Physics graduate students enjoy maximum curricular flexibility and the opportunity to make a well-informed choice of research field. Graduate students work closely with faculty in a wide variety of research, ranging from biophysics to particle physics, from microfluidics to radio astronomy to string theory. Two members of our faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and three are fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The department was awarded a major grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.

Brandeis, as a leader of research in the sciences, offers the rare combination of an internationally recognized research university in a small college setting. This atmosphere promotes close interactions with prestigious faculty; collaboration among postdoctoral research associates, faculty, and graduate students; and, given our location just 20 minutes from the bustling academic and research centers of Boston and Cambridge, lends itself to involvement in daily colloquia and specialized seminars at area universities, including Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, and Tufts.