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Physics & Astronomy Graduate Faculty | |||
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Bader, Samuel Adjunct Professor, joint with Argonne Nat Lab |
Bldg 223, Argonne 630-252-4960 bader@anl.gov |
Experimental studies of magnetic surfaces and films, ferromagnetic-superconducting multilayers, laterally confined nanomagnets, bio-inspired self-assembly of magnetic nanostructures. |
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Bedzyk, Michael Professor, joint with Materials Science |
2036 MLS Building 847-491-3570 bedzyk@northwestern.edu |
Materials science, x-ray studies of semiconductor multilayers, characterization of thin films and water/crystalline interfaces. Bedzyk Research Page |
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Buchholz, David Professor |
Tech F117 847-491-5454 or 5463 dbuchholz@northwestern.edu |
Elementary particle physics, experimental investigation of QCD via high-energy proton-antiproton collisions. Elementary Particle Physics Page | Buchholz Personal Page |
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Cao, Hui Adjunct Professor |
Off-Campus 847-467-5452 h-cao@northwestern.edu |
Optical processes in nano-structures, photon localization, coherent light generation in active random media, microlaser fabrication. Cao Research Page |
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Chandrasekhar, Venkat Department Chair Professor |
Tech F125 847-491-3444 or 467-3036 v-chandrasekhar@northwestern.edu |
Quantum mechanics of mesoscopic systems, transport and magnetic properties of small particles, low-temperature scanning-force microscopy. Mesoscopic Physics Page |
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de Gouvêa, André Assistant Professor |
Tech F124 847-467-6462 degouvea@northwestern.edu |
Theory of neutrino oscillations, lepton number non-conservation in the Big Bang, dark matter. de Gouvêa Research Page |
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Dutta, Pulak Professor |
Tech F114 847-491-5465 or 3477 pdutta@northwestern.edu |
Nanoscale order in soft materials, surfaces and interfaces, X-ray scattering studies of self-assembled molecular monolayers and multilayers. Dutta Research Page |
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Ellis, Donald Professor, joint with Chemistry |
Tech F312 847-491-3665 or 4223 don-ellis@northwestern.edu |
Numerical calculation of the properties of materials, including composite structural materials, electroceramics, and bioceramics. Ellis Research Page |
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Freeman, Arthur Morrison Professor |
Tech F275 847-491-3343 art@freeman.phys.northwestern.edu |
First-principles simulations of complex materials, including the structural, electronic, magnetic, optical and mechanical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators. |
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Garg, Anupam Professor |
Tech F108 847-491-3229 agarg@northwestern.edu |
Spin tunneling in magnetic molecules, the semiclassical limit for spin, macroscopic quantum phenomena, quantum computing. |
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Gobbi, Bruno Professor |
Tech FG60 847-491-5467 or 5463 bruno@nuhep1.phys.northwestern.edu |
Electroweak phenomena, development and construction of advanced particle detectors, Higgs particle searches. Elementary Particle Physics Page |
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Halperin, William John Evans Professor |
Tech F126 847-491-3686 or 8615 w-halperin@northwestern.edu |
Ultra-low-temperature physics, high-magnetic-field NMR studies of high-temperature superconductors, fluid transport in porous media. Low-Temperature Page | NMR Page |
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Kalogera, Vicky Associate Professor |
Dearborn 14 847-491-5669 vicky@northwestern.edu |
Gravitational waves, X-ray emission from compact binary objects (white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes), coalescence of neutron star binaries. Kalogera Research Page |
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Ketterson, John Fayerweather Professor joint with Electrical Engr |
Tech F121 847-491-5468 or 5453 j-ketterson@northwestern.edu |
Superlattices; heavy-fermion, conventional, and high-Tc superconductors; Langmuir-Blodgett and other organic films; scanning-electron and atomic-force microscopy; nonlinear optical and excitonic materials. |
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Kumar, Prem Professor, joint with Electrical Engineering |
Tech M392 847-491-4128 kumarp@northwestern.edu |
Quantum communications and computing, nonlinear and quantum optics, fiber-optic communications, all-optical networks. Kumar Research Page |
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Low, Ian Assistant Professor, joint with Argonne Nat Lab |
Tech F222 847-467-2618 ilow@northwestern.edu |
Theoretical particle physics |
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Marko, John Professor joint with BMBCB |
Tech F319 847-467-7291 john-marko@northwestern.edu |
Applications of statistical mechanics and polymer physics to biophysical problems. Marko Research Page |
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Meyer, David Koldyke Professor |
Dearborn 6 847-491-4516 davemeyer@northwestern.edu |
High signal-to-noise spectroscopy of interstellar and extragalactic absorption lines, small-scale structures in diffuse galactic clouds. Meyer Research Page |
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Motter, Adilson Assistant Professor |
Tech F323 847-491-4611 motter@northwestern.edu |
Theory of complex systems, nonlinear phenomena, statistical physics. Motter Research Page |
