Faculty
Donald R. Beck
Professor, Physics
Links of Interest
Specialties
- Theoretical Atomic Physics
- Theoretical Molecular Physics
Ramy El-Ganainy
Assistant Professor, Physics
Specialties
- Nonlinear effects in optical nano-wires
- Optical solitons in soft-matter
- Parity-time symmetry in optics
- QED effects inside photonic structures
Petra H. Huentemeyer
Assistant Professor, Physics
Links of Interest
Specialties
- Gamma-Ray Emission
- High-Energy Cosmic Rays
John A. Jaszczak
Professor, Physics
Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Faculty Advisor, Nanotech Innovations Enterprise
Adjunct Curator, A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Nanotechnology Education
Research Interests
- Theoretical condensed matter physics
- Theory and modeling of single-electron transport devices
- Modeling and simulation of properties of interfaces and interface materials
- Atomistic computational physics of surface phases and surface dynamics
- Crystal growth
- Mineralogy of natural graphite
Kim Fook Lee
Assistant Professor, Physics
Links of Interest
Specialties
- Quantum Optics
- Entanglement and Quantum Information
Miguel Levy
Professor, Physics and Materials Science and Engineering
Links of Interest
Specialties
- Photonics
- Condensed Matter Physics
Links of Interest
Peter D. Moran
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Teaching Interests
- Electronic and Photonic Materials
- Diffraction (Physics and Applications)
- Experimental Design
Research Interests
- Heteroepitaxial growth on compliant substrates
- Fabrication, characterization, and properties of nanoscale layered structures
- Integration of dissimilar materials through wafer bonding
- The relationship between structural, optical, and electronic properties of heterostructures
- Quantitative x-ray diffraction analysis
- Materials Science curriculum development at all educational levels
- The relationship between information and atoms
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Investigation of gamma-ray bursts
- Gravitational lensing
- Sky monitoring
- Cosmology
- Gravitation
Links of Interest
Specialties
- Modeling of Materials
Warren F. Perger
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Links of Interest
Areas of Interest
- Theoretical atomic physics
- Electrophysics
Raymond A. Shaw
Professor, Physics
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Atmospheric Physics
- Digital Holography
- Nucleation
- Turbulence
Bryan H. Suits
Professor, Physics
Links of Interest
Specialties
- Condensed Matter Experiment (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)
- NMR and NQR Engineering (Materials Detection)
Yoke Khin Yap
Professor, Physics
Director, Engineering Physics Ph.D. Program
Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Controlled synthesis of nanomaterials (Nanotubes, Nanowires, Nanosheets, Graphene, Quantum Dots, etc..), and wide band gap single crystals [h-BN, GaN, AlN, CsLiB6O10 (CLBO), etc.].
- Exploration of new functional nanomaterials, nano-hybrids, and nano-systems.
- Creative use of nanomaterials and nano-systems in advanced electronics, energy harvesting devices, and chemical and biological applications.
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