Physics & Astronomy

Graduate Faculty

Faculty Member		Contact Information	Selected Research Interests
	Bader, Samuel Adjunct Professor, joint with Argonne Nat Lab	Bldg 223, Argonne 630-252-4960 bader	Experimental studies of magnetic surfaces and films, ferromagnetic-superconducting multilayers, laterally confined nanomagnets, bio-inspired self-assembly of magnetic nanostructures.

	Bedzyk, Michael Professor, joint with Materials Science	2036 MLS Building 847-491-3570 bedzyk	Materials science, x-ray studies of semiconductor multilayers, characterization of thin films and water/crystalline interfaces. Bedzyk Research Page

	Buchholz, David Professor	Tech F117 847-491-5454 or 5463 dbuchholz	Elementary particle physics, experimental investigation of QCD via high-energy proton-antiproton collisions. Elementary Particle Physics Page \| Buchholz Personal Page

	Chandrasekhar, Venkat Department Chair and Professor	Tech F125 847-491-3444 or 467-3036 v-chandrasekhar	Quantum mechanics of mesoscopic systems, transport and magnetic properties of small particles, low-temperature scanning-force microscopy. Mesoscopic Physics Page

	de Gouvêa, André Assistant Professor	Tech F325 847-467-6462 degouvea	Theory of neutrino oscillations, lepton number non-conservation in the Big Bang, dark matter. de Gouvêa Research Page

	Dutta, Pulak Professor	Tech F121 847-491-5465 or 3477 pdutta	Nanoscale order in soft materials, surfaces and interfaces, X-ray scattering studies of self-assembled molecular monolayers and multilayers. Dutta Research Page

	Ellis, Donald Professor, joint with Chemistry	Tech F312 847-491-3665 or 4223 don-ellis	Numerical calculation of the properties of materials, including composite structural materials, electroceramics, and bioceramics. Ellis Research Page

	Freeman, Arthur Morrison Professor	Tech F275 847-491-3343 ajf328 @northwestern.edu	First-principles simulations of complex materials, including the structural, electronic, magnetic, optical and mechanical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators.

	Garg, Anupam Professor	Tech F327 847-491-3229 agarg	Spin tunneling in magnetic molecules, the semiclassical limit for spin, macroscopic quantum phenomena, quantum computing.

	Gobbi, Bruno Professor	Tech FG60 847-491-5467 or 5463 b-gobbi @northwestern.edu	Electroweak phenomena, development and construction of advanced particle detectors, Higgs particle searches. Elementary Particle Physics Page

	Halperin, William John Evans Professor	Tech F126 847-491-3686 or 8615 w-halperin	Ultra-low-temperature physics, high-magnetic-field NMR studies of high-Tc superconductors, fluid transport in porous media. Low-Temperature Page \| NMR Page

	Kalogera, Vicky Associate Professor	Dearborn 14 847-491-5669 vicky	Gravitational waves, X-ray emission from compact binary objects (white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes), coalescence of neutron star binaries. Kalogera Research Page

	Ketterson, John Fayerweather Professor joint with Electrical Engr	Tech FG21 847-491-5468 or 5453 j-ketterson	Superlattices; conventional and high-Tc superconductors; Langmuir-Blodgett and other organic films; scanning-electron and atomic-force microscopy; nonlinear optical materials. Ketterson Research Page

	Kumar, Prem Professor, joint with Electrical Engineering	Tech M392 847-491-4128 kumarp	Quantum communications and computing, nonlinear and quantum optics, fiber-optic communications, all-optical networks. Kumar Research Page

	Low, Ian Assistant Professor, joint with Argonne Nat Lab	Tech F332 847-467-2618 ilow	Theoretical particle physics.

	Marko, John Professor joint with BMBCB	Tech F319 847-467-7291 john-marko	Applications of statistical mechanics and polymer physics to biophysical problems. Marko Research Page

	Meyer, David Koldyke Professor	Dearborn 6 847-491-4516 davemeyer	High signal-to-noise spectroscopy of interstellar and extragalactic absorption lines, small-scale structures in diffuse galactic clouds. Meyer Research Page

	Motter, Adilson Assistant Professor	Tech F323 847-491-4611 motter	Theory of complex systems, nonlinear phenomena, statistical physics. Motter Research Page

	Norman, Mike Adjunct Professor, joint with Argonne Nat Lab	Bldg 223, Argonne 630-252-3518 norman	Theory of unconventional superconductivity, strongly correlated electron materials, high Tc superconductivity, quantum critical phenomena, quantum phase transitions

	Novak, Giles Professor	Dearborn 9B 847-491-8645 g-novak	Large-scale galactic magnetic fields, magnetic fields in the vicinity of low-mass protostars, gas turbulence in molecular clouds. Novak Research Page

	Oakes, Robert Professor	Tech F146A 847-491-5458 r-oakes	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.

	Odom, Brian Assistant Professor	Tech F315 847-467-5452 b-odom	Experiments on mK trapped molecular ions to search for changing fundamental constants, observe parity violation in chiral matter, and explore quantum effects in chemical reactions below 1 K Odom Research Page

	Rasio, Frederic Professor	Tech F321 847-467-3419 rasio	Dynamical evolution of dense star clusters, massive black hole formation, coalescing compact binaries, gravitational wave astrophysics, extrasolar planetary systems. Rasio Research Page

	Rosen, Jerome Professor	Tech F122 847-491-5457 rosen	Experimental measurements of high-energy proton-antiproton collisions to examine the properties of quarks.

	Sauls, James Professor	Tech F331 847-491-8624 sauls	Theory of quantum fluids, strongly correlated metals, and systems with disorder; complex symmetry breaking in superfluids, heavy-fermion materials, and high-temperature superconductors. Sauls Research Page

	Schellman, Heidi Professor	Tech F317 847-491-8608 h-schellman	Interactions of quarks and leptons, decay of weak vector bosons, high-intensity neutrino experiments, cosmological high-energy physics. Schellman Research Page

	Schmitt, Michael Associate Professor	Tech F113 847-467-6593 schmittm	Electroweak behavior in the Standard Model, searches for new elementary particles and new particle interactions, detector technology. Schmitt Research Page

	Segel, Ralph Professor Emeritus	Tech F146B 847-491-5459 ralph	Experimental study of the spin structure of nucleons, heavy-ion physics.

	Seideman, Tamar Professor, joint with Chemistry	4016 Nano Building 847-467-4979 seideman	Molecular electronics, current-driven nanochemistry, interaction of matter with intense fields, photomanipulation of molecular modes. Seideman Research Page

	Seth, Kamal Professor	Tech F123 847-491-4050 or 8630 kseth	Experimental study of exotic combinations of elementary particles, especially hybrids of valence quarks and gluons, glueballs, and charmonium. Seth Research Page

	Shahriar, Selim Professor, joint with Electrical Engineering	Tech M24 847-491-5306 shahriar	Gravity wave detection, measurement of frame dragging, cooling and trapping of neutral atoms, quantum computing, optical communication, polarimetric imaging, optical coherence tomography. Shahriar Research Page

	Solla, Sara Professor, joint with Physiology	Tech F322 847-467-5080 solla	Neural networks, generalization abilities in adaptive systems, pattern recognition, motor control, advanced statistical mechanics.

	Taam, Ron Professor	Dearborn 10 847-491-7528 r-taam	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

	Tait, Tim Assistant Professor, joint with Argonne Nat Lab	Tech F224 847-491-3236 tait	Theoretical particle physics.

	Ulmer, Melville Professor	Dearborn 3 847-491-5633 m-ulmer2	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

	Velasco, Mayda Associate Professor	Tech F119 847-467-7099 mvelasco	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

	Vinokur, Valerii Adjunct Professor, joint with Argonne Nat Lab	Bldg 223, Argonne 630-252-3765 vinokur	Theory of disordered media, nonequilibrium dynamics, mesoscopic superconductivity and magnetism, spintronics, electronic transport in low-dimensional systems, soft condensed matter, granular materials.

	Yuen, Horace Professor, joint with Electrical Engineering	Tech M322 847-491-7335 h-yuen	Theory of quantum optics, quantum communications, quantum measurement and the foundations of quantum physics, new quantum devices, quantum cryptography.

	Yusef-Zadeh, Farhad Professor	Tech F115 847-491-8147 zadeh	Study of the massive black hole Sgr A* at the center of the galaxy, supernova remnant masers, protostellar formation within evolved HII regions.