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Faculty List

Isaac D. Abella, Ph.D., Columbia, 1963.
Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics, quantum optics, atomic physics, laser spectroscopy.

Edward C. Blucher, Ph.D., Cornell, 1988.
Associate Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics, particle physics.

John E. Carlstrom, Ph.D., California/Berkeley, 1988.
Subramanyan Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and of Physics and Director, Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA).
Experimental physics and astrophysics, star formation and cosmology, observation and new instrumentation.

Sean M. Carroll, Ph.D., Harvard, 1993.
Assistant Professor of Physics.
Theoretical physics, particle physics, field theory, cosmology, general relativity.

Philippe Cluzel, Ph.D., Institut Marie Curie, Paris, 1996.
Assistant Professor of Physics.
Experimental biological physics, non-equilibrium systems, biopolymers.

Juan I. Collar, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1992.
Assistant Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics, neutrino and astroparticle physics.

Albert V. Crewe, Ph.D., Liverpool, 1950.
William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Experimental physics, electron microscopy, biophysics, surface physics.

James W. Cronin, Ph.D., Chicago, 1955.
University Professor Emeritus of Physics and of Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Experimental physics, particle physics, ultra-high energy gamma-ray astronomy.

Dean E. Eastman, Ph.D., MIT, 1965.
Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics; condensed matter physics.

Peter G. O. Freund, Ph.D., Vienna, 1960.
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Theoretical physics, particle physics, field theory.

Henry J. Frisch, Ph.D., California, Berkeley, 1971.
Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics, particle physics.

Stuart B. Gazes, Ph.D., MIT, 1983.
Undergraduate Program Chair and Senior Lecturer.
Experimental nuclear physics.

Robert P. Geroch, Ph.D., Princeton, 1967.
Professor of Physics and Conceptual Foundations of Science.
Theoretical physics, general relativity.

David G. Grier, Ph.D., Michigan, 1989.
Associate Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics, high-temperature superconductivity, colloidal systems, pattern formation.

Ilya A. Gruzberg, Ph.D., Yale University, 1998.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Theoretical physics, condensed matter physics.

Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, Ph.D., California, Berkeley, 1987.
Professor of Physics and Chemistry.
Experimental physics, surface physics, nonlinear optical spectroscopy.

Jeffrey Harvey, Ph.D., Cal. Tech., 1981.
Chairman of the Department and Louis Block Professor of Physics.
Theoretical physics, particle physics, quantum field theory, superstring theory.

Roger H. Hildebrand, Ph.D., California, Berkeley, 1951.
Samuel K. Allison Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
of Physics and of Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Experimental physics, infrared astronomy.

Heinrich M. Jaeger, Ph.D., Minnesota, 1987.
Professor of Physics.
Experimental condensed matter physics, mesoscopic physics, high-temperature superconductivity.

Leo P. Kadanoff, Ph.D., Harvard, 1960.
John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Physics and Mathematics.
Theoretical physics, hydrodynamics, statistical physics.

Woowon Kang, Ph.D., Princeton, 1992.
Associate Professor of Physics.
Experimental condensed matter physics, fractional quantum Hall effect, semi-conductor physics.

Kwang-Je Kim, Ph.D., Maryland, 1970.
Associate Division Director, Accelerator Systems Division/Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory; Professor of Physics (part time).
Theoretical physics, beam physics.

David Kutasov, Ph.D., Weizmann Inst., Israel, 1989.
Professor of Physics.
Theoretical physics, quantum field theory, string theory.

Kathryn Levin, Ph.D., Harvard, 1970.
Professor of Physics.
Theoretical physics, solid state physics.

Riccardo Levi-Setti, Ph.D., Pavia, Italy, 1949.
Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Experimental physics, ion microscopy, secondary ion mass spectrometry, ion-solid interaction.

Joseph D. Lykken, Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982.
Scientist II, Theoretical Physics Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and
Professor of Physics (part time).
Theoretical physics, elementary particles, supersymmetric theories.

Emil J. Martinec, Ph.D., Cornell, 1984.
Professor of Physics.
Theoretical physics, string theory, quantum field theory, elementary particles.

