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 | Leon Cooper
Physics, Department of
Leon Cooper studies neural networks, including architecture, learning rules, and real world applications; the biological basis of memory and learning; mean field theories; the foundations of quantum theory; and superconductivity. |  | David Cutts
Physics, Department of
Research: Elementary Particle Physics (experimental studies at high energy accelerators; development of new techniques including computer-related systems for particle physics) A member of the Brown faculty since 1973, Professor Cutts is a graduate of Harvard College and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. A Fellow of the American Physical Society, he has been on the staffs of S.U.N.Y, Stony Brook, the Rutherford Laboratory, England and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, where he also served as Chair of the Users Committee. Profesor Cutts was the Department's Executive Officer from 1985-1988 and 1989-92, and Chair from 1998-2004. |  | Ian Dell'Antonio
Physics, Department of
My research centers on observational cosmology, the experimental measurement of the fundamental properties of the Universe. I am a leader of two international projects (The Deep Lens Survey and JEDI) that use gravitational lensing to measure the distribution and nature of the dark matter and dark energy that permeate the universe. I have been member of the Brown faculty since 1999, and worked at Bell Laboratories and the National Optical Astronomy Observatories before coming to Brown. |  | Dmitri Feldman
Physics, Department of
Professor Feldman's research focuses on theoretical condensed matter physics with emphasis on strongly correlated electrons in low-dimensional systems, and quenched disorder in hard and soft condensed matter |  | Richard Gaitskell
Physics, Department of
Professor Gaitskell leads a research team hunting for direct evidence of particle dark matter, one of physics' greatest unclaimed prizes. His group is working on experiments that have detectors located in underground laboratories in the Soudan Mine, Minnesota, (CDMS Experiment) and at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory, Italy (XENON Experiment). The CDMS experiment which has been operating for 5 years is the worlds most sensitive dark matter detector. XENON has recently started operation. |  | Gerald Guralnik
Physics, Department of
Professor Guralnik's research is in the area of Elementary-Particle Theory (quantum theory of fields, numerical quantum field theory and computational algorithms). Professor Guralnik came to Brown from the University of Rochester, where he had been a postdoctoral research associate. He also carried on research at Imperial College, London, under an National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship after receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and was an Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation Fellow. |  | Antal Jevicki
Physics, Department of
Research: Quantum Field Theory (String Theory, Quantum Gravity, Black Holes, Non-perturbative and Collective Phenomena) Professor Jevicki joined the faculty of Brown University in 1979. He received his B.S. from Belgrade University in 1972 and Ph.D. from the City College of New York in 1976. He was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) from 1976 to 1979 and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. More recently he has carried out research at CERN (Geneva), ITP (Santa Barbara), Ecole Normale Superieure (Paris), The Yukawa Institute (Kyoto), and the University of Tokyo. |  | J. Michael Kosterlitz
Physics, Department of
Professor Kosterlitz does research in condensed matter theory, one- and two-dimensional physics; in phase transitions: random systems, electron localization, and spin glasses; and in critical dynamics: melting and freezing. |  | Savvas Koushiappas
Physics, Department of
|  | Greg Landsberg
Physics, Department of
Professor Landsberg does research in elementary particle physics, specifically experimental investigation of the fundamental particles and fields at the energy frontier accelerators. His main research activity is the search for new physics phenomena, including extra dimensions in space. He is a member of the CMS and DZero experiments operating at the energy-frontier facilities: the Fermilab Tevatron collider (Batavia, IL) and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland). |  | Xinsheng Sean Ling
Physics, Department of
| | | David Lowe
Physics, Department of
Prof. Lowe's research primarily centers around applications of string theory to gravitational physics, including using string theory to understand questions in black holes physics and cosmology |  | Humphrey Maris
Physics, Department of
Professor Maris has a number of research interests, including: studies of superfluid hydrodynamics using magnetically-levitated helium drops; development of new detectors for solar neutrinos; quantum nucleation of bubbles in liquid helium at negative pressure; tests of quantum measurement theory using electrons in liquid helium; and ultrafast optical studies of solids including picosecond ultrasonic measurements on thin films and nanostructures. |  | John Bradley Marston
Physics, Department of
