Research, teaching and public engagement in Physics at UW–Madison
Congrats to Prof. Mark Rzchowski who has announced his retirement, effective January 17! Rzchowski is a condensed matter experimentalist who joined the department as an assistant professor in 1992 and has been a full professor since 2004. He served as Associate Chair for Undergraduate Program and Academic Affairs from 2008-10 and again from 2011-24. When …
Congrats to associate professor Victor Brar on earning an NSF CAREER award! CAREER awards are NSF’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. For this award, Brar will …
Congratulations to Profs. Alex Levchenko and Mark Rzchowski, who were elected 2022 Fellows of the American Physical Society! Levchenko was elected for “broad contributions to the theory of quantum transport in mesoscopic, topological, and superconducting systems.” He was nominated by the Division of Condensed Matter Physics. Rzchowski was elected for “pioneering discoveries and understanding of …