Welcome to the Department of Physics
The Department of Physics at Carleton offers a wide set of programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level. The department is also is engaged in intensive research in Particle Physics and Medical Physics. Carleton University is a full member of TRIUMF: Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics.
Carleton University physics researcher Mark Boulay has been awarded the prestigious 2025 CAP-TRIUMF Vogt Medal for Contributions to Subatomic Physics. An international leader in particle physics, Boulay is being recognized for…
A team of Carleton University researchers from the Department of Physics have been honoured with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, awarded to the international ATLAS Collaboration for its significant…
Congratulations to Aya Tessier!
4th-year physics student wins the Provost Scholar Award and the Peter J. Ricketts Outstanding Provost Scholar Award! She is the first physics student to win the Provost Scholar…
Prof. Heather Logan has developed a guide to supporting autistic colleagues and students, freely available here:
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Eva successfully defended her thesis, "Separating the vascular and nonvascular sources of magnetic susceptibility in physiological MRI techniques based on the reversible transverse relaxation rate, R2’“, before the winter…