Department of Physics
Satisfy your curiosity about the universe, from the largest astronomical scale to the smallest subnuclear particle. Physics will help you strengthen your quantitative reasoning skills and problem-solve through experimentation, simulation and analytical tools.
Imagine yourself exploring the galaxy, building the next quantum computer, dissecting how cells crawl, or shining light on how atoms and the world itself comes together. These exciting experiences can be found within the world of physics. Physics is concerned with the most basic principles that underlie all phenomena in the universe from sub-atomic particles to whole universes and everything in between. In Physics, you will learn about these exciting phenomena along with important skills in logic, problem solving, quantitative reasoning, and experimental design that employers in all fields are seeking. Our graduates from both our PhD and bachelor’s programs go on to work in academia, national labs, engineering industries, data science, in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.
The Mission of the Physics Department is to create a community of physics scholars dedicated to excellent research and teaching that is welcome to all! We are thrilled to have you on the team for this important mission.
Faculty research areas include:
Events
Events
There are no events in this category right now, but please check the University calendar for many other options.
Upcoming Events
Ongoing Events
Recent Physics News
The Kashi and Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture Presents Wildlife Conservation Scientist Krithi K. Karanth September 27
The annual lecture was renamed this year to honor Kameshwar C. Wali's late wife, Kashi.
A&S Physicist Awarded NIH Grant to Explore the Enzyme Katanin
Jennifer Ross, professor and department chair of physics, has been awarded a three-year R15 grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the regulation of a key enzyme called katanin.
Physicist Paul Souder Awarded Grant for MOLLER Experiment Research
Souder’s funding will contribute to his collaborative work on the Measurement of a Lepton-Lepton Electroweak Reaction experiment, or MOLLER experiment.
Syracuse University Part of Elite Multi-Institutional Physics Research Hub
Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics, is among a group of physicists who received a $3.25M NSF grant to study the properties of neutron stars.