Congrats to Katie Koch for receiving a DOE Science Graduate Student Research Award. She will be researching, “Utilizing THz Spectroscopy to Visualize Exciton Formation in Chiral Hybrid 2D Perovskites,” at the National Lab of the Rockies (NLR) with Matthew C. Beard, Senior Research Fellow at NLR.

Our Special Collection on GAI in Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics has its first article! We will be accepting submissions for at least all of 2026, so submit away! lnkd.in/eU3tvWRZ To submit, use our regular submission site ( lnkd.in/e6PDTU97) and indicate the collection in the cover letter. #jbsd

⏰ Jan 8th deadline: Wake Forest Physics PhD applications close soon. David Carroll's group is recruiting—they're building quantum computers using topologically stabilized qubits. Fundamental physics meets next-gen hardware—links in first comment.

You have until Jan 8th to apply for Wake Physics PhD. One group looking for students is Timo Thonhauser's—they develop ab-initio electronic-structure methods and apply them to bio-, nano-, and energy-related materials. Computational condensed-matter physics at the frontier! 1/2

Abstract submission open for 2nd Next Gen. Conversation in Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics, Louisiana Tech, June 9–13 2026. Continuing Sarma’s Albany Conversations starting in 1979. Book of Abstracts in JBSD; EiC attending. Keynote—Remo Rohs. Submit: dna.engr.latech.edu/NextGen/

🎧 New #JBSD podcast episode! We’re featuring AI-generated audio overviews of key articles. Next up: “Unlocking Lipase: Surviving the Alcohol Gauntlet for Greener Chemistry.” Listen on Spotify 👇 open.spotify.com/show/5Y8hkFT... #AIinScience

Interesting looking talk on gravitational waves this Thursday in Olin!

All set up now for #spscon2025 ! All ready for students interested in graduate physics study in biophysics, astrophysics, materials science or quantum information sciences starting tomorrow.

I won't be able to make it but colleagues from Wake Chemistry and Physics will be presenting!

Look at this: One of our alumni coming back to talk about modeling of complex social systems.

Biomolecular structure and function from Andy Fisher at UC Davis at Wake Physics.

Call for Papers – JBSD Special Collection: Generative AI, AI & ML in Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics. Submit work on structure prediction, flexibility, allostery & dynamics. Submission via the JBSD portal. #AI #JBSD #Biophysics accounts.taylorfrancis.com/identity/#/l...

About to start our physics seminar on gravity waves!

Welcome Dr. Vincenzo Carnevale (Temple Univ) as our new Associate Editor! He applies statistical physics & ML to protein sequence‑structure‑function problems using MD, Monte Carlo, generative models, and deep learning. A valuable addition to our team. #JBSD @templeuniversity.bsky.social

Our group photo from Saturday's Symposium.

Senior Associate Dean Alexander kicked off our Physics Graduate Student Symposium on Saturday.

And Pablo presented his work on relativistic hot spots

Joe talked about his work with Dr. Cook developing methods to simulate co-rotating black holes.

Gabby talked about her protein folding work with machine learning and generative AI in Dr. Cho’s group

Conall talked about his environmental dynamics with Dr. Lowman

Thilini will present on her work in Dr. Kim-Shapiro’s lab!

Mitch presenting his work on TMAO and RNA using molecular dynamics in the Cho group at Wake Physics

Edoardo presenting his work on extreme mass inspirals at Wake Physics

David from the Lowman Lab talked about the Leaf Area Index!

Vinnie from the Carlson group presenting in f(R,T) gravity

Work on Thermal Hall effect in quantum magnets presented by Ramesh from the Winter group

Katie talking about biexcitons from the Kandada group at wake physics!

Now Polariton time with Evan from the Kandada lab

Kicking off quantum many-body dynamics at Wake with Mou from the Winter group

MOFs and DFT at Wake physics by Wells

Mani talking about organic semiconductors

New model for fibrin polymerizarion from the Guthold lab

Can from the Guthold group talking about fibrin fiber formation

Topological insulators & potential qbits by Moti

Arezoo presenting on her work on blood clot structure

Our first speaker from NASA JPL

Our inaugural Physics Graduate symposium !

Ed talking about what he did over the summer

Emily talking about her summer physics research

Emily talking about why to do research abroad as an undergrad

Owasis — an engineering undergrading — talked about using AI to help learn computational tools.

Combining experimental enzyme engineering with MD at elevated temperature, this study identifies hotspots in choline oxidase and proposes substitutions that reduce fluctuations while preserving active-site geometry linking residue-level dynamics to thermostability gains. doi.org/10.1080/0739...

More on the featured JBSD Vol 43: Issue 11 articles. Long-timescale MD contrasts wild-type vs a mutant in a protein with a solitary α-helix. Quantitative analyses reveals shifts in helix stability & conformational dynamics with implications for allosteric communication. doi.org/10.1080/0739...

More on the featured JBSD Vol 43: Issue 11 articles. All-atom MD probes how single-walled carbon nanotubes interact with SARS-CoV-2 RdRp, mapping preferred contact regions and residue-level contributions near the nucleotide-entry channel highlighting key cationic side chains doi.org/10.1080/0739...

More on the featured JBSD Vol 43: Issue 11 articles. Protein–protein interfaces: Integrate X-ray/NMR/cryo-EM/XL-MS/mutagenesis with computation to define interfaces, score poses, and validate predictions—what to trust and where models fail. doi.org/10.1080/0739...

Four recent JBSD Vol. 43(11) articles on biomolecular structure & dynamic focusing on helix stability, protein–protein interfaces, enzyme thermostability, and nanoscale biointerfaces. 1/5

Applications are OPEN for our Physics PhD & MS programs! Plus, starting Fall 2026: an MS & Certificate in Quantum Information Sciences. Apply by Jan 8. GRE optional. PhD students receive a 100% tuition & fee scholarship + $30,470 annual stipend (AY 2025–26). Details 👇 physics.wfu.edu/wfu-phy-grad...

Welcome to Huffman! #facultyfellows

9 out of 11 new PhD physics students! Plus me and a new chemistry PhD behind me #facultyfellows

Belated move-in day pics from Huffman! #facultyfellows