Physics

The graduate program in Physics offers a comprehensive education in physics and opportunities to engage in experimental and theoretical research with internationally-recognized groups using state of-the-art techniques and instrumentation. We also offer a collegial, supportive atmosphere, with close interactions among students, faculty and staff that are unique to a “research-1 university.”

Our research focuses in three principal areas:

• Molecular Biophysics which addresses the contributions of molecular structure and dynamics to biological function.
• Soft Condensed Matter Physics which addresses the properties of materials that display both fluid and solid behavior.
• Theoretical and Computational Statistical Physics which addresses equilibrium and non-equilibrium properties of condensed matter.

Physics researchers at Emory benefit from close interdisciplinary interactions and collaborations with faculty in other graduate programs and research centers at the University. The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is located with Physics in the Math and Science Center Building, and the Department of Chemistry and the Emerson Center for Scientific Computation are located across the street. Medical and Biological Sciences researchers that are part of Emory’s renowned School of Medicine are a short walk away.

Our program awards both a PhD in Physics and a combined Physics PhD/Computational Science MS degree.