AP Faculty
Plasma Physics Faculty
Allen H. Boozer
plasma theory, theory of magnetic confinement for fusion energy, nonlinear dynamics
Michael E. Mauel
plasma physics, waves & instabilities, fusion & equilibrium control; space physics; plasma processing, international energy policy
Gerald A. Navratil
plasma physics, plasma diagnostics, fusion energy science
Thomas S. Pedersen
plasma physics, magnetic confinement, fusion energy, plasma turbulence, non-neutral plasmas, positron-electron plasmas
Amiya K. Sen
plasma physics, fluctuations & anomalous transport in plasmas, control of plasma instabilities, plasma transport
Solid State Physics/Optical & Laser Physics Faculty
William Bailey
nanoscale magnetic films and heterostructures, materials issues in
spin-polarized transport, materials engineering of magnetic dynamics
Simon Billinge
nanoscale structure-property relationships in functional nanomaterials
studied using novel x-ray and neutron scattering techniques coupled
with advanced computing; solving the nanostructure problem
Dirk Englund
quantum optics in photonic nanostructures; integrated photonic crystal devices and networks for quantum information processing and advanced optoelectronic devices based on cavity quantum electrodynamics
Irving P. Herman
nanocrystals, optical spectroscopy of nanostructured materials, laser
diagnostics of thin film processing, mechanical properties of
nanomaterials
Philip Kim
experimental
condensed matter physics, physical properties and applications of
nanoscale low-dimensional materials; quantum thermal transport
phenomena in 1-dimensional nanoscaled materials, mesoscopic
thermoelectricity and thermoelectric applications of nanoscale
materials, quantum transport in novel 2-dimensional materials,
mesoscopic electron transport and thermodynamic processes for sensors
and electric devices
Chris Marianetti
predicting materials properties from first-principles computations; materials with energy related applications; density-functional theory; dynamical mean-field theory; transition-metal oxides; actinides, energy storage and conversion materials
Thomas C. Marshall (Emeritus)
accelerator concepts, relativistic beams and radiation, free-electron lasers
Richard M. Osgood
nanoscale optical and electronic phenomena (experimental &
computational), femtosecond lasers and laser probing, low-dimensional
physics, integrated optics, nanofabrication and materials growth
I.C. Noyan
characterization and modeling of mechanical and micromechanical
deformation; residual stress analysis & nondestructive testing;
x-ray & neutron diffraction, microdiffraction analysis
Aron Pinczuk
spectroscopy of semiconductors & insulators, quantum structures,
systems of reduced dimensions, atomic layers of graphene, electron
quantum fluids
Malvin A. Ruderman
theoretical astrophysics, neutron stars, pulsars, early universe, cosmic gamma rays
Horst Stormer
semiconductors, electronic transport, lower-dimensional physics, transport in nanostructures
Latha Venkataraman
single molecule transport, single molecule force spectroscopy, electron
transport in nanowires, scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
Wen Wang
heterostructure devices & physics, materials properties, molecular beam epitaxy