]
Meet Cenji Yu, medical physics PhD student at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Cenji graduated from the Wake Forest Department of Physics in 2018. Professor Salsbury discusses with Cenji his experiences as an undergraduate and how Wake prepared him for graduate studies. […]
Meet Jack Janes, Wake Forest University class of 2015. While at Wake, Jake studied physics and worked in the laboratory of Professor Kim-Shapiro. Now he is a cloud infrastructure engineer working for Nava, a public benefit corporation. Professor Kim-Shapiro discusses with Jack his experiences working […]