Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience -AlumniIndustrySchools, prospective students and communityResearchUndergraduatesGraduatesInternational Year of QuantumDepartment of Physics (requires login) Research theme - Any Research theme -Accelerator physicsAstronomy and astrophysicsBiological physicsClimate physicsExoplanets and planetary physicsFields, strings, and quantum dynamicsFundamental particles and interactionsInstrumentationLasers and high energy density scienceParticle astrophysics & cosmologyPhotovoltaics and nanosciencePlasma physicsQuantum information and computationQuantum materialsQuantum optics & ultra-cold matter Sub-department - Any Sub-department -AstrophysicsAtmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary PhysicsAtomic and Laser PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsParticle PhysicsProfessional and support servicesRudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics Professor Marshall receives teaching award Professor David Marshall has been recognised in the Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Teaching Awards. 15 July 2024 Dr Srinivas awarded Hänsch Prize Dr Raghavendra Srinivas has been awarded Optica’s Theodor W Hänsch Prize in Quantum Optics for his work to create and manipulate nonclassical states of trapped ions. 8 July 2024 Timekeeping on the moon Dr Carly Howett, Associate Professor of Space Instrumentation, answers Oxford Sparks’ big question: what time is it on the moon? 4 July 2024 Dr Leek appointed CSO at Oxford Quantum Circuits 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. 2 July 2024 Meet...Shruti Nath We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; here, we meet climate scientist Dr Shruti Nath 2 July 2024 Taking pride in physics The Department of Physics welcomed Professor Peter Coles from Maynooth University to its inaugural Pride Lecture. 26 June 2024 AI-led science innovation protects communities hit by climate change Climate scientists from the Department of Physics have joined forces with the United Nations World Food Programme and intergovernmental and national forecasting agencies to pioneer a transformative initiative. 25 June 2024 Hamza Waseem wins MPLS Public Engagement Award Muhammad Hamza Waseem has won the MPLS Public Engagement with Research Award for his innovative approach to teaching quantum science to high school students. 20 June 2024 Professor Contera recognised by SRUK 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. 18 June 2024 Professor Cavalleri awarded Europhysics Prize 2024 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. 18 June 2024 Dr Ginat awarded thesis prize Dr Yonadav Barry Ginat, Leverhulme-Peierls Fellow at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the Department of Physics, has been awarded the International Astronomical Union’s PhD Prize for Division D 17 June 2024 Meet...Abbey Barnard We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 13 June 2024 Load More
Professor Marshall receives teaching award Professor David Marshall has been recognised in the Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Teaching Awards. 15 July 2024
Dr Srinivas awarded Hänsch Prize Dr Raghavendra Srinivas has been awarded Optica’s Theodor W Hänsch Prize in Quantum Optics for his work to create and manipulate nonclassical states of trapped ions. 8 July 2024
Timekeeping on the moon Dr Carly Howett, Associate Professor of Space Instrumentation, answers Oxford Sparks’ big question: what time is it on the moon? 4 July 2024
Dr Leek appointed CSO at Oxford Quantum Circuits 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. 2 July 2024
Meet...Shruti Nath We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; here, we meet climate scientist Dr Shruti Nath 2 July 2024
Taking pride in physics The Department of Physics welcomed Professor Peter Coles from Maynooth University to its inaugural Pride Lecture. 26 June 2024
AI-led science innovation protects communities hit by climate change Climate scientists from the Department of Physics have joined forces with the United Nations World Food Programme and intergovernmental and national forecasting agencies to pioneer a transformative initiative. 25 June 2024
Hamza Waseem wins MPLS Public Engagement Award Muhammad Hamza Waseem has won the MPLS Public Engagement with Research Award for his innovative approach to teaching quantum science to high school students. 20 June 2024
Professor Contera recognised by SRUK 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. 18 June 2024
Professor Cavalleri awarded Europhysics Prize 2024 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. 18 June 2024
Dr Ginat awarded thesis prize Dr Yonadav Barry Ginat, Leverhulme-Peierls Fellow at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics at the Department of Physics, has been awarded the International Astronomical Union’s PhD Prize for Division D 17 June 2024
Meet...Abbey Barnard We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 13 June 2024