Physics Faculty
Ana Laura El铆as 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 moir茅 engineering
- Raman spectroscopy
Pegor Aynajian
Associate Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Emerging quantum phenomena in correlated and topological quantum materials
- Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
Eric J. Cotts
Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Condensed matter physics
- interfacial phenomena
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
Alexey Kolmogorov
Professor, Graduate Director
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests
- Computational condensed matter physics
- Design of superconducting, topological and battery materials
- 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; Director of Undergraduate Advising
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
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
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
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
Adjunct Faculty
Itsuko S. Suzuki
Adjunct Lecturer
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Erik Weiler
Adjunct Lecturer
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Teaching Faculty
View Full Profile Peter Breiding
Lecturer
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy