UCI Physics and Astronomy

News & Events

Thu, 10/09/2025

Howard Lee selected as Moore Experimental Physics Investigator to develop revolutionary nanoscale electron accelerator

Mon, 09/29/2025

UCI Physicist William Heidbrink Honored with 2025 Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics

Fri, 08/15/2025

Professor Franklin Dollar receives AISES Professional of the Year award

Thu, 08/14/2025

Professor Howard Lee receives Proof of Product award from UCI Beall Applied Innovation

Tue, 08/05/2025

UC Irvine is Sparking the Next Revolution in Batteries

Fri, 08/01/2025

UC Irvine scientists discover new state of quantum matter

Seminars, Colloquia & Faculty Meetings

Particle Physics Seminar

Wed, 10/15/2025

11:00 am

Bingrong Yu

Cornell University

TBA

Physics Department Colloquium

Thu, 10/16/2025

3:30 pm

Thomas Scaffidi

UC Irvine

Electron Hydrodynamics

Plasma Physics Seminar

Fri, 10/17/2025

2:00 pm

Sumio Iijima

Meijo University

What can be done with electron microscopy: Background to the discovery of carbon nanotubes, and photothermoacoustic phenomena of nanomaterials

Physics Department Colloquium

Thu, 10/23/2025

3:30 pm

Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

The Past and Future of Nuclear Power

Particle Physics Seminar

Wed, 10/29/2025

11:00 am

Shaouly Bar-Shalom

Technion

Underpinnings of CP-Violation @ the High-energy Frontier

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.