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The Physics Department, in collaboration with life sciences departments at Brandeis, has launched a new undergraduate program in Biological Physics leading to a bachelors of science degree. This unique program combines in an exciting way mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology, leading to cutting edge research in quantitative biology and biotechnology. Visit the Biological Physics web site. |
The Martin Fisher School of Physics at Brandeis University offers rigorous training of high quality to the aspiring research physicist in an academically stimulating environment. The limited enrollment and informal atmosphere of the department encourage friendly relations of students among themselves and with members of the faculty, and provide for close personal attention to the individual needs of each student. The research areas range from the very practical to the very theoretical and include some of the most exciting frontiers of knowledge in today's world.
The Martin Fisher School of Physics enjoys an international reputation for excellence in research. Two members of its faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and three are Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Stanley Deser has received the Dannie Heineman Prize in Mathematical Physics for his fundamental work in gravity and field theory. Most recently, Professor Robert B. Meyer was awarded the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics from the Franklin Institute, for his research in liquid crystals.
Many have also been awarded Fulbright, Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Sloan fellowships. The Department of Physics is one of the highest ranked of its size in the country.
BREAKING NEWS:
Physics Graduate Student Silke Henkes has been chosen as a KITP graduate fellow for Fall, 2007.
This program at the Kavli
Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara, CA, offers a unique
opportunity for a select group of physics graduate students in the United States
to spend a period of 5-6 months at the KITP, participate in KITP research programs and broaden their understanding of physics in areas of current research. Silke Henkes is a 5th year graduate student working with Professor Bulbul Chakraborty.
String Theorist Matthew Headrick will Join the Department in 2008 Matthew Headrick received his PhD from Harvard University in 2003; following a six-month visiting appointment at the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research in Mumbai, he joined MIT as a Pappalardo Fellow in 2003; since 2006 he has been a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford. He has done pioneering work on tachyon condensation in string theory, on numerical solutions to Calabi-Yau and Kahler-Einstein metrics, and on black hole physics.
The work of the experimental high energy group on the Large Hadron Collider being built at CERN, Switzerland, is highlighted in the lead article in the latest edition of the Brandeis Science magazine CATALYST.
Three new Assistant Professors join the Physics Department in 2006/7. Azadeh Samadani, joined the Physics Department from M.I.T. this past July. Zvonimir Dogic, joined the Physics Department from the Rowland Institute of Harvard University in January. Their research interests are in the areas of complex fluids and Biological Physics. Michael Hagan also joined the Physics Department in January. He comes from the University of California, Berkeley, and his research interests are in the areas of Quantitative Biology and Biological Physics.
Two members of the Physics Department have been honored with major awards by the American Physical Society. Bob Meyer, Professor of Physics, has been chosen as the recipient of this year's Oliver E. Buckley Prize for Condensed Matter Physics, and Al Redfield, Professor of Physics, has been awarded the Biological Physics prize by the APS.