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Updates from the Department of Physics at Case Western Reserve University.
This week our Physics Colloquium will feature CWRU Prof. Giuseppe Strangi. He will present “Light-Matter Interactions: Leveraging the Nanoscale.”
📅 Thurs 11/13, 4–5pm, Rockefeller 301.
☕ Coffee & cookies at 3:30pm (Michelson Lounge)!
#CWRUPhysics #NanoscaleScience #CWRU
📅 Thurs 11/13, 4–5pm, Rockefeller 301.
☕ Coffee & cookies at 3:30pm (Michelson Lounge)!
#CWRUPhysics #NanoscaleScience #CWRU
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This week our Physics Colloquium will feature CWRU Prof. Giuseppe Strangi. He will present “Light-Matter Interactions: Leveraging the Nanoscale.”
📅 Thurs 11/13, 4–5pm, Rockefeller 301.
☕ Coffee & cookies at 3:30pm (Michelson Lounge)!
#CWRUPhysics #NanoscaleScience #CWRU
📅 Thurs 11/13, 4–5pm, Rockefeller 301.
☕ Coffee & cookies at 3:30pm (Michelson Lounge)!
#CWRUPhysics #NanoscaleScience #CWRU
#CWRU Physics Prof. Shulei Zhang published “Roles of Electrically Excited Magnons in Unidirectional Magnetoresistance of Metallic Magnetic Bilayers.” 🧲 His theory shows how magnons, quantized spin waves, affect UMR in metallic bilayers.
👇 arxiv.org/pdf/2510.10309
👇 arxiv.org/pdf/2510.10309
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#CWRU Physics Prof. Shulei Zhang published “Roles of Electrically Excited Magnons in Unidirectional Magnetoresistance of Metallic Magnetic Bilayers.” 🧲 His theory shows how magnons, quantized spin waves, affect UMR in metallic bilayers.
👇 arxiv.org/pdf/2510.10309
👇 arxiv.org/pdf/2510.10309
Join us tomorrow for the Biophysics Colloquium! 🧬🔬
Zongxin Zhao (Carnegie Mellon) will present “Making Super-Resolution Practical: Magnify Expansion Microscopy for Research and Translational Applications.”
📅 Wed, Nov 12 | 4:30–5:45 PM | Rockefeller 301
All are welcome! 😊
Zongxin Zhao (Carnegie Mellon) will present “Making Super-Resolution Practical: Magnify Expansion Microscopy for Research and Translational Applications.”
📅 Wed, Nov 12 | 4:30–5:45 PM | Rockefeller 301
All are welcome! 😊
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Join us tomorrow for the Biophysics Colloquium! 🧬🔬
Zongxin Zhao (Carnegie Mellon) will present “Making Super-Resolution Practical: Magnify Expansion Microscopy for Research and Translational Applications.”
📅 Wed, Nov 12 | 4:30–5:45 PM | Rockefeller 301
All are welcome! 😊
Zongxin Zhao (Carnegie Mellon) will present “Making Super-Resolution Practical: Magnify Expansion Microscopy for Research and Translational Applications.”
📅 Wed, Nov 12 | 4:30–5:45 PM | Rockefeller 301
All are welcome! 😊
Don’t miss tomorrow’s Particle Astrophysics Seminar! 🌞
Momchil Molnar (Southwest Research Institute) will present: “The Sun as the Ultimate Astrophysical Laboratory.”
📅 Nov 11, 11:30–12:30 📍Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221
#cwru #physics #CaseWesternReserve #astrophysics
Momchil Molnar (Southwest Research Institute) will present: “The Sun as the Ultimate Astrophysical Laboratory.”
📅 Nov 11, 11:30–12:30 📍Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221
#cwru #physics #CaseWesternReserve #astrophysics
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Don’t miss tomorrow’s Particle Astrophysics Seminar! 🌞
Momchil Molnar (Southwest Research Institute) will present: “The Sun as the Ultimate Astrophysical Laboratory.”
📅 Nov 11, 11:30–12:30 📍Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221
#cwru #physics #CaseWesternReserve #astrophysics
Momchil Molnar (Southwest Research Institute) will present: “The Sun as the Ultimate Astrophysical Laboratory.”
