Physics Faculty

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

Pegor Aynajian
Associate Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Superconductivity and emerging quantum phenomena in strongly correlated electrons systems

Eric J. Cotts
Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Condensed matter physics
- interfacial phenomena

Alexey Kolmogorov
Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Computational Materials Physics
- Development of Energy Materials from First Principles
- Machine Learning and Evolutionary Optimization

Michael J. Lawler
Associate Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Condensed matter physics

Wei-Cheng Lee
Associate Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Condensed matter theory
- Non-perturbative approaches for correlated materials
- Quantum criticality

Stephen L. Levy
Chair; Associate Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Biophysics and Nanofluidics

Elena Roxana Margine
Associate Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Materials modelling
- First-principles calculations
- Phonon-limited superconductivity
- Carrier transport
- Sustainable software development

Zhong Lin
Assistant Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Experimental condensed matter physics and materials physics
- Quantum materials with layered structures

Jeffrey Mativetsky
Director of Materials Science and Engineering; Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering; Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Organic Electronics and Solar Cells
- Nanomaterials
- Nanoscale Electrical Property Mapping

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

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

Masatsugu Suzuki
Professor; Director of Undergraduate Advising
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

Bruce E. White
Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Condensed matter physics
Adjunct Faculty
Itsuko S. Suzuki
Adjunct Lecturer
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Christopher A. Taylor
Adjunct Lecturer
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Erik Weiler
Adjunct Lecturer
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Faculty
Barbara Poliks
Research Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy