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PHYSICS 205

Senior Thesis Research

UNITS:1-12
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Graduate
GER:—

Long-term experimental or theoretical project and thesis in Physics under supervision of a faculty member. Planning of the thesis project is recommended to begin as early as middle of the junior year. Successful completion of a senior thesis requires a minimum of 3 units for a letter grade completed during the senior year, along with the other formal thesis and physics major requirements. Students doing research for credit prior to senior year should sign up for Physics PHYSICS 190. Prerequisites: superior work as an undergraduate Physics major and approval of the thesis application.

Syllabus for selected term:
View Autumn 2026 Syllabus

Sections

3 Terms
Independent Study 1Open
ID: 7883
0 / 30 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Allen, Steve
units
Independent Study 2Open
ID: 9727
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Lantz, Brian
units
Independent Study 3Open
ID: 9728
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Blandford, Roger
units
Independent Study 4Open
ID: 9729
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Bucksbaum, Philip
units
Independent Study 5Open
ID: 9730
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Burchat, Patricia
units
Independent Study 6Open
ID: 9731
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Choi, Joonhee
units
Independent Study 7Open
ID: 9732
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Cappelli, Mark
units
Independent Study 8Open
ID: 9733
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Chu, Steven
units
Independent Study 9Open
ID: 9734
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Dimopoulos, Savas
units
Independent Study 10Open
ID: 9735
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Feldman, Ben
units
Independent Study 11Open
ID: 9736
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Fisher, Ian
units
Independent Study 12Open
ID: 9737
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Goldhaber-Gordon, David
units
Independent Study 13Open
ID: 9738
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Bryant, Zev
units
Independent Study 14Open
ID: 9739
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Graham, Peter
units
Independent Study 15Open
ID: 9740
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Gratta, Giorgio
units
Independent Study 16Open
ID: 9741
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Hayden, Patrick
units
Independent Study 17Open
ID: 9742
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Hogan, Jason
units
Independent Study 18Open
ID: 9743
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Hollberg, Leo
units
Independent Study 19Open
ID: 9744
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Irwin, Kent
units
Independent Study 20Open
ID: 9745
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Kasevich, Mark
units
Independent Study 21Open
ID: 9746
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Khemani, Vedika
units
Independent Study 22Open
ID: 9747
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Kuo, Chao-Lin
units
Independent Study 23Open
ID: 9748
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Lev, Benjamin
units
Independent Study 24Open
ID: 9749
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Mabuchi, Hideo
units
Independent Study 25Open
ID: 9750
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Manoharan, Hari
units
Independent Study 26Open
ID: 9751
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Moler, Kathryn
units
Independent Study 27Open
ID: 9752
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Peskin, Michael
units
Independent Study 28Open
ID: 9753
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Petrosian, Vahe
units
Independent Study 29Open
ID: 9754
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Qi, Xiaoliang
units
Independent Study 30Open
ID: 9755
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Raghu, Srinivas
units
Independent Study 31Open
ID: 9756
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Raubenheimer, Tor
units
Independent Study 32Open
ID: 9757
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Romani, Roger
units
Independent Study 33Open
ID: 9758
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Roodman, Aaron
units
Independent Study 34Open
ID: 9759
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Safavi-Naeini, Amir
units
Independent Study 35Open
ID: 9760
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Schleier-Smith, Monika
units
Independent Study 36Open
ID: 9761
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Schwartzman, Ariel
units
Independent Study 37Open
ID: 9762
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Shen, Z-X
units
Independent Study 38Open
ID: 9763
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Silverstein, Eva
units
Independent Study 39Open
ID: 9764
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Stanford, Douglas
units
Independent Study 40Open
ID: 9765
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Susskind, Leonard
units
Independent Study 41Open
ID: 9766
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Suzuki, Yuri
units
Independent Study 42Open
ID: 9767
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Tompkins, Lauren
units
Independent Study 43Open
ID: 9768
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Vuckovic, Jelena
units
Independent Study 44Open
ID: 9769
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Wagoner, Robert
units
Independent Study 45Open
ID: 9770
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Wechsler, Risa
units
Independent Study 46Open
ID: 9771
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Wieman, Carl
units
Independent Study 47Open
ID: 12082
0 / 30 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Dixon, Lance
units
Independent Study 48Open
ID: 12106
0 / 30 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Ahmed, Zeeshan
units

PHYSICS 205: Senior Thesis Research

1-12 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit

Long-term experimental or theoretical project and thesis in Physics under supervision of a faculty member. Planning of the thesis project is recommended to begin as early as middle of the junior year. Successful completion of a senior thesis requires a minimum of 3 units for a letter grade completed during the senior year, along with the other formal thesis and physics major requirements. Students doing research for credit prior to senior year should sign up for Physics 190. Prerequisites: superior work as an undergraduate Physics major and approval of the thesis application.