📅 Nov 11, 11:30–12:30 📍Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221
#cwru #physics #CaseWesternReserve #astrophysics
This Monday (Nov 10) at 12:45 PM — join our Condensed Matter Seminar! Hao Shen (Kent State Univ.) will present on the creation and development of the electron spin catalyst ⚛️
📍Rockefeller 221, Foldy Room | 💻 Zoom available
#CondensedMatter #PhysicsSeminar #CWRU
📍Rockefeller 221, Foldy Room | 💻 Zoom available
#CondensedMatter #PhysicsSeminar #CWRU
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This Monday (Nov 10) at 12:45 PM — join our Condensed Matter Seminar! Hao Shen (Kent State Univ.) will present on the creation and development of the electron spin catalyst ⚛️
📍Rockefeller 221, Foldy Room | 💻 Zoom available
#CondensedMatter #PhysicsSeminar #CWRU
📍Rockefeller 221, Foldy Room | 💻 Zoom available
#CondensedMatter #PhysicsSeminar #CWRU
🐱✨ Join us Thurs, Nov 6 @ 4PM (Rockefeller 301) for our Physics Colloquium with Ruben Verresen (UChicago)
“From Schrödinger’s Cat to Emergent Gauge Theories in Topological Matter.”
Coffee & cookies @ 3:30PM! ☕
#CWRU #physics #colloquium #topologicalmatter #quantumphysics
“From Schrödinger’s Cat to Emergent Gauge Theories in Topological Matter.”
Coffee & cookies @ 3:30PM! ☕
#CWRU #physics #colloquium #topologicalmatter #quantumphysics
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🐱✨ Join us Thurs, Nov 6 @ 4PM (Rockefeller 301) for our Physics Colloquium with Ruben Verresen (UChicago)
“From Schrödinger’s Cat to Emergent Gauge Theories in Topological Matter.”
Coffee & cookies @ 3:30PM! ☕
#CWRU #physics #colloquium #topologicalmatter #quantumphysics
“From Schrödinger’s Cat to Emergent Gauge Theories in Topological Matter.”
Coffee & cookies @ 3:30PM! ☕
#CWRU #physics #colloquium #topologicalmatter #quantumphysics
The #CWRU Physics Department had an amazing time at this year’s Pumpkin Drop! 🎃👻 Newton’s laws were put to the test, pie and cider were enjoyed, and smiles were everywhere. Thanks for joining us, see you next year! 🍎😊
#physics #astrophysics #halloween #pumpkin
#physics #astrophysics #halloween #pumpkin
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The #CWRU Physics Department had an amazing time at this year’s Pumpkin Drop! 🎃👻 Newton’s laws were put to the test, pie and cider were enjoyed, and smiles were everywhere. Thanks for joining us, see you next year! 🍎😊
#physics #astrophysics #halloween #pumpkin
#physics #astrophysics #halloween #pumpkin
We’d love to see you Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 11:30 AM in the Foldy Room (Rockefeller 221) for our next Particle Astrophysics Seminar! Chris Carr (Columbia) will present “Coupling and Collisions of Galaxies and their Atmospheres.”
Don’t miss it!
#CWRU #astrophysics #physics
Don’t miss it!
#CWRU #astrophysics #physics
November 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
We’d love to see you Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 11:30 AM in the Foldy Room (Rockefeller 221) for our next Particle Astrophysics Seminar! Chris Carr (Columbia) will present “Coupling and Collisions of Galaxies and their Atmospheres.”
Don’t miss it!
#CWRU #astrophysics #physics
Don’t miss it!
#CWRU #astrophysics #physics
Join us Wed, Oct 29 @ 4:30 PM in Rockefeller 301 for our Biophysics Colloquium! 🪴
CWRU’s own Yihang Wang presents “AI for Biomolecular Discovery: Overcoming Sampling & Modeling Challenges in Molecular Simulations.”
#physics #biophysics #AI #CWRU
CWRU’s own Yihang Wang presents “AI for Biomolecular Discovery: Overcoming Sampling & Modeling Challenges in Molecular Simulations.”
#physics #biophysics #AI #CWRU
October 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Join us Wed, Oct 29 @ 4:30 PM in Rockefeller 301 for our Biophysics Colloquium! 🪴
CWRU’s own Yihang Wang presents “AI for Biomolecular Discovery: Overcoming Sampling & Modeling Challenges in Molecular Simulations.”
