Faculty
The
Wellesley Physics Department faculty consists of seven
full-time professors and three full-time laboratory
instructors who are engaged in a wide range of teaching
and research activities. Click here
for a listing of individual faculty webpages, email
addresses, telephone numbers, and office
addresses
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Students
Our
department has been fortunate over the years to attract a
talented and enthusiastic group of majors.
A high fraction have gone to very good graduate programs
in physics or other related fields. A very high
percentage have been involved in either a graduate
program or a job that makes direct use of the skills
gained as a result of their undergraduate physics
training. In addition to their strong performance in the
classroom, our majors are involved in a wide range of
other activities. Many are working on independent
research projects and we have an active Society
of Physics Students
chapter. In the past five years, three Wellesley students
have served as Associate Zone Councilor for the New
England section of SPS. In the spring of 2000 the
Wellesley SPS Chapter hosted a regional Zone meeting for
all schools in the New England area.
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Alumnae
From
PhD programs in physics, astrophysics, and engineering to
financial analysis on Wall Street to computer programming
in industry, the career paths chosen by our alumnae
reflect the broad training of an undergraduate physics
degree. Our major is designed to provide an effective
preparation in the critical thinking and quantitative
skills that are foundations for a wide range of
post-baccalaureate options. Perhaps the best evidence
that an undergraduate physics degree broadens career
options is provided by a sampling of activities
and careers
pursued by recent Wellesley Physics alumnae. A more
complete list of physics alums and what they have been up
to since graduating from Wellesley can be found at our
Alumnae
Directory.
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