Welcome to the Physics Department at Arizona State University
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The Physics Department offers an exceptionally strong curriculum in its BA/BS and graduate programs with a wide selection of on-ground and online courses. We foster scientific curiosity, hands-on engagement, critical thinking, problem solving and pedagogy. Our faculty are deeply involved in our students’ learning and their well-being, and in preparing them for successful careers. Our programs are supported by a team of dedicated and caring staff who ensure smooth operations.
Students benefit from the intense theoretical, computational and experimental research activities in our department with focus areas in Biophysics, Cosmology, and Materials and Nanoscale Science. Within each of these focus areas our faculty research the smallest quantum scales all the way to the largest cosmic scales, exploring new frontiers of knowledge and innovation. Our researchers have access to world-class instrumentation, including electron microscopes, scanning probe microscopes, solid-state lasers, and the pioneering Compact X-ray Free Electron Laser (CXFEL) — a facility unlike any other.
As interim Chair, I invite you to explore our programs and our research and to become a part of the ASU Physics community.
Dr. Tanmay Vachaspati
Interim Chair of the Department of Physics