#physics #biophysics #AI #CWRU
CWRU’s own Yihang Wang presents “AI for Biomolecular Discovery: Overcoming Sampling & Modeling Challenges in Molecular Simulations.”
#physics #biophysics #AI #CWRU
Particle Astrophysics Seminar! 🪐🌠
Join us Tuesday, Oct 28 at 11:30 AM in Foldy Room (Rockefeller 221) for Justin Myles (Princeton University):
“Studying Cosmology with Weak Gravitational Lensing in the Rubin LSST Decade.” 🔬
#CWRU #physics #astrophysics #cwruphysics
Join us Tuesday, Oct 28 at 11:30 AM in Foldy Room (Rockefeller 221) for Justin Myles (Princeton University):
“Studying Cosmology with Weak Gravitational Lensing in the Rubin LSST Decade.” 🔬
#CWRU #physics #astrophysics #cwruphysics
October 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Particle Astrophysics Seminar! 🪐🌠
Join us Tuesday, Oct 28 at 11:30 AM in Foldy Room (Rockefeller 221) for Justin Myles (Princeton University):
“Studying Cosmology with Weak Gravitational Lensing in the Rubin LSST Decade.” 🔬
#CWRU #physics #astrophysics #cwruphysics
Join us Tuesday, Oct 28 at 11:30 AM in Foldy Room (Rockefeller 221) for Justin Myles (Princeton University):
“Studying Cosmology with Weak Gravitational Lensing in the Rubin LSST Decade.” 🔬
#CWRU #physics #astrophysics #cwruphysics
Join us for the next Condensed Matter Seminar!
Prof. Benjamin Fregoso (Kent State) will discuss the nonlinear response of Bloch electrons to magnetic fields!
📅 Oct 27 | 12:45–1:45 PM
📍 Foldy Room (Rock 221) & Zoom!
#CWRU #physics #condensedmatter
Prof. Benjamin Fregoso (Kent State) will discuss the nonlinear response of Bloch electrons to magnetic fields!
📅 Oct 27 | 12:45–1:45 PM
📍 Foldy Room (Rock 221) & Zoom!
#CWRU #physics #condensedmatter
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Join us for the next Condensed Matter Seminar!
Prof. Benjamin Fregoso (Kent State) will discuss the nonlinear response of Bloch electrons to magnetic fields!
📅 Oct 27 | 12:45–1:45 PM
📍 Foldy Room (Rock 221) & Zoom!
#CWRU #physics #condensedmatter
Prof. Benjamin Fregoso (Kent State) will discuss the nonlinear response of Bloch electrons to magnetic fields!
📅 Oct 27 | 12:45–1:45 PM
📍 Foldy Room (Rock 221) & Zoom!
#CWRU #physics #condensedmatter
#CWRU Professor Giuseppe Strangi was featured in “Butterfly Wings Inspire Barrier-Breaking Nanotech.” 🦋
He praised the metasurface’s “unprecedented control of light” and potential for quantum communication!
#cwruresearch #physics #nanotech #quantumphysics
He praised the metasurface’s “unprecedented control of light” and potential for quantum communication!
#cwruresearch #physics #nanotech #quantumphysics
October 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
#CWRU Professor Giuseppe Strangi was featured in “Butterfly Wings Inspire Barrier-Breaking Nanotech.” 🦋
He praised the metasurface’s “unprecedented control of light” and potential for quantum communication!
#cwruresearch #physics #nanotech #quantumphysics
He praised the metasurface’s “unprecedented control of light” and potential for quantum communication!
#cwruresearch #physics #nanotech #quantumphysics
The #CWRU Department of Physics proudly welcomes our newest members of the Society of Physics Students! 🎉🔬
Congratulations to everyone inducted at this year’s ceremony!
#SPS #physics #honorsociety
Congratulations to everyone inducted at this year’s ceremony!
#SPS #physics #honorsociety
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The #CWRU Department of Physics proudly welcomes our newest members of the Society of Physics Students! 🎉🔬
Congratulations to everyone inducted at this year’s ceremony!
#SPS #physics #honorsociety
Congratulations to everyone inducted at this year’s ceremony!
