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Our research program benefits from a highly-interdisciplinary, collaborative environment. We provide an atmosphere conducive to the free exchange of resources, information, and ideas among faculty, staff and students. The Department specializes in experimental and theoretical research in condensed matter and optics, biophysics, soft matter physics, and the physics of artificial intelligence (AI).

Please refer to the faculty member’s bio page for website links to their personal research/laboratory page.

Condensed Matter and Optics

Hayk Harutyunyan Headshot
Hayk Harutyunyan
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
MSC - RM N216
Luiz Santos Headshot
Luiz Santos
Assistant Professor
MSC - RM N234
Ajit Srivastava Headshot
Ajit Srivastava
Associate Professor
MSC - RM N232
Sergei Urazhdin Headshot
Sergei Urazhdin
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Physics
MSC - RM N228

Biophysics Group

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Gordon Berman
Associate Professor of Biology
O. Wayne Rollins - Rollins 2107
Tankut Can Headshot
Tankut Can
Assistant Professor
MSC - RM N242
Katherine Davis Headshot
Katherine Davis
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Emerson Hall E403
Minsu Kim Headshot
Minsu Kim
Associate Professor
MSC - RM N214
Ilya Nemenman Headshot
Ilya Nemenman
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor
MSC - RM N240
Jennifer Rieser Headshot
Jennifer Rieser
Assistant Professor
MSC - RM 238
Shashank Shekhar Headshot
Shashank Shekhar
Assistant Professor
MSC - RM N218
Nic Vega Headshot
Nic Vega
Assistant Professor of Biology
O. Wayne Rollins - Rollins 2019

Soft Matter

Stefan Boettcher Headshot
MSC - RM N230
Minsu Kim Headshot
Minsu Kim
Associate Professor
MSC - RM N214
Jennifer Rieser Headshot
Jennifer Rieser
Assistant Professor
MSC - RM 238
Connie Roth Headshot
Connie Roth
Professor and Department Chair
MSC - RM N250
Shashank Shekhar Headshot
Shashank Shekhar
Assistant Professor
MSC - RM N218
Daniel Sussman Headshot
Daniel Sussman
Assistant Professor
MSC - RM N212
Eric Weeks Headshot
Eric Weeks
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor and Associate Vice Provost
Emerson Hall - 309

Physics of AI

Gordon Berman Headshot
Gordon Berman
Associate Professor of Biology
O. Wayne Rollins - Rollins 2107
Stefan Boettcher Headshot
MSC - RM N230
Tankut Can Headshot
Tankut Can
Assistant Professor
MSC - RM N242
Ilya Nemenman Headshot
Ilya Nemenman
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor
MSC - RM N240
Daniel Sussman Headshot
Daniel Sussman
Assistant Professor
MSC - RM N212