News: Accolades
Read the latest news from the Department of Physics
Kimberly Boddy Named a Sloan Research Fellow
The two-year fellowships are awarded annually to early-career researchers seen as emerging leaders in their fields.
Two UT Austin Faculty Members Selected as 2026 Cottrell Scholars
William Gilpin in physics and Devleena Samanta in chemistry each were selected for the honor.
Allan MacDonald Wins Frontiers of Knowledge Award
The UT Austin physicist was one of two scientists to win the international prize in the category of basic sciences.
5 Questions for Vernita Gordon
The winner of a Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award highlights classroom approaches linked to lasting impact.
Vernita Gordon Receives 2025 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award
The ROTA recognize extraordinary classroom presence and innovative teaching methods.
Three College of Natural Sciences Faculty Win NSF CAREER Awards
The award, recognizing early-career faculty, will support research in computer science and physics.
Edoardo Baldini Awarded Ludwig-Genzel-Prize 2025
The UT Austin physicist won for “exceptional contributions to the field of condensed-matter spectroscopy.”
Guggenheim Foundation Names 3 at UT in 100th Class of Fellows
Swarat Chaudhuri, a computer scientist, and Feliciano Giustino, a physicist, are among this year’s fellows.
2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics awarded to ATLAS collaboration
The ATLAS Collaboration at CERN has been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for its pioneering studies of the high-energy collisions from the Large...
Six UT Faculty Members Awarded Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships
The annual award recognizes early-career scientists whose work demonstrates exceptional promise.
