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Our faculty have ongoing research projects in molecular biophysics, computational physics, cosmology, experimental condensed matter physics, theoretical quantum condensed matter physics, experimental particle physics, particle astrophysics, theoretical particle physics and cosmology, photonics, physics education, and statistical physics.

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Masha Kamenetska awarded NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award

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