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U-M physics researcher Stephen Forrest named Clarivate Citation Laureate
U-M physicist Stephen Forrest has been named a 2026 Clarivate Citation Laureate—an honor awarded to just 22 global researchers whose work is considered Nobel-class. Since 2002, 89 Citation Laureates have won Nobel Prizes.
Assistant Professor of Physics Open Position
The Department of Physics at the University of Michigan invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Physics to begin August 25, 2027, at the level of Assistant Professor. The search is open to all subfields of physics.
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Oct
14
2026 Ta-You Wu Lecture in Physics | From Prehistoric Qubits to Building a Useful Quantum Computer
John Martinis, Qolab and Emeritus Professor of Physics (UC Santa Barbara)
4:00 PM
4th Floor Amphitheatre
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Upcoming
Sep
28
Applied Physics | Bioinspired Materials Design for Adaptation to Extreme Environments
Prof. Abdon Pena-Francesch, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
11:50 AM
340
West Hall
Sep
28
HEP-Astro Seminar | Mapping the Dark Matter in the Milky Way with Stars: The Signal We Already Have
Lina Necib (MIT)
3:00 PM
340
West Hall
Sep
29
CM-AMO Seminar | Development of Quantum Sensors for Precision Measurements based on Coherent Transient Effects, Optical Lattices, and Atom Interferometry
Anantharaman Kumarakrishnan (York University)
4:00 PM
340
West Hall
Sep
30
Multi
AI for Physics Seminar Series
Various
10:00 AM
340
West Hall
Oct
02
HET Seminar | Out-of-time-ordered Correlators in de Sitter Revisited
Alexey Milekhin (Kentucky)
3:00 PM
4404
Randall Laboratory
