Research2

Astrophysics

• Direct Searches for dark matter — Phil Barbeau
• Geometric analysis with applications to general relativity and the large-scale geometry of spacetimes — Hubert Bray
• Gravitational lensing, black holes — Arlie Petters
• String theory — Ronen Plesser
• Astrophysical neutrinos — Kate Scholberg
• Particle-Astrophysics and Cosmology — Chris Walter

Biological Physics

• Molecular mechanisms and the evolution of switches and oscillators in gene networks; systems biology; comparative genomics — Nick Buchler
• The transduction of light to vibrations to heat and pressure in biological systems and how biology harnesses physical mechanisms during pattern formation in early Drosophila development — Glenn Edwards
• Electronic transport in carbon nanotubes and graphene; Inorganic nanostructures based on self-assembled DNA scaffolds — Gleb Finkelstein
• Theoretical neurobiology in collaboration with Dr. Richard Mooney's experimental group on birdsong — Henry Greenside
• Measurement of the neutron-neutron scattering length, carbon and nitrogen accumulation and translocation in plants — Calvin Howell
• Organization and function of complex dynamical networks, especially biological networks, including electronic circuits and social interaction networks — Joshua Socolar
• Novel pulsed techniques, using controlled radiation fields to alter dynamics; ultrafast laser spectroscopy or nuclear magnetic resonance — Warren Warren

Condensed Matter Physics

• Theory of quantum phenomena at the nanometer scale; many-body effects in quantum dots and wires; conduction through single molecules; quantum computing; quantum phase transitions — Harold Baranger
• Quantum many-body theory, strongly correlated systems, entanglement, phase transitions, response functions, nonequilibrium phenomena, simulation using DMRG and tensor network states — Thomas Barthel
• Experiments on instabilities and pattern formation in fluids; flow, jamming, and stress patterns in granular materials — Robert Behringer
• Molecular underpinnings of energy harvesting and charge transport in biology; the mechanism of solar energy capture and conversion in man-made structures — David Beratan
• Theoretical studies of quantum phase transitions using quantum Monte Carlo methods; lattice QCD — Shailesh Chandrasekharan
• Experiments on quantum transport at low temperature; one-dimensional superconductivity; dilute magnetic semiconductor quantum dots; Hall probe scanning — Albert Chang
• In- and out-of-equilibrium dynamical properties of self-assembly. Important phenomena, such as colloidal microphase formation, protein aggregation — Patrick Charbonneau
• Nanoscale/microscale computing systems & Quantum Information — Stefano Curtarolo
• Experiments on quantum transport at low temperature; carbon nanotubes; Kondo effect; cryogenic scanning microscopy; self-assembled DNA template — Gleb Finkelstein
• Exploring novel phenomena in quantum magnets and superconductors by means of neutron and x-ray scattering techniques; Investigating quantum critical phenomena at extreme environmental conditions.  Materials by Design: synthesis, single crystal growth and characterization — Sara Haravifard
• Mathematical analysis and algorithm development for problems from computational physics, theoretical chemistry, material sciences and others — Jianfeng Lu
• Experiments in Nanophysics &  Condensed Matter Physics — Maiken H. Mikkelsen
• Theory of dynamics of complex networks;  Modeling of gene regulatory networks;  Structure formation in colloidal systems;  Tiling theory and nonperiodic long-range order — Joshua Socolar
• Theory, simulation and characterization of unique electromagnetic structures, including photonic crystals and metamaterials — David Smith
• Experiments on nonlinear dynamics of currents in semiconductors — Stephen Teitsworth
• Developing methods for quantum mechanical calculations of large systems and carrying out quantum mechanical simulations of biological systems and nanostructures — Weitao Yang

Experimental Nuclear Physics

• Study of few nucleon systems with hadronic and gamma-ray probes — Mohammad Ahmed
• Experimental Nuclear & Particle Astro-Physics, Double Beta Decay, Neutrinos and Dark Matter — Philip Barbeau
• Neutron EDM, Precision measurement of proton charge radius, Polarized Compton scattering, neutron and proton transversity, search for phi-N bound state, polarized photodisintegration of 3He — Haiyan Gao
• Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) description of structure and reactions of few-nucleon systems, Big Bang and explosive nucleosynthesis, and applications of nuclear physics in biology, medicine and national security — Calvin Howell
• Weak-interaction physics, especially in double-beta decay studies and in neutrino oscillation physics using large scale detectors at the Kamland project in Japan — Werner Tornow
• Nonlinear dynamics of charged particle beams, coherent radiation sources, and the development of novel accelerators and light sources — Ying Wu

