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After an inspiring sing-along session, Dr. Jerome Fung successfully defended his thesis, " Measuring the 3D Dynamics of Multiple Colloidal Particles with Digital Holographic Microscopy." Congratulations, Jerome!

The White Prize is awarded by the Physics Department for excellence in teaching in introductory courses. Tom Dimiduk was recognized for his work as a Teaching Fellow in the lab section of Physics 15c, the undergraduate course on Wave Phenomena. Jerome...

Congratulations, Emily!

Congratulations, Aaron!

The Gertrude and Maurice Goldhaber Prize is awarded annually by the Department of Physics to the outstanding experimental and theoretical graduate students who have passed their qualifying orals in the preceding year. Congratulations, Nick!

We're pleased to announce the release of HoloPy version 2.0.0. HoloPy is a free and open-source software package for analyzing and calculating holograms and light scattering patterns. For more information, please see the documentation. You can download a...

Anna Wang won the Optical Society of America student prize for her presentation "High speed 3D tracking of colloidal systems using digital holographic microscopy" at the Australian Institute of Physics conference in Sydney. She will receive a $1,250...

Vinny gave the Harvard Physics Colloquium on April 2nd entitled "Self-Assembly of Colloidal Particles at Liquid Interfaces." Watch a video of his presentation here.

Video describing our work on self-assembly and how it relates to biophysics. From the Physics for the 21st Century online textbook, produced by the Science Media Group at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.