Research Interests of the Physics Faculty
- Chih-Yung Chen — Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Solid-state physics, including electromagnetic and optical properties of high-temperature superconductors and semiconductors
- Thomas D. Donnelly — Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Experimental ultrafast physics and fluid dynamics
- James C. Eckert — Ph.D., University of Southern California
Magnetic materials and magnetic heterostructures
- Adam Edwards — Ph.D., Stanford University
Experimental particle physics
- Ann Esin — Ph.D., Harvard University
Theoretical astrophysics and observational astronomy
- Richard C. Haskell — Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Biophysics and biomedical optics, including imaging of biological tissue, optical coherence microscopy/tomography, developmental biology of plants and animals
- Theresa W. Lynn — Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Quantum optics and atomic physics
- Gregory A. Lyzenga — Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Geophysics, including observational study of crustal deformation and earthquakes using geodetic, seismological and gravimetric methods; computer simulation of tectonic processes. Solar system astronomy.
- Peter N. Saeta — Ph.D., Harvard University
Nonlinear optics, condensed matter, ultrafast phenomena
- Vatche Sahakian — Ph.D., University of Chicago
String theory
- Patricia D. Sparks — Ph.D., Cornell University
Solid state physics, including study of the optical properties of metals and interfaces
- John S. Townsend — Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Theoretical particle physics; quantum field theory
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