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Five Early Career Faculty Win Stony Brook Trustees Faculty Awards

Five early-career assistant professors were awarded the Stony Brook Trustees Faculty Award, worth up to $20,000 each to support research and scholarship.

August 26, 2025

4 min read

Nikita Nekrasov Chosen as Part of Simons Collaboration on Probabilistic Paths to Quantum Field Theory

Stony Brook University Professor Nikita Nekrasov, in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as a Principal Investigator (PI) as part of the Simons Foundation...

August 22, 2025

4 min read

Magnets Show Potential to Zap Cancerous Tumors in a Flash

Recent tests at Brookhaven National Laboratory show a small array of magnets designed as an offshoot of nuclear physics research could zap cancerous tumors.

July 9, 2025

3 min read

From Diffraction to Entanglement and Quantum Circuits: Teens Tackle Quantum Science at SBU Camp

High school students gathered at Stony Brook University for a crash course in the exciting scientific frontiers of quantum information science and technology.

July 9, 2025

7 min read

From Lab Tour to Quantum Leader: A Stony Brook Student’s Journey

As a high school senior touring Stony Brook University, Leonardo Castillo Veneros stopped in Professor Eden Figueroa's lab, and it changed his future.

July 9, 2025

6 min read

Meet Your New Colleagues: Demetri Papagermanos

Demetri Papagermanos loves working as a machinist in SBU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, the same area he was a part of as an undergraduate student

June 26, 2025

1 min read

Quantum Science’s Next Infrastructure Challenge: People

Stony Brook University’s quantum information science and technology (QIST) summer camp develops skills in a field that is advancing fast.

June 24, 2025

2 min read

This image shows another small section of nsf doe vera c. rubin observatory's total view of the virgo cluster. visible are two prominent spiral galaxies (lower right), three merging galaxies (upper right), several groups of distant galaxies, many stars in

SBU Physics and Astronomy Faculty and Students Prepare to Measure the Universe

Newly Constructed Rubin Observatory in Chile Readying 10-year Ultra-Wide, Ultra-Deep Movie of the Sky Stony Brook University professors — along with post-doctoral, graduate and undergraduate students — from the...

June 23, 2025

5 min read

Stony Brook University Leads the Way During International Year of Quantum

As the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics nears, Stony Brook is stepping into the spotlight in the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.

June 3, 2025

4 min read

Barry Barish Named a Member of the American Philosophical Society

Nobel Laureate and Stony Brook University President’s Distinguished Endowed Chair in Physics Barry Barish has been elected to the American Philosophical Society

May 15, 2025

2 min read

Jennifer Cano Receives SUNY Chancellor’s Horizon Award for Research and Scholarship

Stony Brook University associate professor Jennifer Cano has received the inaugural SUNY Chancellor’s Horizon Award for Faculty Research and Scholarship.

May 7, 2025

3 min read

Study Sheds New Light on Particle Creation

Physicists at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have shown that particles retain information about their origins in subatomic smashups.

April 18, 2025

3 min read

SBU Researchers Share 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Members of the Stony Brook University Department of Physics and Astronomy were recently among the recipients of the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

April 10, 2025

4 min read

Collaboration Reveals Clearest and Most Precise Images of the Universe’s Infancy

Astrophysicist Neelima Sehgal and her group at Stony Brook University play an essential role within in analyzing the afterglow light from the Big Bang.

March 18, 2025

6 min read

Superpositioned to Lead the Way in Quantum Education: Stony Brook QuEST Conference

Stony Brook University hosted the International Year of Quantum 2025 Educational Leadership Conference on March 12 to discuss the future of quantum education.

March 17, 2025

8 min read

Jennifer Cano Wins 2025 Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Jennifer Cano, an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, was named the winner of the 2025 Stony Brook Foundation Discovery Prize.

March 7, 2025

5 min read

Stony Brook Society of Physics Students Wins National Recognition for Third Consecutive Year

The National Council of Society of Physics Students has named the Stony Brook SPS Chapter a 2023-24 Outstanding Chapter, the third straight win for the chapter

February 21, 2025

2 min read

International Year of Quantum Educational Leadership Conference Coming to SBU

Stony Brook University's Institute for STEM Education and Department of Physics & Astronomy are hosting the International Year of Quantum Conference March 12

January 23, 2025

2 min read

Tag: Department of Physics and Astronomy

Five Early Career Faculty Win Stony Brook Trustees Faculty Awards

Nikita Nekrasov Chosen as Part of Simons Collaboration on Probabilistic Paths to Quantum Field Theory

Magnets Show Potential to Zap Cancerous Tumors in a Flash

Meet Your New Colleagues: Demetri Papagermanos

Quantum Science’s Next Infrastructure Challenge: People

SBU Physics and Astronomy Faculty and Students Prepare to Measure the Universe

Stony Brook University Leads the Way During International Year of Quantum

Barry Barish Named a Member of the American Philosophical Society

Jennifer Cano Receives SUNY Chancellor’s Horizon Award for Research and Scholarship

Study Sheds New Light on Particle Creation

SBU Researchers Share 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Collaboration Reveals Clearest and Most Precise Images of the Universe’s Infancy

Superpositioned to Lead the Way in Quantum Education: Stony Brook QuEST Conference

Jennifer Cano Wins 2025 Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Stony Brook Society of Physics Students Wins National Recognition for Third Consecutive Year

International Year of Quantum Educational Leadership Conference Coming to SBU

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