Physics Faculty

Physics Faculty

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Ana Laura Elías Arriaga

Assistant Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials (2D atomically thin layers, graphene, carbon nanotubes, and related materials)
  • Hetero bilayers and moiré engineering
  • Raman spectroscopy
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Pegor Aynajian

Associate Professor, Graduate Director

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Emerging quantum phenomena in correlated and topological quantum materials
  • Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
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Lebing Chen

Assistant Professor, Simons Empire Faculty Fellow

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
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Eric Cotts

Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Condensed matter physics
  • interfacial phenomena
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Xuefeng Jiang

Assistant Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Nanophotonics and Integrated Photonics
  • Complex and Chaotic Photonics
  • Light-Matter Interactions
  • Non-Hermitian Physics
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Alexey Kolmogorov

Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Computational condensed matter physics
  • Design of superconducting, topological and battery materials
  • Machine learning and evolutionary optimization
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Michael Lawler

Associate Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Condensed matter physics
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Wei-Cheng Lee

Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Advising

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Condensed matter theory
  • Non-perturbative approaches for correlated materials
  • Quantum criticality

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Stephen Levy

Chair; Associate Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Biophysics and Nanofluidics
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Elena Roxana Margine

Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Materials modelling
  • First-principles calculations
  • Phonon-limited superconductivity
  • Carrier transport
  • Sustainable software development
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Zhong Lin

Assistant Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Experimental condensed matter physics and materials physics
  • Quantum materials with layered structures
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Jeffrey Mativetsky

Associate Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Director of Materials Science and Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Research Interests

  • Organic Electronics and Solar Cells
  • Nanomaterials
  • Nanoscale Electrical Property Mapping

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Bonggu Shim

Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Experimental research on high intensity, ultrashort laser-matter interactions; (harmonic generation and laser filamentation)
  • Theoretical research on laser-matter interactions using numerical simulations; (nonlinear Schrodinger equation, carrier-resolved unidirectional pulse propagation equation, and nonlinear envelope equation)
  • Research on laser microfabrication of energy storage devices
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Manuel Smeu

Associate Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Computational materials physics
  • Beyond Li-ion batteries
  • Molecular and nano-electronics
  • Mechanical properties of alloys
  • Photovoltaics
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Masatsugu Suzuki

Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Experimental solid state physics
  • properties of semimetals
  • graphite intercalation compounds
  • high-tc superconductors and low-dimensional magnetic systems
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Bruce White

Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Condensed matter physics
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Lun Yue

Assistant Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests

  • Theoretical attosecond and strong-field physics
  • Ultrafast electron dynamics in condensed matter and gases
  • Theory and method development for strong laser-matter interaction
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Kunyan Zhang

Assistant Professor

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Adjunct Faculty

Jon Nale

Adjunct Lecturer

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Itsuko Suzuki

Adjunct Lecturer

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Erik Weiler

Adjunct Lecturer

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Teaching Faculty

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Peter Breiding

Lecturer

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
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Emma Steinebronn

Lecturer

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy

Research Faculty