Physics
The department consists of thirty members on the instructional faculty, together with approximately fifteen additional physicists in purely research positions. Our undergraduate program offers a major and minor. Through our graduate program, students pursue a Ph.D. degree. We have an active REU program.
Research areas in the department include atomic, molecular, and optical physics, computational physics, condensed matter physics, nuclear and hadronic physics, high energy physics, and plasma and non-linear physics. Related research areas include accelerator physics (in cooperation with Jefferson Lab and material characterization (in cooperation with NASA-Langley Research Center). The department also has strong links with the interdisciplinary Applied Science Department
Algae initiative aims to produce fuel while helping the environment
The College of William & Mary and its Virginia Institute of Marine Science formed a collaborative research initiative to investigate producing biofuel from algae growing naturally in the Chesapeake Bay.2009 Experimental High Energy Physics Group
The Experimental High Energy Group at W&M are highlighted in Fermilab Today.
Physics Colloquium
November 20, 4:00 PM
Petra Reinke, UVA- Title of talk: Surface guided growth in the synthesis of nanostructures.
Thanksgiving Break
November 25, 8:00 AM - November 30, 8:00 AM
Physics Colloquium
December 4, 4:00 PM
Larry Weinstein, ODU - Title of talk: Guesstimation: solving the world's problems on the back of a cocktail napkin.
Last Day of Classes
December 4, 5:00 PM
Physics Colloquium
December 11, 4:00 PM
Dmitry Budker, Berkeley - Title of Talk: Atomic-physics tests of fundamental symmetries at Berkeley"
