2026 InnovationFest: Physics research highlights

The university-wide research showcase highlighted work across the disciplines.

May 8, 2026

InnovationFest

Seniors Logan Dempsey and Nick Rothwein gave participants an up-close-and-personal view of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), a microscopic roundworm. In their undergraduate-led biophysics laboratory, a collaboration between the departments of biology, anthropology and physics at CCAS, they’re doing interdisciplinary research on C. elegans’ learned response to thermal stimulation—work that could have a bearing on human issues like discomfort tolerance and chronic pain.

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