Applications are now open for Fall 2027 admission to Wake Forest Physics graduate programs. Apply by January 8, 2027, for the Physics Ph.D. or M.S., or the M.S. or graduate certificate in Quantum Information Sciences.
2026 Physics Graduate Student Symposium The Wake Forest Department of Physics hosted the 2026 Physics Graduate Student Symposium on Saturday Aug 29th 2026. The day was a successful and grand combination of oral presentations, lightning talks, and poster sessions, showcasing the diverse and innovative research […]
Wake Forest Physics will host Prof. Salvatore Vitale of MIT for a Physics Colloquium on Thursday, September 17, 2026. A reception begins at 3:30 p.m. in the Olin Lobby, followed by the talk at 4 p.m. in Olin 101. In “Use and abuse of gravitational-wave […]
A $384,000 NASA grant will support Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño’s gravitational-wave research and student opportunities with Marshall Space Flight Center.
Wake Forest alumnus Taylor Ordines of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory will discuss interacting decision makers on September 10 at 4 p.m. in Olin 101. A reception begins at 3:30 p.m. in the Olin lobby.
NC State professor Martin Seifrid will discuss self-driving laboratories for organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors at the Physics Colloquium on Thursday, September 3.
FYS 100 students visited Wake Forest’s HPC touchdown space and data center to connect AlphaFold and molecular modeling with the machines that run large calculations.
Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Winter for receiving tenure and a promotion to Associate Professor of Physics! The provost commended Professor Winter for the strength of his portfolio.
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 […]
The Critical Zone Network is an NSF-funded program geared at gaining an interdisciplinary understanding of the Earth’s surface. Nick and the team at the Lowman Environmental Dynamics Lab are part of the Dynamic Water Thematic Cluster through the ORE-CZ NSF grant. Nick presented […]