The Nuclear…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
During the 2024-2025 academic year, four researchers in the University of Notre Dame’s Colleges of Engineering and Science received early career a...| Department of Physics and Astronomy
At its core, science is a story of beginnings. Where did we come from? How did we get here? Where are we going next? This issue of Catalyst, …| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
The University of Notre Dame is accepting applications for the next cohort of…| Department of Physics and Astronomy
Prof. Laura Fields has been named as the Jeffrey L. Melchor Associate Professorship in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. This is a prestigi...| Department of Physics and Astronomy
Using a nearly 20-feet tall microscope in a basement laboratory in Nieuwland Science Hall, Assistant Professor Xiaolong Liu and collaborators visualized quantum interference between two superconducting condensates, or states of matter where most particles share…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
University of Notre Dame researcher Michael Wiescher and collaborators reviewed techniques used to determine nuclear reaction rates in cold stellar environments and shared newer concepts for measuring low-energy nuclear reactions. Wiescher, a professor…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
Lauren Yates, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has received the 2025 URA Tollestrup award for Postdoctoral Research. The URA Honorary Tollestrup Award for Postdoctoral Research, named after celebrated Fermilab scientist Alvin Tollestrup, is one of the honorary awards…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
When a reporter with the Sierra Club magazine asked Graham Peaslee, a physicist at the University of Notre Dame, to test several different samples of unused menstrual underwear for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in 2019, the results fueled concern over chemical exposure in feminine hygiene products — which ultimately ended up in a $5 million lawsuit against the period and incontinence underwear brand Thinx. Then in 2023, the New York Times asked Peaslee to test 44 additional per...| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
Professor Mark Caprio, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected as a new member of the Executive Board of the theory alliance for the U.S. Department of Energy's Facility…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
Based at the summit of Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, the…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
The College of Science aims to recognize an outstanding scientist who has made a difference supporting scientific research in the college. This award highlights a research faculty or staff member who has had a significant impact on the research of others by providing technical assistance, consulting,…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
Marc Osherson, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Notre Dame, has been honored with a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award — one of the most prestigious recognitions…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
Outstanding Senior Major Award Nathan Jamieson, research advised by Prof. Kevin Lannon The Outstanding Senior Physics Major award is given in recognition of academic performance,…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
Kevin J. Kelly, as assistant professor at Texas A&M University, was recognized with the APS’s 2025 Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics. Kelly is a University of Notre Dame 2013 gradaute in the Department…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
This year's recipient of the Thomas P. Madden Award is Prof. Rebecca Surman of the Department of Physics and Astronomy. This is the citiation for her award: The Thomas P. Madden Award honors a faculty member who has demonstrated exceptional …| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
Scientists at the University of Notre Dame synthesized a material that exhibits a rare and promising form of magnetism known as altermagnetism, which could reshape how computers store and process information in the future, a new study in Nature…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
Department of Physics and Astronomy PhD graduate Iogann Tolbatov (2015) has received the Biomolecules Young Investigator Award. While at the University of Notre Dame he was advised by Prof. Sylwia Ptasinska (and co-advised by Daniel Chipman of Chem/Biochem who is now Emeritus). Tolbatov is currently…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
Congratulations to College of Science faculty who have earned promotions in 2025 as a result of their outstanding teaching, research, and service and to those who have earned emeritus status. To Professor:T. Alex Perkins,…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
Department of Physics and Astronomy graduate students Daven Ho (advised by Prof. Yuhsin Tsai) and Wei Sun (advised by Prof. Grant Mathews) are the recipients of the 2025 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Awards from the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence.…| Department of Physics and Astronomy | News
More than thirty past and present researchers at the University of Notre Dame, including faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers, were ...| Department of Physics and Astronomy
South Bend doesn’t have very much traffic, but in the San Francisco Bay Area, where Edwin Huang, assistant professor in the Department of Physics ...| Department of Physics and Astronomy
