Physics and Astronomy in the News Archive
This page is an archive of news articles concerning our department that have been published by the university. For a list of department news headlines, please check the Department News archive.
Professor Birrer Joins Department
We welcome Simon Birrer, our new Assistant Professor in Astronomy and Cosmology! He received his PhD from ETH Zurich in 2016, was was a Postdoctoral Scholar at UCLA, and then a Kavli Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford. Click the link above to see his profile!
Happy Holidays!
Many members of the department were recognized for their outstanding research, teaching, and service. After two long years of the pandemic, we gathered in person and shared our lives, creating new stories and memorable moments. Click below to see the full card!
Barry Barish Awarded Copernicus Prize
Dr. Barish, a Nobel Laureate who will join our department as the inaugural President's Distinguished Endowed Chair in Physics, has received the award for his "exceptional contributions to the development of world science."
SBU Awarded $6.5M Grant to Build a New Quantum Internet Test Bed
The center will catalyze new technologies to accelerate today’s internet functionality, to improve the security of our communications, and to enable dramatic advances in computing.
Nikita Nekrasov Awarded 2023 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
for his research and "elegant application of powerful mathematical techniques to extract exact results for quantum field theories"
Department Members Awarded NSF Early Career Awards
Two of our junior faculty members, Cyrus Dreyer and Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi, have just won the prestigious NSF Early Career Awards! Both professors are dedicated to undergraduate education and early research involvements besides excelling in their own respective research.
QuEST Program to Increase Exposure to Quantum Information Science
The Quantum Education for Students and Teachers (QuEST), led by Dr. Kelly with colleagues Dr. Wei and Dr. Schneble, will increase exposure to quantum information science knowledge for students in grades 8-12!
Nobel Laureate Barry Barish to Join SBU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy
This interview with local newspaper Times Beacon Record details this exciting announcement!
Nobel Laureate Barry Barish To Join Department of Physics and Astronomy
Dr. Barry Barish has been appointed as the inaugural President's Distinguished Endowed Chair in Physics, beginning in the Fall of 2023.
Inaugural C.N. Yang Colloquium presented by Dr. Barry Barish, Nobel Laureate
SBU, BNL Physicist in Simons Foundation Collaboration to Explore Building Blocks of Matter
“By understanding confinement, we can learn fundamentally how hadrons — protons, neutrons and other composite particles made of quarks and gluons — are put together." -- Dr. Venugopalan, adjunct professor.
Physics Department Members Receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence
Jin Bentley and Ismail Zahed have received state-wide recognition by being awarded two of the 2021-2022 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.
Physics Department Alumni Receive University's 40 Under Forty Award
Giovanni Milione, Rustum Nyquist, and Adam Siegel have been designated as recipients of Stony Brook's 40 Under Forty honorees for 2021.
Simons Foundation Partners with Stony Brook University to Improve Diversity in STEM
Robert Shrock and Abhay Deshpande Named 2021-2022 SUNY Distinguished Professors
Discovery of Matter-Wave Polaritons Sheds New Light on Photonic Quantum Technologies
Jennifer Cano awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
Abhay Deshpande named AAAS fellow
Physics and Astronomy Earns Top Honors for Teacher Preparation Program
Chang Kee Jung Wins American Physical Society’s 2022 Lilienfeld Prize
Tom Hemmick and Jac Verbaarschot named APS Fellows
The Ernest Courant Traineeship in Accelerator Science & Engineering is Developing the Next Generation of Particle Accelerator Talent
Two Research Projects Involving SBU Faculty Receive DOE INCITE Awards
Physics Postdoc Named Finalist in Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists
Quantum Computing Lab Is Building a Better Internet
Dmitri Kharzeev Elected to The Academy of Europe
