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Primary and Joint Faculty
Ayana T. Arce
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor of Physics
ath11@duke.edu
Harold U. Baranger
Professor of Physics
harold.baranger@duke.edu
Baranger Group Page
Phillip S. Barbeau
Associate Professor of Physics
psbarbeau@phy.duke.edu
Barbeau Group
Thomas Barthel
Charles H. Townes Assistant Professor of Physics
barthel@phy.duke.edu
barthel.phy.duke.edu
Steffen A. Bass
Chair
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics
bass@duke.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Kenneth R Brown
Professor of Physics
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
kenneth.r.brown@duke.edu
Brown Lab
Nicolas Brunel
Professor of Physics
Duke School of Medicine Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience
nicolas.brunel@duke.edu
Neurobiology page
Marko Cetina
Assistant Professor of Physics
marko.cetina@duke.edu
Shailesh Chandrasekharan
Professor of Physics
Albert M. Chang
Professor of Physics
albert.chang@duke.edu
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~yingshe
Glenn S. Edwards
Professor of Physics
gedwards@phy.duke.edu
Gleb Finkelstein
Professor of Physics
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~gleb/
Haiyan Gao
Henry W. Newson Distinguished Professor of Physics
haiyan.gao@duke.edu
http://www.tunl.duke.edu/~mep
Henry Greenside
Professor of Physics
hsg@phy.duke.edu
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~hsg/
Sara Haravifard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
haravifard@phy.duke.edu
Calvin R. Howell
Professor of Physics
howell@tunl.duke.edu
http://www.tunl.duke.edu/Directory/Faculty/howell/
Jungsang Kim
Professor of Physics
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
jungsang@ee.duke.edu
Multifunctional Integrated Systems Technology Group
Ashutosh V. Kotwal
Fritz London Distinguished Professor of Physics
ashutosh.kotwal@duke.edu
First scientific presentation of W boson mass measurement in significant tensio…
Mark C. Kruse
Director of Graduate Studies
Professor in the Department of Physics
mkruse@duke.edu
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~mkruse/
Jian-Guo Liu
Professor of Physics
jian-guo.liu@duke.edu
http://www.math.duke.edu/~jliu/
Iman Marvian
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
iman.marvian@duke.edu
Homepage
Thomas C. Mehen
Professor of Physics
mehen@phy.duke.edu
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~mehen
Christopher R Monroe
Professor of Physics
Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor
c.monroe@duke.edu
Berndt Mueller
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Physics
muller@phy.duke.edu
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~muller/
Seog Oh
Professor of Physics
seog@phy.duke.edu
M. Ronen Plesser
Professor of Physics
plesser@cgtp.duke.edu
http://www.cgtp.duke.edu/~plesser/
Michael Rubinstein
Professor of Physics
Aleksandar S. Vesic Distinguished Professor
michael.rubinstein@duke.edu
Rubinstein Lab
Christoph F. Schmidt
Hertha Sponer Distinguished Professor of Physics
cfschmidt@phy.duke.edu
Schmidt lab
Kate Scholberg
Associate Chair
Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics
kate.scholberg@duke.edu
http://phy.duke.edu/~schol/
Daniel M. Scolnic
Assistant Professor of Physics
daniel.scolnic@duke.edu
Joshua Socolar
Professor of Physics
socolar@duke.edu
Roxanne P. Springer
Professor of Physics
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rps/
Stephen W. Teitsworth
Associate Professor of Physics
teitso@phy.duke.edu
Michael A. Troxel
Assistant Professor of Physics
michael.troxel@duke.edu
Anselm G. Vossen
Assistant Professor of Physics
anselm.vossen@duke.edu
Group Website
Christopher Walter
Professor of Physics
chris.walter@duke.edu
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~cwalter/
Warren S. Warren
Professor of Physics
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
warren.warren@duke.edu
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Ying Wu
Professor of Physics
wu@phy.duke.edu
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