#SPS #physics #honorsociety
It's about that time of the year for the CWRU physics annual Halloween Pumpkin Drop! 👻🍂🍁
Join us on October 31st at 12:35pm in front of Strosacker auditorium ⏲️
There will be free apple cider and pie! 🍎🥧
#cwru #physics #pumpkindrop #halloween
Join us on October 31st at 12:35pm in front of Strosacker auditorium ⏲️
There will be free apple cider and pie! 🍎🥧
#cwru #physics #pumpkindrop #halloween
October 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It's about that time of the year for the CWRU physics annual Halloween Pumpkin Drop! 👻🍂🍁
Join us on October 31st at 12:35pm in front of Strosacker auditorium ⏲️
There will be free apple cider and pie! 🍎🥧
#cwru #physics #pumpkindrop #halloween
Join us on October 31st at 12:35pm in front of Strosacker auditorium ⏲️
There will be free apple cider and pie! 🍎🥧
#cwru #physics #pumpkindrop #halloween
CWRU congratulates Terrence Sejnowski (CIT ’68) on the Distinguished Alumni Award! A former physics student whose groundbreaking research on learning and the brain helped shape modern neuroscience and AI. 🧠
Read more here:
case.edu/news/terrenc...
#CWRU #neuroscience #physics
Read more here:
case.edu/news/terrenc...
#CWRU #neuroscience #physics
October 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
CWRU congratulates Terrence Sejnowski (CIT ’68) on the Distinguished Alumni Award! A former physics student whose groundbreaking research on learning and the brain helped shape modern neuroscience and AI. 🧠
Read more here:
case.edu/news/terrenc...
#CWRU #neuroscience #physics
Read more here:
case.edu/news/terrenc...
#CWRU #neuroscience #physics
#CWRU grad student Hridoy Roy & Prof. Pavel Fileviez Pérez explore how a minimal theory with broken local lepton number links lepton flavor violation, dark matter, & collider tests. 😍
Read more here: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.11774
#physics #particlephysics #casewestern
Read more here: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.11774
#physics #particlephysics #casewestern
October 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#CWRU grad student Hridoy Roy & Prof. Pavel Fileviez Pérez explore how a minimal theory with broken local lepton number links lepton flavor violation, dark matter, & collider tests. 😍
Read more here: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.11774
#physics #particlephysics #casewestern
Read more here: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.11774
#physics #particlephysics #casewestern
We would love it if you stopped by for this week's Physics Colloquium! #CWRU Professor Ben Monreal will be presenting a talk titled: "Supernova Neutrinos: from 1987 to today" 🪐🌠
When: Thursday Oct 16th | 4-5pm ⏲️
Where: Rock 301 🗺️
#physics #supernova #casewestern #cosmology
When: Thursday Oct 16th | 4-5pm ⏲️
Where: Rock 301 🗺️
#physics #supernova #casewestern #cosmology
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We would love it if you stopped by for this week's Physics Colloquium! #CWRU Professor Ben Monreal will be presenting a talk titled: "Supernova Neutrinos: from 1987 to today" 🪐🌠
When: Thursday Oct 16th | 4-5pm ⏲️
Where: Rock 301 🗺️
#physics #supernova #casewestern #cosmology
When: Thursday Oct 16th | 4-5pm ⏲️
Where: Rock 301 🗺️
#physics #supernova #casewestern #cosmology
We’re excited to host Latham Boyle (Univ. of Edinburgh) for this week’s Particle Astrophysics Seminar! 🌠
“A new approach to putting chiral gauge theory on the lattice.”
📅 Tues | 11:30–12:30
📍 Foldy Room, Rock 221
#CWRU #physics #astrophysics #particlephysics
“A new approach to putting chiral gauge theory on the lattice.”
📅 Tues | 11:30–12:30
📍 Foldy Room, Rock 221
#CWRU #physics #astrophysics #particlephysics
October 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We’re excited to host Latham Boyle (Univ. of Edinburgh) for this week’s Particle Astrophysics Seminar! 🌠
“A new approach to putting chiral gauge theory on the lattice.”
📅 Tues | 11:30–12:30
📍 Foldy Room, Rock 221
#CWRU #physics #astrophysics #particlephysics
“A new approach to putting chiral gauge theory on the lattice.”
