Baylor Physics

We are excited with the news that our current department chair Dr. Lorin Matthews is selected as one of the 2023 APS (American Physical Society) fellows. Congratulations, Dr. Matthews! aps.org/programs/honors/fell…

Viewing the eclipse safely. @Baylor @BaylorPhysics

Check this out to learn about annular ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse you can observe in Texas tomorrow, October 14, 2023 (including what you need to be careful about!). kwtx.com/2023/10/11/speciali…

The Big Bang: What is it? Why study it? If you are curious, you may check this interview article of Dr. Cleaver: universetoday.com/163487/the… via @universetoday

We had a summer commencement this past weekend. Congratulations to all graduates! MS: Beau Ashton Brooks, MA: Sudip Shiwakoti, PhD: Ankush Reddy Kanuganti, Paul Ryan Lashomb, Bowen Li, Kai Yang

Dr. Zhang received the 2022-2023 outstanding faculty award for her scholarly work. Congratulations to Dr. Zhang! We are very excited for her and we are very honored to have her in our department. @BaylorPhysics

Congratulations to the Baylor Class of ‘23 Astrophysics and Physics graduating students! @BaylorPhysics

Congratulations to Ankush Reddy Kanuganti on his successful doctoral dissertation defense on April 25, 2023.

Our students had excellent time at the 2023 Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Achievement (URSA) week. We are happy to let you know that Aman Patel and Jorge Martinez-Ortiz won the outstanding platform and poster presentation awards, respectively. Congratulations!

Exactly one year from today, April 8, 2024, we expect that a total solar eclipse can be observed in the Baylor area. See this article on Waco’s Magazine to learn more about it. wacoan.com/total-eclipse-tex…

We are proud of our very active undergraduate researchers who presented their work during the Baylor URSA week. Poster presenters: Alyssa Binzley, Emerson Gehr, Jurge Martinez-Ortiz, Timothy Tata. Platform (oral) presenter: Aman Patel.

We are pleased to announce that our second year graduate student, Jonathan Samudio, is selected to receive the 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship in Physics and Astronomy - Particle Physics. Congratulations, Jonathan, for receiving this honor.

We are pleased to announce that our former undergraduate student, Nolan Craft, received the 2022 Wilson Award for Best Thesis in the Physical and Life Sciences in the Honors Program. Big congratulations to Nolan and his supervisor at Baylor, Dr. Zhenrong Zhang. @BaylorPhysics

Interested in our graduate program? Please check it out! youtu.be/ZEiM4OpsBKE via @YouTube

Check out this story about our second year graduate student - John Joseph Marchetta baylor.edu/graduate/index.ph… via @baylor

Baylor physicist who helped find God particle reflects on its discovery wacotrib.com/news/local/educ… via @wacotrib

Physics Department Colloquium - Nov 16, 2022, by Dr. Frank von Hippel, Princeton University instagram.com/p/Ck1g_U6PI-i/…

Dr. Wang is excited to announce that Baylor is now accepted to participate in the international BINGO project: bingotelescope.org/bingo_pro…

Our SPS is having fun! instagram.com/p/CkD8uePOrmt/…

The Department of Physics will have a Homecoming Reception on Friday, Oct. 21, from 4-5 p.m. in Room D-311 of the Baylor Sciences Building. Refreshments will be served. Hope to see many of you soon! For more information related to homecoming, visit: blogs.baylor.edu/artsandscie…