Department of Physics and Astronomy

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

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

Administrative Assistant
Ms. Karen Wright
karen.wright@howard.edu

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

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2022-09-28

Physics Department at Howard: Research and Opportunities: Part 2

Faculty members in the Department of Physics and Astronomy will give a bird’s eye view of their respective group research activities. With the aim of serving as a forum to engage the entire department (faculty and students), the topics will cover the entire breadth of research sub-fields being pursued within the department. Graduate and undergraduate students are strongly encouraged to attend the seminars.

Time & Location: 4:00pm in Room 103 (Thirkield Hall)
Host: Prof. Pratibha Dev
Speakers: Profs. Pratibha Dev, Prabhakar Misra, Sugata Chowdhury, Antonio Levy, Joel Coley

Announcements

Dr. Sugata Chowdhury awarded DOE grant

Sep 07, 2022

Assistant Professor of Physics, Dr. Sugata Chowdhury, was recently awarded the Department of Energy grant ($2.7 million for three years).

Dr. Pratibha Dev awarded NSF ExpandQISE

Aug 25, 2022

Associate Professor of Physics, Dr. Pratibha Dev, was recently awarded the National Science Foundation’s ExpandQISE grant ($799,811 over the next three years).

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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.

Biological Physics

Research in the area of biological physics involves neural networks and biomedical physics.

Computational Physics

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

Condensed Matter Physics

The topics of faculty working in condensed matter physics cover a wide range. Topics include carbon nanotubes, microstructures of extreme environments, materials structures.

Functional Materials

Functional materials represent a fast-growing class of advanced materials and composites, which possess unique properties and/or functions.

Laser Spectroscopy and Optics

Research in both laser spectroscopy and optics has primarily focused on atmospheric measurements, and spectroscopic measurements of discharge plasmas and organic molecules.

Particles and Fields

Elementary particle physics studies the most basic building blocks of Nature and their mutual interactions, as well as the immediate structures that they form.

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