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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. 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:
We welcome Assistant Professor and String Theorist Matthew Headrick to the Department. 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. This fall he is teaching "Mathematical Physics" (Phys 110a).
We also welcome Assistant Professor Geoffry Svacha to the Department. Geoffry Svacha received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2008, working in Eric Mazur's group on nonlinear optics using silica nanowires. He will specialize in undergraduate teaching. This fall he is teaching "Introductory Physics" (Phys 10a) and "The Science in Science Teaching and Learning" (Phys 22a.
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.
Professor Robert B. Meyer was awarded the
2006 Buckley Condensed Matter Prize of the American Physical Society "for groundbreaking experimental
and theoretical contributions to the fundamental science and applications of liquid
crystals, particularly their ferroelectric and chiral properties."
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Professor Seth Fraden was awarded the 2008 Innovation Prize by the International
Organization for Biological Crystallization for his work on "developing microfluidic technology to
optimize protein crystallization".
Also, Professor Al Redfield, has been awarded the
Biological Physics prize by the American Physical Society.