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Santos Group advances understanding of structure in quantum matter.
Graduate Student Baohua Zhou, Prof. Nemenman, and collaborators propose a new theory of sensorimotor learning in animals.
Prof. Justin Burton's lab uncovers how flowing liquid molecules begin to slip against a solid surface
Graduate student Xinru Huang and Prof. Connie Roth demonstrate that chains tethered to substrates at low grafting densities locally increase the glass transition temperature by 50 Kelvin
Harutyunyan Lab and collaborators uncover ultrafast carrier dynamics in nanoscale structures
Finzi Laboratory shows that protein-mediated looping of DNA can organize topological domains that coordinate gene regulation
Prof. Sergei Urazhdin and collaborators demonstrate the possibility to modify the thermodynamic characteristics of nanomagnets by spin current

News and Announcements

Welcome new Physics Graduate Students!

New Faculty hires in Experimental Biophysics and in Theoretical Soft Matter Physics

Physics Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Fellows

Drs. Bonning and Finzi honored for Women in Science at Emory (WiSE)

Emory graduate Caroline Holmes (BS Physics, 17C) receives NSF Graduate Fellowship

Two new undergraduate degrees offered:

BS in Engineering Sciences (provides preparation for engineering management, patent law, and graduate studies in engineering)

BS in Biophysics (provides preparation for graduate studies and work in quantitative biological sciences)

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