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Updates from the Department of Physics at Case Western Reserve University.
Star-filled reunion! 🎉Prof Bob Brown presented a talk on the Life After Graduation course at a session of the American Astronomical Society national Conference in Phoenix this past week.
While there, Janet & he were thrilled to meet former students from the #cwru Physics & Astronomy departments!
While there, Janet & he were thrilled to meet former students from the #cwru Physics & Astronomy departments!
January 8, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Star-filled reunion! 🎉Prof Bob Brown presented a talk on the Life After Graduation course at a session of the American Astronomical Society national Conference in Phoenix this past week.
While there, Janet & he were thrilled to meet former students from the #cwru Physics & Astronomy departments!
While there, Janet & he were thrilled to meet former students from the #cwru Physics & Astronomy departments!
CWRU Physics Prof. Pavel Fileviez Perez was featured in The Daily for a new theory explaining neutrino masses, predicting a dark matter candidate, and proposing new collider and gamma-ray tests. 🔬🌌
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#CWRU #physics #TheDaily #PhysicsResearch
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December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
CWRU Physics Prof. Pavel Fileviez Perez was featured in The Daily for a new theory explaining neutrino masses, predicting a dark matter candidate, and proposing new collider and gamma-ray tests. 🔬🌌
case.edu/news/year-di...
#CWRU #physics #TheDaily #PhysicsResearch
case.edu/news/year-di...
#CWRU #physics #TheDaily #PhysicsResearch
#CWRU Physics’ John Ruhl is a co-author on a new Physical Review D paper from the SPT-3G collaboration, measuring CMB B-mode polarization with the South Pole Telescope and placing new constraints on inflationary gravitational waves.
Read more: journals.aps.org/prd/abstract...
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Read more: journals.aps.org/prd/abstract...
#physics
December 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#CWRU Physics’ John Ruhl is a co-author on a new Physical Review D paper from the SPT-3G collaboration, measuring CMB B-mode polarization with the South Pole Telescope and placing new constraints on inflationary gravitational waves.
Read more: journals.aps.org/prd/abstract...
#physics
Read more: journals.aps.org/prd/abstract...
#physics
Congratulations to CWRU physics undergrad Zachariah Jones, who won 3rd place in the Fall ’25 Intersections poster contest! His project enhances photon upconversion in perovskite nanocrystals using ENZ metamaterials to boost light–matter interactions. 🎖️🌟
Great job! 😊
#CWRU
Great job! 😊
#CWRU
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Congratulations to CWRU physics undergrad Zachariah Jones, who won 3rd place in the Fall ’25 Intersections poster contest! His project enhances photon upconversion in perovskite nanocrystals using ENZ metamaterials to boost light–matter interactions. 🎖️🌟
Great job! 😊
#CWRU
Great job! 😊
#CWRU
Congrats to Prof. Bob Brown on being named to the National Academy of Inventors and featured in The Daily! After 55 years at CWRU, he’s still leading in industrial physics and earning new awards and patents.🎉💡
Read more: case.edu/news/cwru-fa...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Congrats to Prof. Bob Brown on being named to the National Academy of Inventors and featured in The Daily! After 55 years at CWRU, he’s still leading in industrial physics and earning new awards and patents.🎉💡
Read more: case.edu/news/cwru-fa...
#CWRUPhysics #CWRU
Read more: case.edu/news/cwru-fa...
#CWRUPhysics #CWRU
Upcoming Biophysics Colloquium 🧫
Join us Wed, Dec 10 (4:30–5:45 PM) in Rockefeller 221 to hear CMU’s Fangwei Si on how bacterial cells manage membrane space—bridging physics and biology at the molecular scale. 🧪
#Biophysics #CWRU #CMU #CellBiology
Join us Wed, Dec 10 (4:30–5:45 PM) in Rockefeller 221 to hear CMU’s Fangwei Si on how bacterial cells manage membrane space—bridging physics and biology at the molecular scale. 🧪
#Biophysics #CWRU #CMU #CellBiology
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Upcoming Biophysics Colloquium 🧫
Join us Wed, Dec 10 (4:30–5:45 PM) in Rockefeller 221 to hear CMU’s Fangwei Si on how bacterial cells manage membrane space—bridging physics and biology at the molecular scale. 🧪
#Biophysics #CWRU #CMU #CellBiology
Join us Wed, Dec 10 (4:30–5:45 PM) in Rockefeller 221 to hear CMU’s Fangwei Si on how bacterial cells manage membrane space—bridging physics and biology at the molecular scale. 🧪
#Biophysics #CWRU #CMU #CellBiology
#CWRU Engineering Physics alumnus Caden Kacmarynski, now Chief AI Architect at MorelandConnect, is driving the integration of AI and quantum computing. As chair of the Quantum Coalition, he highlights CWRU’s impact in the Midwest. 🗺️
More: ohiotechnews.com/caden-kacmar...
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More: ohiotechnews.com/caden-kacmar...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#CWRU Engineering Physics alumnus Caden Kacmarynski, now Chief AI Architect at MorelandConnect, is driving the integration of AI and quantum computing. As chair of the Quantum Coalition, he highlights CWRU’s impact in the Midwest. 🗺️
More: ohiotechnews.com/caden-kacmar...
#CWRUPhysics
More: ohiotechnews.com/caden-kacmar...
