Prof. George Sterman Receives Honorary Doctorate from ETH Zurich

Prof. George Sterman, the Director of YITP, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by ETH Zurich. The award citation refers to Prof. Sterman's development of concepts that "enable precise tests of the fundamental laws of nature in particle physics".

Prof. Ken Dill to Receive Biophysical Society’s 2026 Founder’s Award

The Biophysical Society has announced that Professor Ken A. Dill will receive the Society’s 2026 Founders Award for his work on the protein folding problem and the development of statistical mechanical theories and foundational principles in biophysics.

SBU Researchers Part of “Rival” Experiments Publish First Joint Analysis

Researchers from the Department of Physics and Astronomy are part of an international team of physicists conducting the T2K experiment and have provided joint analysis with another team of physicists conducting a different NOvA experiment.

In Memoriam, Prof. Frank C.N. Yang

With our heaviest hearts we share the very sad news for the department, Stony Brook University and the entire (particle) physics community in the world. Our beloved colleague, mentor and friend Frank C. N. Yang has passed away at age 103 in China.

Professor Neelima Sehgal Elected as an American Physical Society Fellow

SBU Professor Neelima Sehgal has been elected as an American Physical Society (APS) Fellow joining other APS fellows in the Physics & Astronomy Department.

Stony Brook Ranked in Top 40 Globally for Physics by U.S. News & World Report

Stony Brook University posted its highest-ever ranking in the 2025-26 U.S News & World Report Best Global Universities for Physics, with a global ranking of 39 and a national ranking of 19.

Jesus Perez Rios Wins NSF CAREER Award for Few-Body Physics Research

Jesus Perez Rios, an assistant professor in the P&A Department, has received the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his project, “Few-Body Processes Including Ions, Atoms and Molecules: From Plasma Physics to Cold Chemistry.”

"A Legacy of Quantum" Article in the Latest Issue of Stony Brook Magazine

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A recent article in Stony Brook Magazine entitled "A Legacy of Quantum" highlights Stony Brook University's quantum history, including advances in Theory, Experiment, and Quantum Information Science and Technology.

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You can read the full article here.

Prof. Alan Calder Receives Outstanding Faculty Award

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Nominated by graduate and senior undergraduate physics students, Dr. Calder has been selected by his students to receive this department honor!

Harold Metcalf Symposium

In honor of Prof. Harold Metcalf's 85th birthday this year, on May 9th the Department of Physics and Astronomy organized a symposium to honor Hal's lifelong dedication to science, mentoring, and education.

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Prof. Metcalf founded the Laser Teaching Center in 1998. He has done pioneering research in laser cooling and trapping, and has led the department's AMO (atomic, molecular and optical) physics group for many years. At this event, the Laser Teaching Center was officially dedicated to Prof. Metcalf.

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We congratulate Professor Harold Metcalf on a lifetime of service to AMO physics and the Stony Brook community!

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You can find more photos from the symposium here.

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