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George F. Smoot

George F. Smoot

Dept of Physics

cosmology, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, observing our galaxy, the cosmic background radiation, ground-based radio-telescope observations, balloon-borne instrumentation, satellite experiments, the NASA cosmic background

Dept of Anthropology

Dept of History

History and anthropology of South Asia, social and cultural theory, history of imperialism, historiography, cultural studies, globalization

Picture of Professor Gray outside the physics department.

Dept of Physics

particle physics, machine learning, algorithms, quantum algorithms, general purpose computation on the GPU (GPGPU)

Levine standing in front of Fern Pines

Dept of History of Art

Buddhist visual culture, Eco Art History

Robert Birgeneau

Dept of Physics

Goldman School of Public Policy

physics, phase transition behavior of novel states of matter

Jonathan Wurtele

Jonathan Wurtele

Dept of Physics

physics, stability, plasma theory, advanced accelerator concepts, intense laser-plasma interaction, the basic equilibrium, radiation properties of intense charged particle beams, simulation and the development of proof-of-principle experiments

Dan Stamper-Kurn in laboratory

Dan Stamper-Kurn

Dept of Physics

atomic physics, the use of ultra-cold neutral atoms, studies of microscopic and macroscopic quantum phenomena, cavity quantum electrodynamics, Bose-Einstein condensation, precision and quantum measurement

Ethan Katz

Dept of History

Jewish history, modern France, empire, Jewish-Muslim relations, secularism

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Dept of History

social thought, social sciences in modern Japan, marxism, Japanese history, Japanese-Russian relations

Dept of History

inequality, financial crisis, central banking, economic history, early modern Europe

Sugata Ray

Dept of History of Art

Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies

climate change, early modern, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean, art history, environment, globalization, ecology, Eco Art History, global art history

A photograph of Abhishek Kaicker

Abhishek Kaicker

Dept of History

South Asia, Mughal, early modern, cities, history, Persian, India, politics, Asia

Peter B. Zinoman

Dept of History

Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vietnamese literature, Southeast Asian history, communism, nationalism, colonialism

Déborah A. Blocker

Early modern French and Italian literature, history and culture, Comparative literature cultural studies, Social and political history of literature, aesthetics, philology, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Archival Studies

Sandra Eder

Dept of History

gender, sexuality, medicine, science, US History 20th century, popular culture

Nikolaos Papazarkadas

Nikolaos Papazarkadas

Dept of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Greek epigraphy, Greek history, classics, archaeology, history of modern scholarship

Dept of History

20th century U.S. history, with a focus on political economy, civil rights, education, law, the west

Joel Moore

Dept of Physics

physics, condensed matter theory, electron-electron interactions, zero-temperature phase transitions, interaction effects in nanoscale devices, quantum phase transitions

Alexander von Rospatt

Alexander von Rospatt

Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies

ritual studies, Nepalese studies, Buddhist traditions of South Asia, doctrinal history, Newar Buddhism, art

John Clarke

Dept of Physics

nuclear magnetic resonance, physics, noise limitations, applications of superconducting quantum interference devices, low-transition temperature, axion detectors, sensing of magnetically-tagged biomolecules, nondestructive evaluation

Yuan Cao

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

physical electronics, micro/nano electro mechanical systems, physics

Dept of Physics

experimental study of quantum magnetism in nanostructures, condensed matter physics, materials science experimentation

William Holzpfel

William Holzapfel

Dept of Physics

cosmology, physics, measurement and interpretation of anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background, the universe, density of energy, baryonic matter in the universe, the degree angular scale interferometer, the arcminute cosmology bolometer array

Dept of History

history, East Asian studies, Qing and Modern China, Maritime Asia, Taiwan, Pacific Rim societies

Alex Zettl

Dept of Physics

physics, condensed matter physics, fullerenes, condensed matter experiments, characterize novel materials with unusual electronic and magnetic ground states, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures, superconductors, giant magnetoresistance materials, nanotubes, graphene, boron nitride nanostructures, neural probes, NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems)