We are currently seeking a professional faculty member to be the Physical Science 100 Coordinator and Planetarium Director starting in Winter Semester 2020 (January 2020). If you are interested in applying or know of anyone else who would be interested, please let them know to apply before the posting closes on July 15, 2020.
The application can be found here or by visiting //yjobs.byu.edu/ and searching for faculty posting number 91388.
News and Events
BYU Physics and Astronomy student Benjamin Proudfoot recently published research in the prestigious journal Nature Communications that solves the mystery of the icy dwarf planet Haumea's formation.
Students and faculty from theBYU Astronomy and Physics department captured images from space at an observatory in New Mexico to research explaining the evolution of the universe.
Dr. Scott Sommerfeldt awarded the Silver Medal of the Acoustical Society of America for work in active noise control
Dr. Hart's sabbatical propels work on new techniques for constructing interatomic potentials
Dr. Turley influences the future of physics education during his time as program officer for education division of the National Science Foundation
A new and improved planetarium experience
Ways Students have Adapted to the Pandemic
Dr. Boizelle brings radio astronomy to the department
Dr. Della Corte's computational biophysics is the heart of the new Consortium of Molecular Design
AAPT Meeting in Provo 2019