The Department of Physics and Astronomy is celebrating the career of Professor Melanie Campbell, who retired from her faculty position in the fall of 2024. Campbell is a pioneer in visual optics, a champion for equity, and an inspiring mentor who has shaped the fields of physics, optometry and biomedical imaging, while breaking barriers for women in STEM.
Bushra Almalki attended the PhysiX: Girls Matter event while she was in middle school. Now, in her first term at the University of Waterloo, she is giving back through volunteering!
After sharing the world’s first images of a black hole with the world in 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team recently released a follow-up to the 2024 paper reporting on the results from the 2018 observations of M87* entitled “The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M87”.
A research group at the University of Waterloo is the first to measure the atmospheric concentration of HFC-125 from space, a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) commonly found in fire extinguishers and commercial cooling systems.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is saying goodbye to two long-serving faculty members. Robert Mann and Guenter Scholz retire January 1. Both have been with the department for more than 37 years. To mark the occasion, Robb and Guenter reflect on their careers and time at Waterloo.
Building off the first analyses of the largest 3D map of the universe released earlier this year, scientists working with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) have pulled additional information from the map.
Congratulations to Zander Li from Waterloo, who received the highest score in the world in the Department of Physics and Astronomy's Sir Isaac Newton Exam.
The Faculty of Science would like to congratulate distinguished scientist Dr. Rajibul Islam on being elected to the American Physical Society’s Fellows.
The Faculty of Science is pleased to welcome Schulich Leader Scholar Noah Sonser to the University of Waterloo this fall.
Pluto Jiang is applying their coding skills to understand how planets form and evolve over time.