Physics
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Program Statement | Course Descriptions
Faculty and Professional Interests
Professor
Anthony N. Aguirre
Cosmology of the very early universe, inflation and the global structure of cosmological models, gravitation and black holes, foundations of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, information theory
Thomas Banks, Emeritus
David P. Belanger
Experimental condensed matter physics, phase transitions, random and frustrated systems, complex oxides, neutron and x-ray scattering
Frank G. Bridges, Emeritus
George Brown, Emeritus
Development of advanced physics and advanced astrophysics teaching laboratories
Sue A. Carter
Experimental condensed matter physics, polymer physics, molecular electronics, phase transitions, electronic and optical properties of materials
Joshua M. Deutsch
Theoretical condensed matter, biophysics, and statistical mechanics; quantum entropy and thermalization, biomolecules, polymers, magnetic systems, machine learning, gene networks, evolution, simulation methods
Michael Dine
Theory of elementary particles; elementary particle theory, Standard Model and beyond, especially supersymmetry, superstrings and cosmology
David E. Dorfan, Emeritus
George D. Gaspari, Emeritus
Howard E. Haber
Theoretical particle physics, theory of Higgs bosons and its and phenomenology at the LHC and future colliders, supersymmetry and other models of new physics beyond the Standard Model
Robert P. Johnson
Experimental high-energy particle physics and particle astrophysics; instrumentation for particle physics, astrophysics, and medical imaging; the NASA Fermi satellite mission, the NASA AESOP-Lite balloon experiment, and the Jefferson Laboratory Heavy Photon Search (HPS) experiment
David Lederman
Condensed matter physics/materials science, experimental; Director, Materials Science Initiative
Onuttom Narayan
Theoretical condensed matter physics, dynamics of granular and disordered systems
Michael Nauenberg, Emeritus
Jason Nielsen
Experimental high-energy particle physics with the ATLAS experiment at CERN, measurements of Higgs bosons and electroweak gauge bosons, searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model, particle detector development
Joel R. Primack, Emeritus
Cosmology, the nature of dark matter and dark energy, large scale structure of the universe, galaxy formation and evolution, and use of machine learning for these topics
Stefano Profumo
Cosmology, theory of particle physics and particle astrophysics
Arthur Ramirez
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
Steven Ritz
(SCIPP Director)
Particle physics and astrophysics
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 and nuclear instrumentation
Peter L. Scott , Emeritus
Abraham Seiden, Emeritus
Sriram 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
David M. Smith
High-energy radiation in thunderstorms, solar flares, and other natural phenomena; x-ray and gamma-ray detectors
Associate Professor
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
Tesla Jeltema
Cosmology, observational high energy astrophysics, particle astrophysics; research focuses on observational cosmology and particle astrophysics, including constraints on the nature of dark matter and dark energy and studies of the evolution of galaxies; formation and evolution of large-scale structure in the universe using observations covering a broad wavelength range and numerical simulations
Assistant Professor
Wolfgang Altmannshofer
Theoretical study of elementary-particle flavor physics both in the Standard Model of particle physics and in theories that transcend the Standard Model; uses modern techniques of quantum field theory to connect fundamental theories to contemporary experiments carried out at the largest particle colliders, such as the CERN LHC, as well as at fixed-target neutrino experiments, such as those being carried out at the Fermi National Accelerator laboratory
Stefania Gori
Theoretical study of physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, the physics of the recently discovered Higgs Boson, and particle dark matter; research connects deep theoretical topics to contemporary experiments carried out at the largest particle colliders, such as the CERN LHC, as well as at neutrino experiments, such as those being carried out at the Fermi National Accelerator laboratory
Michael Hance
Experimental particle physics; studies of fundamental particle interactions with the ATLAS experiment, particle-detector research and development, and sensitivity studies for current and future facilities
Jairo Velasco
Condensed matter experiment, novel materials; electronic structure and properties of low-dimensional materials; nanofabrication, low-temperature transport, and scanning tunneling microscopy; two-dimensional materials, such as graphene, boron nitride, transition metal dichalcogenides, and black phosphorus
Sergey Syzranov
Transport in disordered materials, localization-delocalization transitions, physics of topological and Dirac materials, strongly correlated systems, quantum information and decoherence, physics of trapped of ultracold gases
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Adjunct Professor
William Atwood
Peter Fischer
Alan Litke
Hendrik Ohldag
Hartmut F. Sadrozinski, Emeritus
Research and development of ultra-fast silicon detectors for application in particle physics, material sciences and medicine
Terry L. Schalk
David A. Williams
High-energy and particle astrophysics. Detectors for high-energy gamma rays
Research Faculty
Frank G. Bridges
Research focuses on understanding the role that the local structure (atomic level) plays in determining the macroscopic properties of crystalline materials.
Joel R. Primack
Cosmology, the nature of dark matter and dark energy, large scale structure of the universe, galaxy formation and evolution, and use of machine learning for these topics.
Abraham Seiden
Allan Peter Young
Lecturer
Stephanie Bailey
Modeling and simulation of human rights violations and health outcomes, public policy, health policy, health outcomes, stochastic and deterministic modeling, cancer research
Revised: 07/15/18
