Recent News

From left to right: Prof. Gen Yin, Dr. Willie Beeson, Prof. Kai Liu

Sustainable Alternatives for Next-Generation Magnetic Technologies

January 5th, 2026

Led by graduate student Willie Beeson, Professors Kai Liu and Gen Yin’s team in the Physics Department at Georgetown University have discovered a new class of strong magnets based on high entropy borides using earth-abundant transition metals and boron. These materials offer a compelling new strategy for sustainable magnet design without using rare-earths or precious metals. Their results are just published in the journal Advanced Materials.…

Schematic of magneto-ionics based physical reservoir computing.

Magneto-Ionic Physical Reservoir Computing

January 5th, 2026

Recent progress in magneto-ionics offers exciting potential to leverage its energy efficiency for implementing physical reservoir computing (PRC). Led by postdoctoral fellow Dhritiman Bhattacharya, Prof. Kai Liu’s group have experimentally demonstrated the classification of temporal data using a perpendicularly magnetized magneto-ionic (MI) heterostructure. Their results are recently published in Nano Letters, in collaboration with Prof. Jayasimha Atulasimha’s group at the Virginial Commonwealth University.…

gate mediated functionalization of graphene device

Programmable Doping in Epitaxial Graphene Devices

January 3rd, 2026

Prof. Paola Barbara’s research group has demonstrated gate-assisted programmable molecular doping of epitaxial graphene devices. …

Single-molecule magnets on a graphene quantum device

Electrical readout of single-molecule magnets using graphene quantum devices

December 3rd, 2025

A Georgetown physics research team has demonstrated a method to electrically detect magnetization switching in single-molecule magnets.…

Professor Blair elected APS Fellow

October 27th, 2025

Professor Dan Blair, Director of Graduate Studies, has been named Fellow of the American Physical Society, for the Division of Soft Matter Physics.…

Physics Department Students and Faculty lined up for 5k

First Annual Physics Department 5K

October 20th, 2025

This weekend, the Physics Department came together for a 5K. Undergraduates, grad students, and professors alike ran the 3.1 miles on the gorgeous Capital Crescent Trail. Physics major Sahli Negassi…

GU Physics at 2025 Astronomy Festival

October 2nd, 2025

The GU Department of Physics participated in the 2025 Astronomy Festival on the National Mall. …

Professor Paranjape featured in Physics Today.

October 2nd, 2025

Physics Today interviewed Mak Paranjape about his research on micro-devices, and in particular his recent invention of a microscopic transdermal patch for drug delivering and diagnosis testing through the skin. …

Prof. Kai Liu’s work featured in two top journals

September 10th, 2025

Recent publications from Prof. Kai Liu’s group have been featured in a journal cover of ACS Nano and a frontispiece of Advanced Functional Materials, respectively.…

2025 Mayer Scholarship Recipient

August 29th, 2025

The Department of Physics is pleased to announce that Erin Marlowe is the recipient of the 2025 Professor Walter G. Mayer Endowed Scholarship, which supports a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental physics.…