UCI Physics and Astronomy

News & Events

Fri, 09/27/2024

UC Irvine becomes host campus for Cal-Bridge program

Thu, 09/26/2024

Professor Thomas Scaffidi Receives DOE Early Career Research Program Award

Wed, 09/25/2024

Welcome BBQ

Wed, 09/25/2024

Department Soccer Game

Tue, 07/09/2024

Exoplanet Explorer - Astrobiologist Aomawa Shields uses computer modeling to gauge extraterrestrial life possibilities

Thu, 06/06/2024

Physics Department Awards Ceremony

Seminars, Colloquia & Faculty Meetings

Plasma Physics Seminar

Thu, 10/03/2024

11:00 am

Arnas Volcokas

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Staircase Safety Factor Profiles in Gyrokinetic Simulations at Low Magnetic Shear

Astrophysics Seminar

Tue, 10/08/2024

3:45 pm

Hyunsu Kong

University of Texas

Bloodhound Unleashed: Unveiling Dark Matter Subhalos to Test Lambda-CDM

Particle Physics Seminar

Wed, 10/09/2024

11:00 am

Katie Fraser

UC Berkeley

Axion Interactions with Topological Defects

Physics Department Colloquium

Thu, 10/10/2024

3:30 pm

Joanna Piotrowska-Karpov

Caltech

Supermassive Black Holes and galaxy evolution: cosmological simulations, observations, and bright X-ray future

Condensed Matter Seminar

Tue, 10/15/2024

2:00 pm

Dr. Archana Raja

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Spatial and temporal dynamics of excitons in semiconducting van der Waals heterostructures

Support Physics & Astronomy

Scientists in the Department of Physics & Astronomy are working to expand our knowledge of the Universe, the laws of physics, and the behavior of matter and energy by examining everything from the smallest particles to the vast expanses of the cosmos. Your support will help continue impactful research and education. For more information on supporting the department's research programs contact Marijana Lekousis at marijana@uci.edu.