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WFU Physics The Physics Department at Wake Forest is a small but highly interactive department.

Congrats to our three new physics PhD graduates! Drs. Carlson, Corak and Dhakal!
05/16/2026

Congrats to our three new physics PhD graduates! Drs. Carlson, Corak and Dhakal!

Honor theses from Emily and Alli !
04/23/2026

Honor theses from Emily and Alli !

Joe advertising our 2nd Physics Graduate Student Symposium
04/23/2026

Joe advertising our 2nd Physics Graduate Student Symposium

Dr. Guthold getting ready to start our awards symposium !
04/23/2026

Dr. Guthold getting ready to start our awards symposium !

Congrats to Dr. Dhakal, Dr. Winter’s first PhD student!
04/14/2026

Congrats to Dr. Dhakal, Dr. Winter’s first PhD student!

Wake physics had another solar observation day! Featuring Tommy in Space Camp garb.
04/10/2026

Wake physics had another solar observation day! Featuring Tommy in Space Camp garb.

Huge congrats to our WFU Physics team for crossing the finish line at the Craft Half Half Marathon (13.1 miles / 21km)! ...
04/10/2026

Huge congrats to our WFU Physics team for crossing the finish line at the Craft Half Half Marathon (13.1 miles / 21km)! 🏃💨

The All-Star Lineup:
✨ Dr. Cárdenas-Avendaño (Physics Professor)
✨ Dr. Cho (Physics Professor)
✨ Sélène Castanet (Fulbright Scholar)
✨ Lourdes López (Undergrad Physics Major)
✨ Brent Shapiro-Albert
✨ Cody Stevens (Dept. Computer Science & HPC)
✨ Ravi Ingles (Dept. Computer Science)
✨ Karina Yang (Dept. Finance)

🏆Lourdes came in #1 in her age and gender.
🥈Brent came in #2 in his age and gender.
🌱Sélène and Ravi ran their first half marathon ever.
🗽Karina ran this half marathon in a side quest training for the Jersey City Marathon
📉 Dr. Cho ran a course PR.
🏁 Dr. Cárdenas-Avendaño ran this half marathon for the first time.

Plus, a special shoutout to WFU Physics alum Matthew Barnes, who set the tempo as the 1:30 pacer! ⏱️

Drop a “🔥” in the comments to congratulate the team!

Join our team next year! 👟 Go Deacs! 🎩

Jam for Janey time coming up! Register or donate! To honor Janey a biophysics major who suddenly passed away a couple of...
03/26/2026

Jam for Janey time coming up! Register or donate! To honor Janey a biophysics major who suddenly passed away a couple of years ago.

Biophysics time at Wake Physics’s weekly seminar
03/26/2026

Biophysics time at Wake Physics’s weekly seminar

Almost breakfast time with the domestic accepted PhD students !
03/23/2026

Almost breakfast time with the domestic accepted PhD students !

Accepted domestic PhD student dinner shortly
03/22/2026

Accepted domestic PhD student dinner shortly

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