Department of Physics
Advancing physics through excellence in teaching and research so that people can understand the world around us, inside of us, and beyond us
The Department of Physics at Kansas State University is built around highly productive faculty members with teaching and research expertise. Research is conducted in our department and other world-class facilities such as Fermi National Lab, CERN, DESY (German Electron Synchrotron), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab providing students a wide variety of experiences.
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Recent News and Announcements
- Physics Majors Viv Nguyen and Wynnstan Hessenius Earn College of Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research Awards
- Graduate Student Nabila Majeed Publishes “From Ghosts to Footprints: LIstening to the Universe Through Neutrinos” on Medium
- High Energy Physics Postdoctoral Fellow Dennis Roy honored for exceptional leadership in HCAL Operations and significant technical contributions to HCAL detector and GRA Braden Allmond recognized enhancing the HLT performance of tau triggers
- Alumni Narayan Khadka, PhD '22, serves as an observing specialist representing Nepa at the Rubin Observatory in Chile
- Department Releases 2025 Newsletter : Discover What's New in K-State Physics
- K-State physicist wins prestigious Lilienfeld Prize from American Physical Society
- K-State physicist Daniel Rolles elected American Physical Society Fellow
- K-State alumna-funded Zeng scholarship supports international graduate student in physics
Meet Our Accomplished Faculty
Our faculty conduct research in atomic, molecular and optical physics, in condensed, soft and biological matter physics, in cosmology and high-energy physics, and physics education.