Featured Spotlights
School of Physics and Astronomy

Sustainability Ph.D. student Katie Malarkey ’04 (physics) is weraring a multicoliored sweater and stands in a greenhouse surounded by plants.

From Personal Battle to Planetary Impact: Ph.D. Student Tackles Agricultural Plastics

Sustainability Ph.D.

Student

Ryan Butler wearing a virtual reality headset

Exploring the Potential of Virtual Reality for Analyzing Astronomical Data

Astrophysical Sciences and Technology Ph.D.

Student

From RIT and Cornell to Co-founder of Kanvas Biosciences

Alumni

Tyler Godat with his wife

Explore Undergraduate Research, Discover a Passion, Land a Career

Alumni

image of bubbles

Squishing the Barriers of Physics

Faculty

Photo of Jeyhan Kartaltepe

Unfolding the Universe

Astrophysical Sciences and Technology Ph.D.

Faculty

light images of the TW Hydrae disk

RIT scientist helps explore mysterious shadow play around planet-forming disk

Faculty

Graduate Student at the Intersection of Biology, Medicine, and Physics

Alumni

Navigating Research Policy with Senior Research Officers

Astrophysical Sciences and Technology Ph.D.

Alumni

Brittany Vanderhoof standing in the RIT Observatory

Astrophysics Ph.D. Research: How Galaxies Form and Evolve

Brittany Vanderhoof (astrophysical sciences and technology)

Astrophysical Sciences and Technology Ph.D.

Student

Vijay at the Grand Canyon

RIT Physics MS: Exploring Different Interests for Ph.D. Research

Alumni

Mike Ortiz working on a rocket

From RIT to Communicating with Satellites as a Spacecraft Operator

Astrophysical Sciences and Technology MS

Student