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New pub! CWRU's Pavel Fileviez & Hridoy Debnath + @uclmaps.bsky.social collaborators release Quark-Lepton Unification Signatures. The theory has a rich spectrum of new fields, 1 vector leptoquark, 2 scalar leptoquarks, a color-octet scalar & addl Higgs doublet arxiv.org/pdf/2512.00143 🎉 @ucl.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New pub! CWRU's Pavel Fileviez & Hridoy Debnath + @uclmaps.bsky.social collaborators release Quark-Lepton Unification Signatures. The theory has a rich spectrum of new fields, 1 vector leptoquark, 2 scalar leptoquarks, a color-octet scalar & addl Higgs doublet arxiv.org/pdf/2512.00143 🎉 @ucl.ac.uk
Congratulations to #cwru outstanding seniors Zachariah Jones, MG Davis and Samuel Diener and advisors Prof. Jesse Berezovsky and Prof. Pino Strangi! The students presented their research projects in today's Fall Senior Physics Project Symposium. Very impressive! 🔬🌟💡 #physics #undergraduateresearch
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Congratulations to #cwru outstanding seniors Zachariah Jones, MG Davis and Samuel Diener and advisors Prof. Jesse Berezovsky and Prof. Pino Strangi! The students presented their research projects in today's Fall Senior Physics Project Symposium. Very impressive! 🔬🌟💡 #physics #undergraduateresearch
It’s that time in the semester! Join us tomorrow for the Fall Senior Physics Project Symposium, where CWRU senior undergrads present their research. 🔬🌟
📅 Dec 1 ⏰ 12:45–1:45 PM📍 Foldy Room (Rock 221)
Come support our seniors!
#CWRUPhysics #UndergraduateResearch #CWRU
📅 Dec 1 ⏰ 12:45–1:45 PM📍 Foldy Room (Rock 221)
Come support our seniors!
#CWRUPhysics #UndergraduateResearch #CWRU
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It’s that time in the semester! Join us tomorrow for the Fall Senior Physics Project Symposium, where CWRU senior undergrads present their research. 🔬🌟
📅 Dec 1 ⏰ 12:45–1:45 PM📍 Foldy Room (Rock 221)
Come support our seniors!
#CWRUPhysics #UndergraduateResearch #CWRU
📅 Dec 1 ⏰ 12:45–1:45 PM📍 Foldy Room (Rock 221)
Come support our seniors!
#CWRUPhysics #UndergraduateResearch #CWRU
CWRU Physics Professor John Ruhl contributated in the publication: Towards constraining cosmological parameters with SPT-3G observations of 25% of the sky. 👏🪐
Read more about it here: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.24669
#CWRUPhysics #Physics #Cosmology #PhysicsResearch
Read more about it here: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.24669
#CWRUPhysics #Physics #Cosmology #PhysicsResearch
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
CWRU Physics Professor John Ruhl contributated in the publication: Towards constraining cosmological parameters with SPT-3G observations of 25% of the sky. 👏🪐
Read more about it here: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.24669
#CWRUPhysics #Physics #Cosmology #PhysicsResearch
Read more about it here: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.24669
#CWRUPhysics #Physics #Cosmology #PhysicsResearch
Prof. Krista Freeman, featured in The Daily, is one of CWRU Physics’ newest faculty members. She earned her BS at Cleveland State and her MS/PhD at Carnegie Mellon. Her research uses cryo-EM to study bacteriophage biophysics. 🔬
More: case.edu/news/meet-ne...
#CWRUPhysics #CWRU
More: case.edu/news/meet-ne...
#CWRUPhysics #CWRU
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Prof. Krista Freeman, featured in The Daily, is one of CWRU Physics’ newest faculty members. She earned her BS at Cleveland State and her MS/PhD at Carnegie Mellon. Her research uses cryo-EM to study bacteriophage biophysics. 🔬
More: case.edu/news/meet-ne...
#CWRUPhysics #CWRU
More: case.edu/news/meet-ne...
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We’re proud to highlight #CWRU Physics Professor Giuseppe Strangi’s contributions as Guest Editor of the Capasso Tribute Issue, reflecting his dedication to rigorous science and impactful work in nanophotonics. 👏🧬
Read more: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Read more: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
November 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
We’re proud to highlight #CWRU Physics Professor Giuseppe Strangi’s contributions as Guest Editor of the Capasso Tribute Issue, reflecting his dedication to rigorous science and impactful work in nanophotonics. 👏🧬
Read more: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Read more: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Physics Prof Benjamin Monreal was a contributing author in a recently published paper titled: "Antenna arrays for neutrino mass measurements with cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy" 📏🔬
Read more below:
journals.aps.org/prc/abstract...
#CWRU #physics #particlephysics #research
Read more below:
journals.aps.org/prc/abstract...
#CWRU #physics #particlephysics #research
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Physics Prof Benjamin Monreal was a contributing author in a recently published paper titled: "Antenna arrays for neutrino mass measurements with cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy" 📏🔬
Read more below:
journals.aps.org/prc/abstract...
#CWRU #physics #particlephysics #research
Read more below:
journals.aps.org/prc/abstract...
#CWRU #physics #particlephysics #research
CWRU Physics Prof. Pavel Fileviez Pérez published “Lepton Flavor Violation and Local Lepton Number.” 🔬💫
The study shows how low-scale symmetry breaking can predict dark matter and connect collider signals with lepton flavor violation.
Read more: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.11774
#CWRU
The study shows how low-scale symmetry breaking can predict dark matter and connect collider signals with lepton flavor violation.
Read more: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.11774
#CWRU
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
CWRU Physics Prof. Pavel Fileviez Pérez published “Lepton Flavor Violation and Local Lepton Number.” 🔬💫
The study shows how low-scale symmetry breaking can predict dark matter and connect collider signals with lepton flavor violation.
Read more: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.11774
#CWRU
The study shows how low-scale symmetry breaking can predict dark matter and connect collider signals with lepton flavor violation.
Read more: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.11774
#CWRU
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