Department of Physics and Astronomy

Physics and Astronomy

A top producer of African American physicists in the U.S.

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2355 6th Street, NW
Room 105, Thirkield Hall
Washington, D.C. 20059
202-806-6245

Administrative Assistant
Ms. Ayanna Overton
ayanna.overton@howard.edu

Department Chair
Dr. Quinton L. Williams
quinton.williams@howard.edu

Events

Physics Colloquium

The physics colloquium speaker of this upcoming Wednesday (August 27, 2025) is Dr. Steven P. Bennett of the Naval Research Laboratory.

The title of this talk is: Hunting Antiferromagnetic Order in the Altermagnets. The abstract of this talk is attached.

Please plan to attend the seminar on Wednesday at 3 pm in Thirkield Hall 103 or over Zoom.

Zoom Meeting Link:
https://howard.zoom.us/j/81443037434?pwd=aG9Gb1lwZmRuUXdpMGMzRFN5RGNqdz09

Meeting ID: 814 4303 7434
Passcode: 99185862

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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Faculty members in astrophysics and cosmology have worked on cutting edge and fundamental topics within the discipline. Some of their work has touched on dark matter, dark energy, and black hole formation.

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The computational physics research in the department encompasses the following areas of nanophysics: molecules in nanopores, wetting and films.

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