Gene F. Mazenko, Ph.D., MIT, 1971.
Professor of Physics.
Theoretical physics, statistical physics.

Frank S. Merritt, Ph.D., Cal. Tech., 1976.
Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics, particle physics.

Stephan Meyer, Ph.D., Princeton, 1979.
Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and of Physics; Deputy Director, Enrico Fermi Institute.
Experimental astrophysics, infrared astrophysics, observational cosmology.

Dietrich Müller, Ph.D., Bonn, 1964.
Professor of Physics
Experimental physics, cosmic rays, high-energy astrophysics.

Sidney R. Nagel, Ph.D., Princeton, 1974.
Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics, condensed matter physics, non-linear dynamics.

Yoichiro Nambu, Sc.D., Tokyo, Japan, 1952.
Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Theoretical physics, particle physics, field theory.

Reinhard Oehme, Ph.D., Goettingen, 1951.
Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Theoretical physics, particle physics, field theory.

Joseph J. O'Gallagher, Ph.D., Chicago, 1967.
Executive Officer of the Department and Senior Lecturer.
Experimental physics, optics and energy research, cosmic-ray and space physics.

Mark J. Oreglia, Ph.D., Stanford, 1980.
Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics, particle physics.

Eugene N. Parker, Ph.D., Cal. Tech., 1951.
S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Theoretical physics, astrophysics, plasma physics, space physics.

James E. Pilcher, Ph.D., Princeton, 1968.
Professor of Physics; Director, Enrico Fermi Institute.
Experimental physics, particle physics.

Thomas F. Rosenbaum, Ph.D., Princeton, 1982.
James Franck Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics, solid state physics, low-temperature physics.

Jonathan L. Rosner, Ph.D., Princeton, 1965.
Professor of Physics.
Theoretical physics, particle physics, field theory.

Robert Rosner, Ph.D., Harvard, 1976.
William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and of Physics; Director, ASCI Flash Center
Theoretical physics, fluid and plasma dynamics; solar physics; high-energy astrophysics.

Guy Savard, Ph.D., McGill, 1988.
Senior Scientist, Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory,
and Professor of Physics (part-time).
Experimental physics, nuclear physics.

John P. Schiffer, Ph.D., Yale, 1954.
Senior Physicist, Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory,
and Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Experimental physics, nuclear physics.

Savdeep S. Sethi, Ph.D., Harvard, 1996.
Assistant Professor of Physics.
Theoretical physics, quantum field theory, string theory, particle physics.

Melvyn J. Shochet, Ph.D., Princeton, 1972.
Elaine M. & Samuel D. Kersten, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor of Physics.
Experimental particle physics.

Simon P. Swordy, Ph.D., Bristol, 1979.
Professor of Physics; Master, Physical Sciences Collegiate Division of the College.
Experimental physics, cosmic rays, space physics.

Michael S. Turner, Ph.D., Stanford, 1978.
Bruce V. & Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and of Physics; Chairman, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Theoretical astrophysics, cosmology and elementary particle physics, cosmology.

Carlos E.M. Wagner, Ph. D., University of Hamburg, 1989.
Physicist, High Energy Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, and
Associate Professor of Physics (part time).
Theoretical physics, elementary particles, supersymmetric theories.

Yau W. Wah, Ph.D., Yale, 1983.
Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics, particle physics.

Robert M. Wald, Ph.D., Princeton, 1972.
Charles H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Physics.
Theoretical physics, general relativity.

Paul B. Wiegmann, Ph.D., Landau Inst., Moscow, 1978.
Professor of Physics.
Theoretical physics, condensed matter physics.

Bruce D. Winstein, Ph.D., Cal. Tech., 1970.
Samuel K. Allison Distinguished Service Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics, particles physics, cosmology.

Roland Winston, Ph.D., Chicago, 1963.
Professor of Physics.
Experimental physics, particle physics, light collectors, solar energy.

Thomas A. Witten, Ph.D., San Diego, 1971.
Professor of Physics.
Theoretical condensed matter physics, weakly-connected matter.

S. Courtenay Wright, Ph.D., California, Berkeley, 1949.
Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Experimental physics, particle physics.

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