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Vladimir Zhdankin earns DOE Early Career award

Congrats to Vladimir Zhdankin, assistant professor of physics, on earning a Department of Energy Early Career award! The five-year award will fund his research on energy and entropy in collisionless, turbulent plasmas.  Systems in equilibrium …

With major U.S. investment, UW-Madison leads effort to advance abundant fusion energy for all

Double the Higgs, Double the Mystery! The hunt for a new, heavy particle decaying to a pair of Higgs Bosons

This story, written by physics grad student Ganesh Parida, was originally published by the CMS collaboration CMS scientists are on the hunt for a new, heavy particle that decays into a pair of Higgs bosons. Using …

UW–Madison team awarded NSF grant to develop cameras for the world’s largest high-energy gamma-ray observatory

Hilldale Undergraduate Award Winners in Physics

Four physics majors have earned 2025 Hilldale Fellowships. They are: Ruben Aguiló Schuurs, Computer Sciences and Physics major, working with Mark Saffman Zijian Hao, Astronomy – Physics and Physics major, working with Paul Terry (Physics) Nathaniel …

Roman Kuzmin earns NSF CAREER Award

Congrats to Roman Kuzmin, the Dunson Cheng Assistant Professor of Physics, for being selected for an NSF CAREER award. The 5-year award will support Kuzmin and his group’s research on understanding fluxonium qubits and how …

Cranmer to lead campus RISE-AI Collaboration HQ

TeachQuantum helps high school teachers bring quantum to the classroom

Four professors earn promotions, including tenure for Ke Fang

Congratulations to Associate Professor Ke Fang on her promotion with tenure, to Professor Justin Vandenbroucke on his promotion to full professor, and to Profs. Dan Hooper and Britton Plourde who were both granted tenure!   Prof. …

New trapped-atom qubit technology translates to industry-ready quantum computing product

Karle, Lu lead team awarded Research Forward funding

This post is modified from the original The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) hosts the Research Forward initiative to stimulate and support highly innovative and groundbreaking research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. …

Bill Foster earns University Staff Recognition Award

This story is modified from the original Ten University Staff members — including physics instrument maker Bill Foster — have been honored with 2025 University Staff Recognition Awards for their contributions to the University of …

UW–Madison physicists play key role in international observatory

Bergmann Group achieves shortest hard X-ray pulses to date

Once only a part of science fiction, lasers are now everyday objects used in research, healthcare and even just for fun. Previously available only in low-energy light, lasers are now available in wavelengths from microwaves …

Congrats to Prof. Rzchowski on his retirement!

Congrats to Prof. Mark Rzchowski who has announced his retirement, effective January 17! Rzchowski is a condensed matter experimentalist who joined the department as an assistant professor in 1992 and has been a full professor …

Nathan Wagner named 2025 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation scholar

This post is adapted from an announcement originally made by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation recently announced its 2025 class of Astronaut Scholars, including University of Wisconsin–Madison physics and math major Nathan …

Summer filled with physics conferences and workshops

Summer at UW–Madison is filled with trips to the Terrace, amazing weather, and usually a break from classes. Physicists in Madison this summer can add one more thing to the list this summer: over a …

Matt Otten earns Air Force Young Investigator Research Program award

Matt Otten has won an Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award, offered through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The program intends to support early-career scientists and engineers who show exceptional ability …

Gage Erwin named DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow

This post is adapted from the DOE’s announcement regarding the Computational Science Fellows Congrats to physics PhD student Gage Erwin on being named a U.S. Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellow! The 2025-2026 incoming …

Alum and former BoV member Greg Piefer earns entrepreneur award