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Astronomy, Gravitation and Cosmomology<\/a><\/div>
Search for and study of gravitational waves, quantum and classical gravitation, quantum fields in curved space time, and cosmology.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Biophysics and Biomedical Imaging<\/a><\/div>
Interdisciplinary research on the characterization of biological tissues, imaging activity and interactions of proteins in living cells, and algorithm development for direct image reconstruction such as thermoacoustic tomography (TCT).<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Condensed Matter and Surface Physics<\/a><\/div>
Experimental and theoretical research on the properties and fundamental physics of materials. Surface physics focuses on the interactions of solid surfaces with atoms and molecules.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Undergraduate Research Opportunities<\/a><\/div>
Undergraduate research opportunities exist through individual department faculty and the Office of Undergraduate Research.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1272,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/centered.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-7455","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nPhysics & Astronomy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Physics & Astronomy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T16:16:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2025\/12\/serpens_square.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/research\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/physics\\\/research\\\/\",\"name\":\"Research - 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