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CGC Seminar:
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Sukanya Chakrabarti
CGC Seminar:
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Ines Brott
UWM Physics Department
Welcome! The Department of Physics has 22 faculty who teach and carry out research in astronomy, biophysics, condensed matter physics, gravitation and cosmology, medical imagining, modern optics, particle and surface physics.
We offer a variety of undergraduate options to match the interests and needs of each student. These options include various programs of study, scholarships, research opportunities and tutoring sessions.
We have a vibrant graduate program; almost all our graduate students receive stipends as either teaching or research assistants or in the form of fellowships.
Recent news
April 13, 2012
UWM Discovery Advances Graphene Based Electronics.
UWM physicists and engineers have discovered an entirely new carbon-based material that is synthesized from graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of carbon that resembles a nanoscale wire mesh. The discovery, which the researchers are calling "graphene monoxide (GMO)," pushes carbon materials closer to ushering in next-generation electronics.
December 28, 2011
Center for Gravitation and Cosmology awarded $9 million NSF Grant.
The Center for Gravitation and Cosmology (CGC) has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for $9 million over five years to lead the development and operation of the the LIGO Data Grid. The principal investigator Patrick Brady will be working with Scott Koranda, Jolien Creighton, and Robert Mercer on the project.
Click here for further details.December 15, 2011
Anchordoqui the ninth UWM physicist to earn a CAREER award.
Luis Anchordoqui, a physicist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), has received an Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, which will support his work in detecting the most basic building blocks of matter.
Using the most powerful particle accelerator in the world - the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland - he will apply a still unproven theory that replaces the traditional view of subatomic particles as "points" with the notion that they are tiny vibrating stings. Anchordoqui hopes that measuring these small-scale vibrations will provide an opportunity to glimpse the structure and behavior of subatomic units.
Click here for further details.July 2, 2011
Chancellor Lovell announced a major gift from Milwaukee philanthropists Isabel and Alfred Bader for the new Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex. Further, the Center for Gravitation and Cosmology to be located in the new complex will be named in honor of UWM Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics Leonard E. Parker.
June 2, 2011
Former UWM student receives major prize in Condensed Matter Physics
May 20, 2011
UWM researchers win prestigious Gravitation Award
April 18, 2011
The many uses of high-res infrared images
