PHYSICS
The Department of Physics at Colorado School of Mines is dedicated to high-quality physics education for undergraduate and graduate students and advancing the world’s knowledge in the areas of condensed matter physics, applied optics, quantum physics, renewable energy physics, and subatomic physics.
Education and Research
Our faculty and students at all levels conduct more than $6 million in externally funded research every year, with many projects associated with Mines’ pioneering research centers.
Research centers with strong connections to Physics include the Mines/NREL Nexus, High Performance Computing (HPC), the Microintegrated Optics for Advanced Bioimaging and Control Center (MOABC), and the Nuclear Science and Engineering Center (NuSEC).
Our faculty are consistently recognized for both their research and their teaching, while our graduate and undergraduate students are often the recipients of awards and grants.
Physics is also heavily involved with Mines’ interdisciplinary graduate programs in Materials Science, Nuclear Engineering, and Quantum Engineering.
Watch the video below to learn more about the varied and exciting physics research taking place at Mines.
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Dr. Susanta Sarkar receives a $1.14M 4-year NIH R01 grant
Grant: Single-PI NIH R01 grant of $1.14 million over four years. This is the first single-PI NIH R01 grant at Mines
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Physics Colloquium


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Biography: Dr. Hilary Hurst is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at San Jose State University. She is a quantum educator and theoretical physics researcher, with broad interests in condensed matter theory and many-body atomic physics. Her research primarily focuses on the theory of quantum noise and quantum measurement and feedback control. In addition to research, Dr. Hurst is passionate about making quantum physics education more accessible and preparing students to work in the growing quantum technology industry. Dr. Hurst is originally from Greeley, Colorado and received her BS in Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines in 2012. While at Mines she was a recipient of the President’s Senior Scholar-Athlete award. She went on to earn a Masters in Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge (UK), and received her PhD in theoretical condensed matter physics from the Joint Quantum Institute at the University of Maryland. Following her doctoral work, she was a National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellow at NIST in the Quantum Measurement Division. Dr. Hurst joined the faculty of San Jose State University in Fall 2020.
Physics Colloquium


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Bio: Kaveh Ahadi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics and Materials Science & Engineering of North Carolina State University. He received his Ph.D. in materials science at the University of California, Santa Barbara (2019). His current research focuses on correlated electrons and emergent phenomena at heterointerfaces; atomic-scale synthesis of heterostructures of quantum materials; low-dimensional superconductivity; oxide heterostructures for energy applications; and novel devices based on interface states.
THIS LECTURE IS ZOOM ONLY:
https://mines.zoom.us/j/99197554919?pwd=amlMTmp2RlAzYUJZTElOMkRKeTllZz09
Moon, Earth, Webb Telescope images, NASA