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Headshot Prof. Dan Blair

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…

Headshot Prof. Mak Paranjape

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. …

Headshot of Erin Marlowe

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.…

X-ray nanotomography of a curved magnetic thin film with perpendicular anisotropy reveals curvature-induced modifications in the magnetic configuration.

Curvature Induced Magnetism

August 14th, 2025

A Georgetown University team, led by postdoctoral fellow Dhritiman Bhattacharya and graduate students Colin Langton and Bradley Fugetta, has demonstrated how bending thin magnetic films can change the way the tiny magnetic regions inside them are arranged. Their work provides direct experimental evidence that curvature can induce a “handedness,” or chirality, in magnetic patterns—a finding that could be a game-changer for spintronics, a field that uses electron spin to store and process information.…