Applied Physics Faculty
The Applied Physics faculty members are leaders in the fields of plasma physics and controlled fusion; solid-state physics; and optical and laser physics
Plasma Physics Faculty
Allen H. Boozer: Plasma theory, theory of magnetic confinement for fusion energy, nonlinear dynamics
Gerald A. Navratil: Plasma physics, plasma diagnostics, fusion energy science
Elizabeth Paul: Plasma physics; theory of the magnetic confinement of plasmas; fusion energy science; PDE-constrained optimization; shape optimization
Carlos Paz-Soldan: Plasma physics, magnetically confined plasmas, plasma stability and control, fusion energy technologies
Ben Zhu: Plasma physics; numerical modeling of magnetized plasma; turbulence and transport processes; fusion exhaust and control strategies; ml/ai applications in fusion energy science
Solid State & Optical Physics Faculty
William Bailey: nanoscale magnetic films and heterostructures, materials issues in spin-polarized transport, materials engineering of magnetic dynamics
Aravind Devarakonda: quantum materials synthesis, nanodevice fabrication, low-temperature physics; superconductivity, strongly-correlated matter, topologically ordered phases
Alexander L. Gaeta: Ultrafast nonlinear optics, nanophotonics, nonlinear propagation in fibers and bulk media, photonic crystal fibers, coherent interactions of laser light with matter, the generation of non-classical light fields, stimulated scattering processes
Chris A. Marianetti: Predicting materials properties from first-principles computations; materials with energy related applications; density-functional theory; dynamical mean-field theory; transition-metal oxides; actinides, energy storage and conversion materials
Latha Venkataraman: Single molecule electronics and mechanics, scanning tunneling microscopy & spectroscopy, x-ray photoemission spectroscopy
Wen Wang: Quantum and heterostructure optoelectronics, materials and devices, molecular beam epitaxy
Nanfang Yu: Mid-infrared and far-infrared optics and optoelectronic devices, active plasmonics and metamaterials with gain media, reconfigurable metainterfaces based on phased optical antenna arrays, biophotonics, and biologically inspired flat optics
Xueyue (Sherry) Zhang: Quantum devices and their applications, superconducting qubits, solid state spins, quantum light-matter interaction, metamaterials, quantum many-body dynamics, topological photonics, quantum information, quantum networking
Cross-Cutting Research
Our faculty's cross-cutting research addresses key and emerging areas in society, such as energy, environment, and health