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Professor Stephen Blundell from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford has been awarded the 2024 Institute of Physics Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize.

Research led by Dr Shuxiang Cao introduces a new methodology that can enhance the efficiency of characterising quantum systems which could greatly impact the ability to scale quantum computers.

Dr Peter Leek has been appointed Chief Scientific Officer of Oxford University spin-out Oxford Quantum Circuits. He will split his time between the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford and OQC.

Muhammad Hamza Waseem has won the MPLS Public Engagement with Research Award for his innovative approach to teaching quantum science to high school students.

Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera has been awarded the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom Merit Award 2024 for her pioneering and exceptional international career in the fields of nanotechnology and biological physics.

Professor Andrea Cavalleri has been awarded the European Physical Society’s Europhysics Prize 2024 for his pioneering studies of photo-induced emergent phases of quantum materials.

Professor Laura Herz has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society for her study of light-harvesting and energy-conversion pathways in emerging semiconducting materials.

The Macroscopic Quantum Matter Group at the University of Oxford has made a significant discovery, identifying and visualising a long-predicted new phase of matter in high-temperature superconductors.

Dr Shuqiu Wang has been awarded the Oxford Instruments Nicholas Kurti Science Prize for Europe 2024.

Professor Marina Filip has been awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Commission on Semiconductors (C8) Early Career Scientist Prize 2023.

The full power of next-generation quantum computing could soon be harnessed by millions of individuals and companies thanks to a breakthrough by scientists at Oxford’s Department of Physics guaranteeing security and privacy.

The Departments of Physics and Engineering Sciences at Oxford are part of a new initiative to revolutionise the way zero-emission buildings are designed.