FROM THE LARGEST TO THE SMALLEST:
THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING IN IT
The areas embraced by UCLA physics research span the range from the well-established disciplines of "big science," e.g. studying the Higgs Boson at the LHC, and frontier plasma science underpinning fusion energy to newly emerging fields such as the physics of neuroscience and quantum science.
In astronomy, UCLA faculty are pioneers in the areas of extra-solar system planets, galactic astronomy, and cosmology. This effort is uniquely enabled by the world-renowned
capabilities in design and construction of infrared instrumentation by our Infrared Laboratory.
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Congratulations to Professor Zhongbo Kang, recognized by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation with a prestigious Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
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Professor Jianwei Miao has been named recipient of the 2026 APS Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science. Congratulations, John!
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Congratulations to physics undergraduate Sam Degen, was has been awarded the APS 2025 Steven Chu Award, given to the top undergraduate research talk presented at the APS Far West Section Meeting.
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Congratulations to Dr. Zhiwan Xu (Ph.D. 2024, UCLA), who was presented with the 2025 Dissertation Award in Nuclear Physics at the APS Division of Nuclear Physics Fall Conference in Chicago!
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