Offered in Autumn 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Allen, Steve (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Kuo, Chao-Lin (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Lev, Benjamin (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Kasevich, Mark (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Khemani, Vedika (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hollberg, Leo (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Irwin, Kent (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hayden, Patrick (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hogan, Jason (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Graham, Peter (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Gratta, Giorgio (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Goldhaber-Gordon, David (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bryant, Zev (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Feldman, Ben (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Fisher, Ian (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Chu, Steven (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Dimopoulos, Savas (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Cappelli, Mark (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Choi, Joonhee (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Burchat, Patricia (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bucksbaum, Philip (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Blandford, Roger (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Lantz, Brian (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Susskind, Leonard (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Suzuki, Yuri (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Tompkins, Lauren (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Vuckovic, Jelena (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wagoner, Robert (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wechsler, Risa (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wieman, Carl (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Roodman, Aaron (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Romani, Roger (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Schleier-Smith, Monika (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Safavi-Naeini, Amir (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Shen, Z-X (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Schwartzman, Ariel (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Stanford, Douglas (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Silverstein, Eva (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Manoharan, Hari (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Mabuchi, Hideo (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Peskin, Michael (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Moler, Kathryn (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Qi, Xiaoliang (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Petrosian, Vahe (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Raubenheimer, Tor (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Raghu, Srinivas (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Ahmed, Zeeshan (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Dixon, Lance (Graduate)

Winter 2027 sections

  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Allen, Steve (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Dimopoulos, Savas (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Feldman, Ben (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Fisher, Ian (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Goldhaber-Gordon, David (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Lantz, Brian (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Cappelli, Mark (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Chu, Steven (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Dixon, Lance (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hogan, Jason (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hollberg, Leo (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Irwin, Kent (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Kasevich, Mark (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bryant, Zev (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Graham, Peter (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Gratta, Giorgio (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hayden, Patrick (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Moler, Kathryn (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Manoharan, Hari (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Clark, Susan (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Ahmed, Zeeshan (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Kuo, Chao-Lin (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Khemani, Vedika (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Mabuchi, Hideo (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Lev, Benjamin (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Romani, Roger (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Raubenheimer, Tor (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Safavi-Naeini, Amir (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Roodman, Aaron (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Petrosian, Vahe (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Peskin, Michael (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Raghu, Srinivas (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Qi, Xiaoliang (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Burchat, Patricia (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bucksbaum, Philip (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Blandford, Roger (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Devakul, Trithep (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Shen, Z-X (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Silverstein, Eva (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Schleier-Smith, Monika (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Schwartzman, Ariel (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Suzuki, Yuri (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Tompkins, Lauren (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Stanford, Douglas (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Susskind, Leonard (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wechsler, Risa (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wieman, Carl (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Vuckovic, Jelena (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wagoner, Robert (Graduate)

Spring 2027 sections

  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Allen, Steve (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Ahmed, Zeeshan (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Stifter, Kelly (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Peskin, Michael (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Petrosian, Vahe (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Lev, Benjamin (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Mabuchi, Hideo (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Manoharan, Hari (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Irwin, Kent (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Kasevich, Mark (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Khemani, Vedika (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Kuo, Chao-Lin (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Gratta, Giorgio (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hayden, Patrick (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hogan, Jason (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hollberg, Leo (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Goldhaber-Gordon, David (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Fisher, Ian (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Graham, Peter (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Good, Benjamin (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Clark, Susan (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Cappelli, Mark (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Feldman, Ben (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Dimopoulos, Savas (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bucksbaum, Philip (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Blandford, Roger (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Lantz, Brian (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Burchat, Patricia (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Devakul, Trithep (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Qi, Xiaoliang (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Raghu, Srinivas (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Raubenheimer, Tor (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Romani, Roger (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Roodman, Aaron (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Safavi-Naeini, Amir (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Schleier-Smith, Monika (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Schwartzman, Ariel (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Shen, Z-X (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Silverstein, Eva (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Stanford, Douglas (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Susskind, Leonard (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Suzuki, Yuri (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Tompkins, Lauren (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Vuckovic, Jelena (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wagoner, Robert (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wieman, Carl (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wechsler, Risa (Graduate)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Tanaka, Hirohisa (Graduate)

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