Physics
2011-12 General Catalog
211 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building
(831) 459-3744
http://physics.ucsc.edu/
Program Description | Course Descriptions
Faculty and Professional Interests
Professor
Thomas Banks
String and particle theory, quantum gravity, and cosmology
David P. Belanger
Experimental condensed matter physics, phase transitions
Frank G. Bridges, Emeritus
George Brown, Emeritus
Sue A. Carter
Experimental condensed matter physics, polymer physics, molecular electronics, phase transitions, electronic and optical properties of materials
Joshua M. Deutsch
Condensed matter theory
Michael Dine
Theory of elementary particles
David E. Dorfan, Emeritus
George D. Gaspari, Emeritus
Howard E. Haber
Theory and phenomenology of fundamental particles and their interactions
Clemens A. Heusch, Emeritus
Robert P. Johnson
Experimental high-energy physics, astrophysics
Onuttom Narayan
Theoretical condensed matter physics
Michael Nauenberg, Emeritus
Joel R. Primack
Cosmology, galaxy, formation and evolution, particle astrophysics, nature of dark matter, gamma ray astronomy
Steven Ritz
Particle physics and astrophysics
Bruce Rosenblum, Emeritus
Matthew Sands, Emeritus
Zack Schlesinger
Experimental condensed matter physics, infrared and optical spectroscopy, strongly correlated electron systems, novel materials, negative thermal expansion, underconstraint and geometrical frustration
Bruce Schumm
Experimental particle physics
Peter L. Scott , Emeritus
Abraham Seiden
Experimental high-energy physics
B. Shastry
Condensed matter physics, strongly correlated matter, Mott-Hubbard physics, high Tc superconductivity, quantum magnetism, exactly integrable systems, exactly solvable models of many-body systems and in statistical mechanics, quantum chaos, geometric frustration
A. Peter Young
Condensed matter theory, statistical mechanics
Associate Professor
Anthony Aguirre
Cosmology of the early and late universe: inflation and the global structure of cosmological models; the intergalactic medium and its enrichment with heavy elements; galaxy formation, evolution, and feedback processes; dark matter; theories of modified gravity
David M. Smith
High-energy astrophysics; X-ray and gamma-ray detectors and instrumentation; solar, terrestrial, and planetary sources of gamma radiation
Assistant Professor
Gey-Hong Gweon
Experimental condensed matter physics
Tesla Jeltema
High-energy astrophysics and cosmology
Jason Nielsen
Experimental high-energy physics
Stefano Profumo
Theory of particle physics and particle astrophysics
Alexander Sher
Development of experimental techniques for recording and stimulation of activity at hundreds of neurons and use of these techniques to study neural function, structure, and development
Lecturer
Rachel Dewey
Astrophysics, radio astronomy, neutron stars, science education
Fred Kuttner
Foundations of quantum mechanics; physics education
Adriane Steinacker
Planet formation, MHD simulations
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Professor
George R. Blumenthal (Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Cosmology, galaxy formation, high-energy astrophysics
Wentai Liu (Electrical Engineering)
Retinal prosthesis, biomimetic systems, integrated neuro-electronics, molecular electronics, CMOS and SOI transceiver design, current mode band limited signaling, microelectronic sensor, timing/clock recovery and optimization, noise characterization and modeling, and computer vision/image processing
William G. Mathews, Emeritus
Richard Montgomery (Mathematics)
Celestial mechanics, differential geometry, gauge theory, mechanics (quantum and classical), and control theory
Arthur Ramirez (Dean, Baskin Engineering) (Electrical Engineering)
Experimental materials physics encompassing a broad range of systems including semiconductors, superconductors, magnets, thermoelectrics, and dielectrics. Research that connects materials and devices, with a focus on oxides and organics. Many-body physics that arises from geometrical frustration of low energy degrees of freedom. Techniques include ultra-low temperatures and high magnetic fields, thermodynamic and transport measurements, defect spectroscopy, and device characterization.
Ali Shakouri (Electrical Engineering)
Quantum electronics, nano- and microscale heat and current transport in semiconductor devices; thermoelectric/thermionic energy conversion; renewable energy sources; thermal imaging; micro-refrigerators on a chip; and optoelectronic integrated circuits
Associate Professor
Joel A. Kubby (Electrical Engineering)
Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS), adaptive optics, integrated optics, bio-MEMS
Assistant Professor
Pascale Garaud (Applied Mathematics and Statistics)
Astrophysics, geophysics, fluid dynamics, numerical resolutions of differential equations, and mathematical modeling of natural flows
Holger Schmidt (Electrical Engineering)
Integrated optics for biomedicine and quantum optics, nano-magento-optics, semiconductor physics, optoelectonic and photonic devices, ultrafast optics, quantum interference
Johannes Walcher (Mathematics)
String theory, mirror symmetry, mathematical and particle physics
Adjunct Professor
William Atwood
Donald Coyne, Emeritus
Alan Litke
Michael Riordan
Hartmut F.-W. Sadrozinski
Terry L. Schalk
David A. Williams
Research Physicist
Al Eisner, Emeritus
Vitaliy Fadeyev
Alexander Grillo
William Lockman
Troy Porter
Revised: 8/13/12
