Professorial Faculty

Professor of Physics

Quantum Information, Quantum and Condensed Matter; Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics;

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William K. Davis Professor of Theoretical Physics

Quantum Information, Quantum and Condensed Matter;

Professor of Applied Physics, Physics and Materials Science; Undergraduate and Graduate Option Representative for Materials Science

Quantum Information, Quantum and Condensed Matter;

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James J. (Jamie) Bock

Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Physics; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist

Experimental and Theoretical Cosmology; Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics; Experimental and Observational Astrophysics; Large-Scale Structure and Cosmology;

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Katherine L. (Katie) Bouman

Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute

Fernando Brandao

Bren Professor of Theoretical Physics

Quantum Information, Quantum and Condensed Matter; Quantum Optics and Information;

Katerina Chatziioannou

Assistant Professor of Physics; William H. Hurt Scholar

Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics;

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Xie Chen

Eddleman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Director, Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics

Quantum Information, Quantum and Condensed Matter;

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Yanbei Chen

Professor of Physics

Quantum Information, Quantum and Condensed Matter; Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astrophysics; Theoretical Astrophysics;

Clifford W. Cheung

Professor of Theoretical Physics; Director, Leinweber Forum for Theoretical Physics

Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics;

David Conlon

Professor of Mathematics

Combinatorics; Number Theory;

Nelson Darkwah Oppong

Assistant Professor of Physics

Experimental Quantum Systems and Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics; Quantum Information, Quantum and Condensed Matter; Quantum Optics and Information;

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Katherine R. de Kleer

Professor of Planetary Science and Astronomy; Hufstedler Family Scholar

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Vesselin Dimitrov

Professor of Mathematics

Algebraic Geometry; Number Theory;

S. George Djorgovski

Professor of Astronomy and Data Science

Transients and Compact Objects; Large-Scale Structure and Cosmology; Astroinformatics and Sky Surveys; Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei;

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Kareem J. El-Badry

Assistant Professor of Astronomy

Research Areas; Experimental and Observational Astrophysics;

Manuel A. Endres

Professor of Physics

Experimental Quantum Systems and Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics; Quantum Information, Quantum and Condensed Matter; Quantum Optics and Information;

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Bradley W. Filippone

Francis L. Moseley Professor of Physics

Experimental Elementary Particle Physics; Nuclear Physics;

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Matthias Flach

Professor of Mathematics

Algebra; Algebraic Geometry; Number Theory;

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James (Jim) Fuller

Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics

Experimental and Observational Astrophysics; Theoretical Astrophysics; Exoplanets and Low-Mass Stars; Stellar Astrophysics; Transients and Compact Objects;

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Sunil Golwala

Professor of Physics; Deputy Executive Officer for Astrophysics

Experimental and Theoretical Cosmology; Experimental Elementary Particle Physics; Experimental and Observational Astrophysics;

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Thomas B. Graber

Professor of Mathematics

Algebraic Geometry; String Theory (Mathematical Aspects);

Sergei Gukov

John D. MacArthur Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics

Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics; Geometry and Topology; Mathematical and Machine Learning; Mathematical Physics; Quantum Topology; String Theory (Mathematical Aspects);

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