Geometry & Theoretical Physics

• String theory is hoped to provide a theory of all fundamental physics encompassing both quantum mechanics and general relativity — Paul Aspinwall
• Geometric analysis with applications to general relativity and the large-scale geometry of spacetimes — Hubert Bray
• String Theory, the most ambitious attempt yet at a comprehensive theory of the fundamental structure of the universe — Ronen Plesser
• Problems connected to the interplay of gravity and light (gravitational lensing, general relativity, astrophysics, cosmology) — Arlie Petters

High Energy Physics

• Searches for top quarks produced in massive particle decays, Jet substructure observable reconstruction, ATLAS detector simulation software framework — Ayana Arce

• Study of Nature's most massive particles, the W and Z bosons (carriers of the weak force) and the top quark — Alfred T. Goshaw
• Experimental elementary particle physics; instrumentation, Precisely measure the mass of the W boson, which is sensitive to the quantum mechanical effects of new particles or forces — Ashutosh Kotwal
• Higgs boson, production of vector boson pairs, and model-independent analysis techniques for new particle searches — Mark Kruse
• High mass di-lepton search, WW and WZ resonance search, A SUSY particle search, HEP detector R&D — Seog Oh
• Experimental particle physics and particle astrophysics; neutrino physics with beam, atmospheric and supernova neutrinos (Super-K, T2K, LBNE, HALO, SNEWS) — Kate Scholberg
• Experimental Particle Physics, Neutrino Physics, Particle-Astrophysics, Unification and CP Violation — Chris Walter

Imaging & Medical Physics

• Advanced imaging applications to improve diagnostic accuracy in clinical imaging, scientific assessment of image quality, developing lower cost imaging for the developing world — James T. Dobbins III
• Developing and applying hyperpolarized gases to enable fundamentally new applications in MRI — Bastian Driehuy
• Engineering physics required to extend the resolution of MR imaging and in a broad range of applications in the basic sciences — Allan Johnson
• Design and utilization of advanced imaging techniques aimed to achieve optimum interpretive, quantitative, and molecular performance — Ehsan Samei
• Novel pulsed techniques, using controlled radiation fields to alter dynamics; ultrafast laser spectroscopy or nuclear magnetic resonance — Warren Warren

Nonlinear & Complex Systems

• Experiments on instabilities and pattern formation in fluids; flow, jamming, and stress patterns in granular materials — Robert Behringer
• In- and out-of-equilibrium dynamical properties of self-assembly. Important phenomena, such as colloidal microphase formation, protein aggregation — Patrick Charbonneau
• Theory and simulations of spatiotemporal patterns in fluids; synchronization and correlations in neuronal activity associated with bird song — Henry Greenside
• Applied mathematics, nonlinear dynamics, complex system, fluid dynamics, computational sciences — Jian-Guo Liu
• Theory of dynamics of random networks with applications to gene regulation; stress patterns in granular materials; stabilization of periodic orbits in chaotic systems — Joshua Socolar
• Experiments on nonlinear dynamics of currents in semiconductors — Stephen Teitsworth
• Nonlinear dynamics of charged particle beams, coherent radiation sources, and the development of novel accelerators and light sources — Ying Wu

Quantum Optics/Ultra-cold Atoms

• Theoretical and numerical investigation of ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices, phase transitions, nonequilibrium, thermometry — Thomas Bartel
• Quantum Information & Integrated Nanoscale Systems — Jungsang Kim
• Experiments in Nanophysics &  Condensed Matter Physics — Maiken H. Mikkelsen

Theoretical Nuclear & Particle Physics

• Physics of the Quark-Gluon-Plasma (QGP) and ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions used to create such a QGP under controlled laboratory conditions — Steffen A. Bass
• Quantum Critical Behavior in Fermion Systems, Using the generalized fermion bag algorithm, Applications to Graphene and Unitary Fermi Gas — Shailesh Chandrasekharan
• Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and the application of effective field theory to  hadronic physics — Thomas Mehen
• Nuclear matter at extreme energy density; Quantum chromodynamics — Berndt Müller
• Weak interactions (the force responsible for nuclear beta decay) and quantum chromodynamics (QCD, the force that binds quarks into hadrons) — Roxanne P. Springer