Research, teaching and public engagement in Physics at UW–Madison
This post is derived from content originally published by the University of Toronto Congrats to Mark Saffman, the Johannes Rydberg Professor of Physics and director of the Wisconsin Quantum Institute, on earning the ninth Biennial John Stewart Bell Prize for Research on Fundamental Issues in Quantum Mechanics and Their Applications. He shares the prize with …
When he was younger, UW–Madison assistant professor of physics Josiah Sinclair wanted to be a scientist-inventor when he grew up. In high school, he would ask questions in biology and chemistry classes that his teachers said were really physics questions. So, when he began his undergrad at Calvin University, he majored in physics, believing that …
Matt Otten has won an Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award, offered through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The program intends to support early-career scientists and engineers who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. Nearly 40 awards were expected to be made in this cycle. The three-year, $450,000 …