Faculty Research Interests

Research interests and faculty who share each interest. An alphabetical faculty list is also available. 

• Biophysics 
• Cosmology 
• Experimental Accelerator Physics 
• Experimental Atomic Physics 
• Experimental Condensed Matter 
• Experimental Gravitational Physics 
• Experimental Nuclear Physics 
• Experimental Particle Astrophysics 
• Experimental Particle Physics 
• Laser Physics 
• Mesoscopic Physics
• Microscopy and Imaging 
• Observational Astrophysics 
• Optical Materials 
• Polymer Physics 
• Quantum Electronics 
• Superconductivity 
• Theoretical Astrophysics 
• Theoretical Condensed Matter 
• Theoretical Gravitational Physics 
• Theoretical Particle Physics 

Experimental Particle Physics

Patricia Burchat 

Blas Cabrera 

Giorgio Gratta 

David M. Ritson 

Stanley George Wojcicki 

Mason Russell Yearian 

Theoretical Particle Physics

Savas Dimopoulos

Peter Graham

Sean Hartnoll

Shamit Kachru 

Renata Kallosh 

Andrei Linde 

Leonardo Senatore

Stephen Shenker

Eva Silverstein

Leonard Susskind

Experimental Condensed Matter

Malcolm Beasley  (Applied Physics)

Arthur Bienenstock  (Applied Physics)

Blas Cabrera 

Steven Chu 

Bruce Clemens  (Applied Physics)

Theodore Geballe  (Applied Physics)

David Goldhaber-Gordon

Martin Greven (Applied Physics)

Aharon Kapitulnik 

John A. Lipa 

William A. Little 

Hari Manoharan

Kathryn Moler (Applied Physics)

Douglas D. Osheroff

H. Alan Schwettman

Zhi-Xun Shen 

Theoretical Condensed Matter

Sebastian Doniach 

Alexander L. Fetter 

Walter Harrison  (Applied Physics)

Sean Hartnoll

W. Conyers Herring  (Applied Physics)

Bernardo Huberman  (Applied Physics)

Steven Kivelson

Robert B. Laughlin 

Xiao-Liang Qi

Srinivas Raghu

Shoucheng Zhang 

Experimental Gravitational Physics 

John A. Lipa 

John Turneaure 

Theoretical Gravitational Physics 

Sean Hartnoll

Renata Kallosh 

Leonard Susskind 

Robert Vernon Wagoner 

Observational Astrophysics

Steven Allen

Sarah Church

Stefan Funk

Steven Kahn

Chao-Lin Kuo

Roger Romani

Philip H. Scherrer

Theoretical Astrophysics

Tom Abel

Roger Blandford

Steven Kahn

Vahe Petrosian 

Roger William Romani

Leonardo Senatore

Peter Andrew Sturrock 

Robert Vernon Wagoner

Risa Wechsler

Experimental Atomic Physics

Phil Bucksbaum

Leo Hollberg

Mark Kasevich

Experimental Nuclear Physics 

Giorgio Gratta 

Stanley Hanna 

Mason Russell Yearian 

Experimental Particle Astrophysics

Blas Cabrera 

Peter F. Michelson 

Mason Russell Yearian 

Experimental Accelerator Physics

John Fox  (Applied Physics)

David M Ritson 

H. Alan Schwettman 

Todd I. Smith 

Helmut Wiedemann  (Applied Physics)

Herman Winick  (Applied Physics)

Quantum Electronics

Steven Chu 

Yoshihisa Yamamoto  (Applied Physics)

Laser Physics

Richard Brewer  (Applied Physics)

Phil Bucksbaum

Robert Byer  (Applied Physics)

Martin Fejer  (Applied Physics)

Stephen Harris  (Applied Physics)

Leo Hollberg

Mark Kasevich

H. Alan Schwettman 

Todd I. Smith

Biophysics

Rhiju Das (Biochemistry)

Sebastian Doniach

Craig Levin (Radiology - Molecular Imaging)

Stephen Quake (Bioengineering faculty)

H. Alan Schwettman 

Polymer Physics

Steven Chu 

Cosmology 

Tom Abel

Steven Allen

Roger Blandford

Sarah Church

Peter Graham

Steven Kahn

Chao-Lin Kuo

Andrei Linde

Vahe Petrosian 

Leonardo Senatore

Robert Vernon Wagoner

Risa Wechsler

Superconductivity

Sebastian Doniach 

Alexander L. Fetter 

Aharon Kapitulnik 

Hari Manoharan

Kathryn Moler (Applied Physics)

H. Alan Schwettman 

Todd I. Smith 

John Turneaure 

Shoucheng Zhang 

Microscopy and Imaging

David Goldhaber-Gordon

Gordon Kino (Applied Physics)

Hari Manoharan

Kathryn Moler (Applied Physics)

Calvin Quate  (Applied Physics)

Optical Materials

Lambertus Hesselink  (Applied Physics)

Mesoscopic Physics

David Goldhaber-Gordon
Hari Manoharan