With its world-renowned faculty and state-of-the-art facilities, the William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy combines the best aspects of a top research university with the more intimate learning environment typical of small liberal arts colleges.
Graduate students have flexibility in choosing their course of research and designing their path through the program.
Whether your interest is in astronomy, condensed matter, particle physics, or plasma spectroscopy, you'll find state-of-the-art tools at your disposal.
Students have the opportunity to work with experts in a wide range of fields, even as undergraduates.
Alex Sushkov, who begins his appointment at JHU in 2025, is the focus of a new Quanta Magazine article titled “He Seeks Mystery Magnetic Fields With His Quantum Compass”
Postdoctoral Researcher Louise Breuval has been selected by the European Space Agency to become one of twelve 2024 Research Fellow in Space Science. Early career postdoctoral scientists are offered the unique opportunity to carry out advanced research related to the space science areas covered by ESA Science missions for a period of up to three years.
Assistant Research Professor Floor Broekgaarden and Assistant Professor Kevin Schlaufman been selected as two of the 50 Fellows for the first meeting of a Scialog initiative to advance the foundational science needed to realize the full potential of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).