Yasunori Nomura Dept of Physics quantum gravity, cosmology, Theoretical Particle Physics, quantum information
Petr Horava Dept of Physics cosmology, physics, quantum geometry, particle physics, string (and M-) theory, quantum gravity
Raphael Bousso Dept of Physics physics, quantum mechanics, gravity, unified description of nature, string theory, quantum properties of black holes, the geometry of spacetime, covariant entropy bound, cosmological constant
Philip Marcus Dept of Mechanical Engineering algorithms, fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, atmospheric flows, convection, ocean flows, numerical analysis, wind energy, Bayesian optimization, neural networks, turbulence, planet formation, internal gravity waves, inertial waves, desalination, protoplanetary disks
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
Raffaella Margutti Dept of Astronomy Dept of Physics astrophysics, compact object mergers, core-collapse supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, Neutron Stars, radio astronomy, space astrophysics, stellar evolution, supernova shockwaves, supernovae, tidal disruption events
Yury Kolomensky Dept of Physics particle physics, precision measurements, electroweak interactions, neutrino physics, QCD, BaBar, E158, CUORE, Mu2e
Chung-Pei Ma Dept of Astronomy Dept of Physics astrophysics, black hole, dark matter, cosmology, formation and evolution of galaxies, cosmic microwave background radiation
Eric Yue Ma Dept of Physics atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics and materials science
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
Lawrence Hall Dept of Physics physics, standard model of particle physics, symmetries of nature, the symmetry of the electroweak interaction, spacetime symmetries: weak scale supersymmetry, constrained theories for the quark and charged lepton masses, supersymmetric theory
Shimon Kolkowitz Dept of Physics precision measurements, nanoscale sensing, precision metrology, timekeeping, tests of relativity, quantum sensing, quantum
Holger Mueller Dept of Physics atomic, molecular, optical physics, advanced electron microscopy, cryo-EM
Kevis Goodman Dept of English 18th century and Romantic British literature, Milton, literature and the history of science, especially medicine
Jessica Lu Dept of Astronomy black holes, star and cluster formation, galactic centers, adaptive optics, astronomy, instrumentation, infrared instrumentation, astrometry
Joel Fajans Dept of Physics astrophysics, plasma processing, physics, basic plasma physics, non-neutral plasmas, basic plasma physics experiments, pure electron plasma traps, cyrogenic plasmas, plasma bifurcations, basic non-linear dynamics, autoresonance
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