Upcoming Events

Jul 23 2025

CDAC Webinar- TBA with Dr. Bethany Chidester (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Sep 10 2025

CDAC Webinar- TBA with Prof. Xuan Zhou (University of Texas – San Antonio)

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
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twenty four UIC researchers on campus in the springtime
UIC scientists among winners of prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago are among the winners of the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The scientists were honored for their work with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)’s Large…
The figure represents the structure of CuCN at (a) & (b) 0.4 GPa and (c) & (d) at 6.4 GPa viewed in the ac plane. Elongation along the a-axis under high pressure is observed due to the hinging of the wine-rack structure.
Giant ‘Wine-Rack’ Compressibility in Copper Cyanide Crystals
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Research at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) has led to the discovery of giant negative linear compressibility in copper cyanide (CuCN) in which the material behaves like a “wine rack” expanding in…
Dr. Fengyuan Shi with the Quantum Design Physical Property Measurement System
Quantum Design Physical Property Measurement System installed at UIC
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
A Quantum Design Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) has just been installed at UIC.  This unique, versatile, and highly configurable instrument will measure electrical, magnetic, thermal transport, and thermodynamic properties of materials over…

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The Department of Physics carries out world-class forefront research in seven main fields of study: applied laser, biological and soft matter, condensed matter, materials physics, nuclear physics, particle physics, and renewable energy.
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Past Events

May 6 2025

HEP-HEN Seminar- "Bridge for understanding from SQCD to QCD" with Dr. Dan Kondo (Kavli IPMU)

Tuesday, 11:00 am–11:00 am
SES 2244A
Apr 30 2025

Colloquium- "Fundamental and Applied Physics with Reactor Neutrinos" with Prof. Bryce Littlejohn (IIT)

Wednesday, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
238 2SES
Apr 30 2025

CDAC Webinar- "Diamond NV Sensing at High Pressure: A New Lens to Explore Superconductivity under Extreme Conditions" with Dr. Bijuan Chen (Harvard University)

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Apr 29 2025

HEP-HEN Seminar- "Constraining the Coexistence of Freeze-in Dark Matter and Primordial Black Holes" with Sagnik Mukherjee (UIC)

Tuesday, 11:00 am–11:00 am
SES 2214
Apr 25 2025

Biophysics Seminar- "A free-solution method to measure physiological interactions of lipid and lipid G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs)" with Prof. Manisha Ray (Loyola University Chicago)

Friday, 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
SES 2214
Apr 22 2025

Colloquium- "Topological Interactions in Quantum Field Theory" with Prof. Aleksey Cherman (University of Minnesota)

Tuesday, 3:30 pm–4:30 pm
138 2SES
Apr 16 2025

Colloquium- "From low-energy gaseous positronics to geophysics and beyond: a personal tour" with Prof. Tim Killeen (University of Illinois System)

Wednesday, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
238 2SES
Apr 16 2025

Poster session with University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen

Wednesday, 1:30 pm–2:45 pm
3rd floor of SES rotunda