University of Wisconsin - Madison

J. C. Sprott

Department of Physics

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Presented at

Southeast University

In Nanjing, China

On April 8, 2008

Madison, Wisconsin

Facts about UW - Madison

• Founded in 1848

• Campus occupies 3.7 km2

• Student enrollment 42,000

• Faculty members 2,054

• Annual budget $ 2.2 × 109

• International students 10% (5% Asian)

• Research ranking (US public) 3rd in expenses

The Physics Building

Physics Department Research Groups• Astrophysics• Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics• Biophysics & Condensed Matter Physics• Cosmology• Chaos and Complex Systems• Experimental Neutrino Physics• High Energy Physics• High Energy Phenomenology• Nuclear Physics• Plasma Physics• Particle Theory• Quantum Computing• String Theory

The Wonders of Physics