PHYSICS
The Department of Physics at Colorado School of Mines is dedicated to high-quality physics education for undergraduate and graduate students and advancing the world’s knowledge in the areas of condensed matter physics, optical physics, quantum physics, renewable energy physics, and subatomic physics.
Education and Research
Our faculty and students at all levels conduct more than $6 million in externally funded research every year, with many projects associated with Mines’ pioneering research centers.
Research centers with strong connections to Physics include the Mines/NREL Nexus, High Performance Computing (HPC), the Microintegrated Optics for Advanced Bioimaging and Control Center (MOABC), and the Nuclear Science and Engineering Center (NuSEC).
Our faculty are consistently recognized for both their research and their teaching, while our graduate and undergraduate students are often the recipients of awards and grants.
Physics is also heavily involved with Mines’ interdisciplinary graduate programs in Materials Science, Nuclear Engineering, and Quantum Engineering.
Watch the video below to learn more about the varied and exciting physics research taking place at Mines.
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Bio: Kamil Ciesielski is a Research Associate at Physics Department, Colorado School of Mines. He obtained his B.S. and M.E. from Gdansk University of Technology in Poland and PhD from Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences. His work focuses primarily on thermoelectricity and crystallographic disorder. Chemical systems he studied span from half-Heusler phases, binary chalcogenides, clathrates and other Zintl phases, as well as various intermetallics. In 2021 he received Graduate Student Award from International Thermoelectric Society. Currently, he is working on the application of his expertise in thermal transport to novel functional materials, including solid-state electrolytes.
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Bio: Shuo Sun is an Assistant Professor of Physics and an Associate Fellow of JILA at the University of Colorado Boulder. Before joining the University of Colorado Boulder in Fall 2020, he worked at Stanford University as a postdoctoral fellow and later as a research scientist in the Ginzton Lab. Sun received his B.S. in Zhejiang University (2011), and his M.S. (2015) and Ph.D. (2016) from the University of Maryland College Park. Sun is a recipient of the Sloan Research Fellowship and the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards.
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Elevate Quantum puts Colorado – and Mines – at forefront of future innovation.
Mines researchers, led by Physics Assistant Professor Zhexuan Gong, contribute to creation of world’s first quantum magnet in one dimension
Colorado designated as official tech hub for quantum industry. What does that mean?
Dr. Lincoln Carr, professor of physics and Mines’ representative to Elevate Quantum, talks about Colorado’s role as a quantum hub and what quantum engineering means to the future of computing.
Dr. Tim Ohno awarded Jefferson County Educator of the Year.
Dr. Meenakshi Singh, associate professor of physics at Colorado School of Mines, has won a Fulbright-Nehru Professional and Academic Excellence Award to conduct quantum physics research at one of the top research institutes in India. Read more >>
5 Mines professors named University Distinguished Professors, two from Physics
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