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Norman, Mike Adjunct Professor, joint with Argonne Nat Lab |
Bldg 223, Argonne 630-252-3518 norman@anl.gov |
Theory of unconventional superconductivity, strongly correlated electron materials, high Tc superconductivity, quantum critical phenomena, quantum phase transitions |
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Novak, Giles Professor |
Dearborn 9B 847-491-8645 g-novak@northwestern.edu |
Large-scale galactic magnetic fields, magnetic fields in the vicinity of low-mass protostars, gas turbulence in molecular clouds. Novak Research Page |
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Oakes, Robert Professor |
Tech F146A 847-491-5458 r-oakes@northwestern.edu |
Decay constants of beauty and charmed mesons, QCD supersymmetric and electroweak corrections to heavy-quark and Higgs meson production in electron-positron annihilation, charmed-meson semileptonic decays. |
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Rasio, Frederic Professor |
Tech F321 847-467-3419 rasio@northwestern.edu |
Dynamical evolution of dense star clusters, massive black hole formation, coalescing compact binaries, gravitational wave astrophysics, extrasolar planetary systems. Rasio Research Page |
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Rosen, Jerome Professor |
Tech F122 847-491-5457 rosen@nuhep1.phys.northwestern.edu |
Experimental measurements of high-energy proton-antiproton collisions to examine the properties of quarks. |
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Sauls, James Professor |
Tech F120 847-491-8624 sauls@northwestern.edu |
Theory of quantum fluids, strongly correlated metals, and systems with disorder; complex symmetry breaking in superfluids, heavy-fermion materials, and high-temperature superconductors. |
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Schellman, Heidi Professor |
Tech F226 847-491-8608 h-schellman@northwestern.edu |
Interactions of quarks and leptons, decay of weak vector bosons, high-intensity neutrino experiments, cosmological high-energy physics. Schellman Research Page |
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Schmitt, Michael Associate Professor |
Tech F113 847-467-6593 schmittm@lotus.phys.northwestern.edu |
Electroweak behavior in the Standard Model, searches for new elementary particles and new particle interactions, detector technology. Schmitt Research Page |
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Segel, Ralph Professor Emeritus |
Tech F146B 847-491-5459 ralph@lotus.phys.northwestern.edu |
Experimental study of the spin structure of nucleons, heavy-ion physics. |
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Seideman, Tamar Professor, joint with Chemistry |
4016 Nano Building 847-467-4979 seideman@chem.northwestern.edu |
Molecular electronics, current-driven nanochemistry, interaction of matter with intense fields, photomanipulation of molecular modes. Seideman Research Page |
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Seth, Kamal Professor |
Tech F123 847-491-4050 or 8630 kseth@northwestern.edu |
Experimental study of exotic combinations of elementary particles, especially hybrids of valence quarks and gluons, glueballs, and charmonium. Seth Research Page |
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Solla, Sara Professor, joint with Physiology |
Tech F322 847-467-5080 solla@northwestern.edu |
Neural networks, generalization abilities in adaptive systems, pattern recognition, motor control, advanced statistical mechanics. |
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Taam, Ron Professor |
Dearborn 10 847-491-7528 r-taam@northwestern.edu |
Hydrodynamics of gas flows, close binary-star systems, propagation and ignition of nuclear burning fronts in stars, x-ray bursts from neutron stars. Theoretical Astrophysics Page |
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Tait, Tim Assistant Professor, joint with Argonne Nat Lab |
Tech F224 847-491-3236 tait@northwestern.edu |
Theoretical particle physics. |
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Ulmer, Melville Professor |
Dearborn 3 847-491-5633 m-ulmer2@northwestern.edu |
Development of X-ray mirrors, development of ultraviolet detectors based on GaN, matter distribution in galactic clusters, transient hard X-ray sources. Ulmer Research Page |
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Velasco, Mayda Associate Professor |
Tech F119 847-467-7099 mvelasco@lotus.phys.northwestern.edu |
Matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe, physics beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics, development of beam instrumentation and multi-TeV electron/positron and gamma/gamma ray colliders. Velasco Research Page |
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Vinokur, Valerii Adjunct Professor, joint with Argonne Nat Lab |
Bldg 223, Argonne 630-252-3765 vinokur@anl.gov |
Theory of disordered media, nonequilibrium dynamics, mesoscopic superconductivity and magnetism, spintronics, electronic transport in low-dimensional systems, soft condensed matter, granular materials. |
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Yuen, Horace Professor, joint with Electrical Engineering |
Tech M322 847-491-7335 h-yuen@northwestern.edu |
Theory of quantum optics, quantum communications, quantum measurement and the foundations of quantum physics, new quantum devices, quantum cryptography. |
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Yusef-Zadeh, Farhad Professor |
Tech F115 847-491-8147 zadeh@northwestern.edu |
Study of the massive black hole Sgr A* at the center of the galaxy, supernova remnant masers, protostellar formation within evolved HII regions. Zadeh Research Page |
