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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

collisionless shock waves, magnetised plasmas, inertial confinement fusion, lasers, diagnostics

Ali Mesbah

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

model predictive control, learning-based control, low-temperature plasma processing, machine learning and control for plasmas, semiconductor manufacturing

Stuart Bale

Dept of Physics

experimental space physics, plasma astrophysics, solar physics, low frequency radio astronomy

Dept of Physics

physics, lasers, x-rays, plasma physics, materials, atomic physics, ultrafast science

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

Academic Research Unit

Mars atmosphere, planetary magnetism, MAVEN, solar wind, atmospheric escape

Joseph Orenstein in lab

Joseph Orenstein

Dept of Physics

optical properties of quantum materials, magnetism, superconductivity, spin transport

Dept of Physics

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

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

cellular morphogenesis, plasma membrane dynamics, microtubule cytoskeletons, cytoskeletal proteins, morphological development

Phyllis Whittlesey standing in foreground of rocket launch pad

Phyllis Whittlesey

Academic Research Unit

solar wind, plasma turbulance, Parker Solar Probe, space instrumentation, heliophysics

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

noble gas geochemistry, thermochronometry, cosmogenic nuclide, alpine glacial erosion, chemical weathering, lunar impacts, magnetism, Martian meteorites, Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission

Kyriakos Komvopoulos

Kyriakos Komvopoulos

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

contact mechanics, fracture and fatigue of engineering materials, finite element modeling of surface contact and machining, thin-film processing and characterization, adhesion and fatigue of MEMS devices, plasma-assisted surface functionalization of biomaterials, surface patterning for cell adhesion and growth control, mechanics & tribology of magnetic recording devices, microfibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering, tribology and mechanics of artificial joints, mechanical metamaterials

Dept of Physics

nuclear physics, particle physics

Wenbin Lu

Dept of Astronomy

astronomy

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

optoelectronics, quantum optics, optimization, Antennas, Biophysics and Sensing

Frances Hellman

Frances Hellman

Dept of Physics

condensed matter physics and materials science

Michael (Miki) Lustig

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

medical imaging, MRI, compressed sensing

Yuan Cao

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

physical electronics, micro/nano electro mechanical systems, physics

Alessandra Ferrari

Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology

cholesterol trafficking, lipid metabolism, non-vesicular transport, cell biology, metabolic disease

Sheng Luan

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

microbial biology, plant biology

Photo of Steve Conolly circa 2018

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

instrumentation, medical imaging reconstruction, contrast, MRI, magnetic particle Imaging

Dept of Physics

condensed matter physics, superconducting qubits, quantum limited amplifiers, quantum circuits

Ana Paula Arruda

Ana Paula Arruda

Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology

Ting Xu in lab looking at samples

Ting Xu

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

polymer, nanocomposite, biomaterial, membrane, directed self-assembly, drug delivery, protein therapeutics, block copolymers, nanoparticles

David E. Wemmer

Dept of Chemistry

nuclear magnetic resonance, nucleic acids, biophysical chemistry: proteins, NMR spectroscopy, magnetic resonance methods, structure of proteins and DNA, conformational fluctuations, biopolymers