Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience - Alumni Industry Schools, prospective students and community Research Undergraduates Graduates International Year of Quantum Department of Physics (requires login) Research theme - Any Research theme - Accelerator physics Astronomy and astrophysics Biological physics Climate physics Exoplanets and planetary physics Fields, strings, and quantum dynamics Fundamental particles and interactions Instrumentation Lasers and high energy density science Particle astrophysics & cosmology Photovoltaics and nanoscience Plasma physics Quantum information and computation Quantum materials Quantum optics & ultra-cold matter Sub-department - Any Sub-department - Astrophysics Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Atomic and Laser Physics Condensed Matter Physics Particle Physics Professional and support services Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics Professor Shipsey awarded IOP honorary fellowship Professor Ian Shipsey FRS, Head of Department, has been awarded honorary fellowship of the Institute of Physics in recognition of his leadership in experimental particle physics. 16 October 2023 Professor Salam recognised by IOP Professor Gavin Salam FRS has been awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Paul Dirac Medal and Prize for his profound, wide-ranging and impactful contributions to particle physics. 16 October 2023 Professor Binney recognised by IOP Professor James Binney FRS has been awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal and Prize for advancing the science of stellar dynamics. 16 October 2023 Meet...Jack Harrison We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 12 October 2023 Second award for Big Data: ATLAS project The Big Data: ATLAS team has been has been recognised with a second award: Outstanding Partner in this year’s Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) Awards. 3 October 2023 Big Data: ATLAS wins SEPnet Public Engagement Award The Big Data: ATLAS team has been has been awarded the Partnership Award in the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards 2023 that took place on 11 September 2023. 2 October 2023 Dr Wroe wins SEPnet Public Engagement Award Oxford alumnus Dr Laurence Wroe has been awarded the Newcomer Award in the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards 2023 that took place on 11 September 2023. 2 October 2023 Dr Hird and Dr Shirley recognised by SEPnet Dr Thomas Hird and Dr Katherine Shirley were both highly commended in the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards 2023. 2 October 2023 JWST atmosphere reconnaissance of TRAPPIST-1 b Dr Jake Taylor from Oxford's Department of Physics is one of a team of scientists led by the Université de Montréal to analyse data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system. 25 September 2023 Professor Peter Norreys recognised by ANS Professor Peter Norreys has been awarded the American Nuclear Society’s Edward Teller Award. 19 September 2023 Professor John Cardy awarded Breakthrough Prize Professor John Cardy, an Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, has today been named as joint winner of the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. 14 September 2023 Meet...Sophie Paszynska We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 11 September 2023 Load More
Professor Shipsey awarded IOP honorary fellowship Professor Ian Shipsey FRS, Head of Department, has been awarded honorary fellowship of the Institute of Physics in recognition of his leadership in experimental particle physics. 16 October 2023
Professor Salam recognised by IOP Professor Gavin Salam FRS has been awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Paul Dirac Medal and Prize for his profound, wide-ranging and impactful contributions to particle physics. 16 October 2023
Professor Binney recognised by IOP Professor James Binney FRS has been awarded the 2023 Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal and Prize for advancing the science of stellar dynamics. 16 October 2023
Meet...Jack Harrison We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 12 October 2023
Second award for Big Data: ATLAS project The Big Data: ATLAS team has been has been recognised with a second award: Outstanding Partner in this year’s Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) Awards. 3 October 2023
Big Data: ATLAS wins SEPnet Public Engagement Award The Big Data: ATLAS team has been has been awarded the Partnership Award in the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards 2023 that took place on 11 September 2023. 2 October 2023
Dr Wroe wins SEPnet Public Engagement Award Oxford alumnus Dr Laurence Wroe has been awarded the Newcomer Award in the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards 2023 that took place on 11 September 2023. 2 October 2023
Dr Hird and Dr Shirley recognised by SEPnet Dr Thomas Hird and Dr Katherine Shirley were both highly commended in the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards 2023. 2 October 2023
JWST atmosphere reconnaissance of TRAPPIST-1 b Dr Jake Taylor from Oxford's Department of Physics is one of a team of scientists led by the Université de Montréal to analyse data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system. 25 September 2023
Professor Peter Norreys recognised by ANS Professor Peter Norreys has been awarded the American Nuclear Society’s Edward Teller Award. 19 September 2023
Professor John Cardy awarded Breakthrough Prize Professor John Cardy, an Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, has today been named as joint winner of the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. 14 September 2023
Meet...Sophie Paszynska We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 11 September 2023
