Archive: News Story

• First Annual Physics Department 5K

  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

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• GU Physics at 2025 Astronomy Festival

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

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• Professor Paranjape featured in Physics Today.

  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. 

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

  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.

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• 2025 Mayer Scholarship Recipient

  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.

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• Curvature Induced Magnetism

  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.

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• You May Not Need a Blood Test With New Biomedical Technology That Could Change Disease Diagnostics and Medicine Delivery

  Prof. Paranjape’s new non-invasive technology, a transdermal patch that can detect biomarkers typically found in the bloodstream without drawing blood or inserting any device into the body.

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• Prof. Emanuela Del Gado Featured as Plenary Speaker at International Conference on Statistical Physics

  This July, the global statistical physics community gathered in Florence, Italy, for the 29th edition of the International Conference on Statistical Physics (StatPhys29) a flagship event of the I

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• Heman Bekele Brings Vision for Accessible Cancer Treatment to ISM Summer Research

  This summer, Heman Bekele, named TIME’s 2024 Kid of the Year for his development of a low-cost, cancer-fighting soap joined the Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology (ISMSM) at Georgetown University.

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• Prof. Paola Barbara gave a plenary talk at the international conference IEEE Nano 2025

  Prof. Paola Barbara gave a plenary talk at the international conference IEEE Nano 2025.

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