My research in the field of theoretical condensed matter physics focuses on materials and nanostructures with strong electronic correlations and/or driven away from equilibrium. I'm also interested in the multidisciplinary problems of environmental dispersal of radioactive wastes and climate change. |  | Vesna F. Mitrovic
Physics, Department of
Professor Mitrovic's research is in the area of experimental condensed matter physics. Magnetic resonance techniques are used to study unconventional superconductivity, low-dimensional systems, quantum phase transitions, quantum magnetism. |  | Meenakshi Narain
Physics, Department of
Narain's research interests are in experimental high energy physics and her ultimate goal is to illuminate the character of physics at the TeV energy scale. Meenakshi Narain has been involved with the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland) and the DØ experiment at Fermilab (Batavia, IL). She was instrumental in the discovery of the top quark in 1995, which is the heaviest fundamental particle and heavy as an Osmium atom. She continues her quest at the LHC and is excited about the vast new energy frontier that may enable us to make discoveries which revolutionize our understanding of the universe. |  | Richard Partridge
Physics, Department of
Professor Partridge's research interests are in elementary particle physics, specifically in experimental investigation of the fundamental constituents of matter and their interactions using high-energy accelerators. |  | Robert Pelcovits
Physics, Department of
Bob Pelcovits does research on theoretical liquid crystal physics, including numerical simulations and visualization. |  | Marcus Spradlin
Physics, Department of
Professor Spradlin is interested in string theory and its applications to particle and gravitational physics. In particular he studies dualities equating quantum gravity to ordinary quantum field theories similar to QCD, which describes the strong nuclear force binding quarks together inside of protons and neutrons. Professor Spradlin explores the implications of dualities and exploits these insights to develop novel calculational tools, aiming towards a mathematical solution of QCD. |  | Derek Stein
Physics, Department of
Bio-nanoscience and single-molecule biophysics. I am interested in using nanostructures to study the structure and behavior of individual biological molecules, the fundamental building blocks of life. |  | Chung-I Tan
Physics, Department of
Professor Tan does research in theoretical particle physics, including: gauge/string duality; dynamics of hadrons; quantum chromodynamics; lattice gauge theories; large N expansion for QCD; matrix models and string theories; high-energy multiparticle phenomena; and statistical mechanics of strings at high-energy densities. |  | Jay Tang
Physics, Department of
Professor Tang's lab is currently involved in a new research program of molecular biophysics. The main research goal is to understand the mechanisms and properties of protein assemblies. In particular, the Tang lab studies the assembly of the so-called cytoskeletal proteins, such as actin and tubulin, which form long filaments. Higher levels of assembly occur in solutions of these filaments, including isotropic networks, liquid crystalline phases, and densely packed lateral aggregates. We seek to elucidate interactions that govern the formation of these states, predict and manipulate transitions among them, and explore biomedical applications. |  | Gregory Tucker
Physics, Department of
Professor Tucker's observational cosmology group studies the early universe by measuring the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and by looking at the very earliest galaxies to have formed in the universe. The group designs and builds special purpose instruments for these measurements and then uses them and analyzes the results.
Some of the questions the group seeks to answer are the following: What happened during the epoch of inflation? How and when did galaxies form? Current experiments include The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST), the E and B Experiment (EBEX), The Millimeter-wave Bolometric Interferometer (MBI) and The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). |  | James Valles
Physics, Department of
Professor Valles does research in experimental condensed matter physics, in the areas of: superconductivity; electron correlation effects in disordered metals and nanostructures; and in using magnetic fields as a new tool for cell biology and biopolymerization. |  | Anastasia Volovich
Physics, Department of
|  | Gang Xiao
Physics, Department of
Professor Xiao works in experimental condensed matter physics with a focus on nanoscale materials. He has been studying spintronics, an emerging field that harnesses the electron's spin to create new electronic devices. He directs research toward the understanding of issues in spintronics, which are both fundamental and essential to applications. He has developed a method to visualize the flow of electrical current through very small wires. The technique is being applied to the quality control of integrated circuits and is the technical basis of start-up company, Micro Magnetics. |  | See-Chen Ying
Physics, Department of
Professor Ying does research in theoretical condesed matter physics. His interests include surface physics, the electronic properties of metals, and the structure and dynamics of complex systems. |
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