Physics Profile: Rachele Dominguez
To graduate student Rachele Dominguez, a physics education goes both ways.
Graduate Program in Physics
The Department of Physics offers programs leading to a Ph.D. in physics with an optional M.A. degree. Our research specialities include experimental particle physics, particle astrophysics, theoretical particle physics and cosmology, molecular biophysics, experimental biophysics, experimental condensed matter physics, theoretical quantum condensed matter physics statistical physics, polymer physics, and computational physics. There are numerous interdisciplinary opportunities, particularly with the School of Engineering and the Center for Photonics Research.
We have approximately 37 faculty and 110 graduate students; a typical incoming class is 15-25 students. Through a combination of teaching fellowships, research assistantships, and University fellowships the department provides full tuition scholarships, stipends, and student medical insurance for essentially all graduate students.
Boston University is a private university with a faculty of 4,094 and a student population of 32,485. The Department of Physics is centrally located on the main Charles River Campus. Major resources include the Scientific Instrumentation Facility machine shops, the engineers and technicians of the Electronics Design Facility, and the supercomputer clusters of the Center for Computational Science. Boston is a major metropolitan center of cultural, scholarly, scientific, and technological activity. Besides Boston University, there are many major academic institutions in the area and courses may sometimes be taken at neighboring schools. Seminars and colloquia are announced in the Boston Area Physics Calendar.
