UCI Physics and Astronomy

News & Events

Mon, 02/23/2026

UC Irvine Society of Physics Students to expand community outreach with Marsh W. White Award

Tue, 02/10/2026

Professor Virginia Trimble Acknowledged by Sky & Telescope

Fri, 12/19/2025

Three UCI Physics Professors Named in OC Register's 125 Most Influential People in OC for 2025

Fri, 10/24/2025

UC Irvine physicists help unite “rival” neutrino experiments in breakthrough global study

Fri, 10/24/2025

UC Irvine astronomers discover nearby exoplanet in habitable zone

Thu, 10/09/2025

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

Seminars, Colloquia & Faculty Meetings

Condensed Matter Seminar

Tue, 03/10/2026

11:00 am

Iliya Esin

Bar-Ilan University

Designing Non-Equilibrium Phases of Matter with Time-Periodic Drives

Astrophysics Seminar

Tue, 03/10/2026

4:00 pm

Jack Wagner

University of Alabama Huntsville

Probing the Milky Way with EPRV and other Galactic Accelerometers

Particle Physics Seminar

Wed, 03/11/2026

11:00 am

Qinrui Liu

Simon Fraser University

The Flavor Composition of the High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos: Today and Tomorrow

Physics Department Colloquium

Thu, 03/12/2026

3:30 pm

Jonathan Feng

University of California, Irvine

Looking Forward in Particle Physics

Particle Physics Seminar

Wed, 04/01/2026

11:00 am

Brian Shuve

Harvey Mudd College

TBA

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.