Department of Physics
Welcome to the U-Albany Physics Department. Our department has about a dozen faculty, 45 graduate and 140 undergraduate majors. Faculty and students in the department carry out research in a broad range of fields - from a new understanding of quantum mechanics to the search for fundamental particles to robotics and medical imaging. Fundamentally, physicists develop models for understanding how the world works. The training is a basis for a broad range of careers that rely on analytical problem solving. These fields are as diverse as cosmology, engineering, software development, and financial analysis.
We are currently seeking applications for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Experimental Physics with a focus in Bayesian and/or Information-theoretic methods. Click here for more information.
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News & Announcements
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"Engineering Molecular Motors" by A. Shekhtman
On Friday 12th April, Prof. Alexander Shekhtman (Chemistry, University at Albany) will be speaking on "Engineering Molecular Motors".
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Albany physics is number 1!According to 2011 data released by the National Research Council, the physics department at UAlbany was #1 amongst 161 physics programs nationally in the number of published articles per faculty member, #2 in the number of doctoral graduates per faculty member and #17 in the number of citations per faculty member.
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The Lawrence and Marie Shore Scholarship Application
Each year the Lawrence and Marie Shore Graduate Scholarships are awarded to students engaged in sanctioned research in the life sciences. Applications are due in the Dean’s Office by Friday, April 19, 2013.
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Prof. Philip Goyal publishes new article "Information Physics—Towards a New Conception of Physical Reality"
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STUDENT SUCCESS
Maggie Lovell awarded a 2011 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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