Our astrophysics and cosmology group explores such areas as the formation of galaxies; the production of dark matter in the early universe; and the properties, evolution, and death throes of massive stars.

Our biological physics group studies cell swimming, sensing, growth and more by viewing these behaviors as emergent properties of complex dynamical systems.

Our condensed matter group explore such fields as ultrafast processes, quantum computation, composite particle states, large-bandgap semiconductors.

Our particle physics group seeks to understand the fundamental constituents of matter by searching for new subatomic particles and by measuring the properties of known particles and interactions.

Our physics education researchers study the cognitive mechanisms that aid or hinder the learning of physics, in order to create and assess techniques for improving physics education.

Watch Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory on Amazon. This documentary recounts the stories of those who founded astrophysics and pioneered the invention of powered flight.