📅 Tues | 11:30–12:30
📍 Foldy Room, Rock 221
#CWRU #physics #astrophysics #particlephysics
CWRU Physics’s Prof. Michael Hinczewski will give a talk on “The Price of Evolution: How Thermodynamics Shapes Gene Regulation.” 🔬🐒
The talk will take place on 10/13 from 12-1 PM in Robbins E-501, we hope to see you there! 📅😄
#CWRU #physics #biophysics #biology
The talk will take place on 10/13 from 12-1 PM in Robbins E-501, we hope to see you there! 📅😄
#CWRU #physics #biophysics #biology
October 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
CWRU Physics’s Prof. Michael Hinczewski will give a talk on “The Price of Evolution: How Thermodynamics Shapes Gene Regulation.” 🔬🐒
The talk will take place on 10/13 from 12-1 PM in Robbins E-501, we hope to see you there! 📅😄
#CWRU #physics #biophysics #biology
The talk will take place on 10/13 from 12-1 PM in Robbins E-501, we hope to see you there! 📅😄
#CWRU #physics #biophysics #biology
Join us for next week's Particle Astrophysics Seminar with Peter Du (University of Nottingham) on Fundamental Theories in de-Sitter Spacetime. 🪐
This seminar will occur on Tuesday, October 7th at 11:30 AM in the Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221. 😃
We hope to see you there!
#CWRU
This seminar will occur on Tuesday, October 7th at 11:30 AM in the Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221. 😃
We hope to see you there!
#CWRU
October 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Join us for next week's Particle Astrophysics Seminar with Peter Du (University of Nottingham) on Fundamental Theories in de-Sitter Spacetime. 🪐
This seminar will occur on Tuesday, October 7th at 11:30 AM in the Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221. 😃
We hope to see you there!
#CWRU
This seminar will occur on Tuesday, October 7th at 11:30 AM in the Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221. 😃
We hope to see you there!
#CWRU
We’re excited for our annual Coffee House for prospective physics majors! Join us Wed, Oct 8 from 3:30–5:30 PM at 11300 Juniper Rd for a free beverage & pastry. ☕✨
Meet faculty, chat with current physics majors, and discover research + degree opportunities at #CWRU! 🚀
Meet faculty, chat with current physics majors, and discover research + degree opportunities at #CWRU! 🚀
October 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We’re excited for our annual Coffee House for prospective physics majors! Join us Wed, Oct 8 from 3:30–5:30 PM at 11300 Juniper Rd for a free beverage & pastry. ☕✨
Meet faculty, chat with current physics majors, and discover research + degree opportunities at #CWRU! 🚀
Meet faculty, chat with current physics majors, and discover research + degree opportunities at #CWRU! 🚀
Join us Monday, Oct 6 (12:45–1:45 PM) for our Condensed Matter Seminar ✨
Nancy Sandler (Ohio University) — Topological Flat Bands in Strained Graphene
📍 Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221
💻 Zoom: ID 990 5423 9108 | Password: 666092
#physics #CWRU #condensedmatter #stem
Nancy Sandler (Ohio University) — Topological Flat Bands in Strained Graphene
📍 Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221
💻 Zoom: ID 990 5423 9108 | Password: 666092
#physics #CWRU #condensedmatter #stem
October 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Join us Monday, Oct 6 (12:45–1:45 PM) for our Condensed Matter Seminar ✨
Nancy Sandler (Ohio University) — Topological Flat Bands in Strained Graphene
📍 Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221
💻 Zoom: ID 990 5423 9108 | Password: 666092
#physics #CWRU #condensedmatter #stem
Nancy Sandler (Ohio University) — Topological Flat Bands in Strained Graphene
📍 Foldy Room, Rockefeller 221
💻 Zoom: ID 990 5423 9108 | Password: 666092
#physics #CWRU #condensedmatter #stem
Congrats to Kevin Gonzalez Quesada who successfully defended his PhD dissertation “On Gravitational Waves, Neutrino Masses, and Dark Matter.” And big thanks to the committee - professors Pavel Fileviez (advisor), Cyrus Taylor, Carlos Crespo-Hernández & Harsh Mathur!🎉#cwru #physics
October 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Congrats to Kevin Gonzalez Quesada who successfully defended his PhD dissertation “On Gravitational Waves, Neutrino Masses, and Dark Matter.” And big thanks to the committee - professors Pavel Fileviez (advisor), Cyrus Taylor, Carlos Crespo-Hernández & Harsh Mathur!🎉#cwru #physics