BU Physicists Celebrate 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics has been awarded to the scientists of the Large Hadron Collider experiments — ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, and… More
Congratulations to Dr. Alp Akpinar for Receiving the Springer Theses Award!
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Alp Akpinar, advised by Prof. Zeynep Demiragli, has been awarded the Springer Theses award for… More
BU-Made Mirror Installed at the South Pole Telescope
Incoming assistant professor Kirit Karkare is co-PI of the South Pole Telescope Summertime Line Intensity Mapper (SPT-SLIM), an experiment at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole… More
Dillon Brout’s Breakthrough in Dark Energy Featured as a Major Achievement in Physics
We are proud to share that the work of our own Dillon Brout on Dark Energy has been recognized as one of… More
Congratulations Professor Brout for leading a Top Cited Paper!
Congratulations Professor Brout (Astronomy and Physics) for being recognized as having authored one of the top cited papers in all of astronomy… More
Launching the BU-TU Dortmund Research Network
Boston University Physics was happy to host a Planning Workshop and Reception on Oct 11, sponsored by the Office of the Vice… More
Professors Martin Schmaltz and Anatoli Polkovnikov elected Fellows of the American Physical Society
Congratulations to Professor Anatoli Polknovnikov, 2024 recipient of the Division of Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics Fellowship for significant contributions… More
Wanzheng Hu receives funding for DOE Early Career Award
Wanzheng Hu recently received a supplemental funding to her five-year DOE Early Career Award, bringing the total funding amount to $929,769. This… More
Naomi Gonzalez named Clare Boothe Luce Scholar
Summer student Naomi Gonzalez has been named a Clare Boothe Luce Scholar for summer 2024. To see the Clare Boothe Luce Scholars… More

Dillon Brout appeared on radio show “Science Friday” on Friday, May 17th
Assistant Professor Dillon Brout appeared on the national show “Science Friday” on public radio on Friday, at 2:40 PM, May 17. In… More