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Biological Physics
The Biological Physics group studies biological systems from the molecular to the cell level. With improved experimental data, biology is becoming much more quantitative and at ASU we are researching the underlying principles involved in the machinery of living things and searching for unifying themes both within and between organisms, in an interdisciplinary environment. Biological Physics at ASU is a leader in this area and welcomes enquiries from prospective physics graduate students who would like to join one of our exciting research areas.
The Lindsay Lab
Center
Center for Biological Physics
Faculty
R. Bruce Doak,
Stuart Lindsay,
Dmitry Matyushov,
Robert Nemanich,
Timothy Newman,
Banu Ozkan,
Peter Rez,
Robert Ros,
Otto Sankey,
Kevin Schmidt,
John Spence,
Michael Thorpe,
Kong-Thon Tsen,
Sara M. Vaiana
Additional Graduate Faculty
Marcia Levitus,
Jeff Yarger
Materials Physics and Condensed Matter
The Materials Physics and Condensed Matter group studies a wide range of materials, from semiconductors to magnets and molecular systems, even exotic states of matter such as helium droplets or neutron stars. Materials Physics and Condensed Matter at ASU is highly interdisciplinary, with strong ties to Nanoscale Physics, the School of Materials, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, and the Biological Physics Group. Graduate students in Materials Physics and Condensed Matter use their fundamental physics knowledge to excel in exciting experimental and theoretical research areas.
Faculty
Gary Adams,
Ernst Bauer,
Peter Bennett,
Ralph Chamberlin,
Robert Culbertson,
R. Bruce Doak,
John Dow,
Jeff Drucker,
Robert Marzke,
Martha McCartney,
José Menéndez,
Robert Nemanich,
Fernando Ponce,
Otto Sankey,
Kevin Schmidt,
John Shumway,
David Smith,
Michael Thorpe,
Mike Treacy,
Kong-Thon Tsen,
Ignatius Tsong,
John Venables
Emeritus Faculty
Nicole Herbots,
James Mayer,
John Page
Additional Graduate Faculty
Cun-Zheng Ning,
Jeff Yarger
Academic Professional
Gary Hembree
Subatomic Physics
Particle theory research at ASU focuses in large part on systems whose constituents interact strongly, and therefore whose interactions cannot be handled using perturbative techniques. The substructure of hadrons, subatomic particles composed of strongly-interacting quarks and gluons [which interact by means of the quantum field theory called quantum chromodynamics (QCD)], is one of our areas of specialty. In addition, we study formal techniques to attack strongly-interacting systems, such as the so-called large number of color charges (large N_c) limit or the gauge-string duality between certain quantum field theories and superstring theories. We also study the nature and interactions of neutrinos, ghostlike particles created in nuclear reactions such as those occurring in stellar nucleosynthesis in the sun or in supernovae.
Faculty
Ricardo Alarcon,
Andrei Belitsky,
Joseph Comfort,
Richard Lebed,
Cecilia Lunardini,
Barry G. Ritchie
Emeritus Faculty
Raghunath Acharya,
Richard Jacob,
William Kaufmann
Nanoscale Physics
At the nanometer length scale, materials and structures behave differently, offering exciting new opportunities for scientific discoveries as well as technological advances. Our faculty are helping to define the cutting edge in many aspects of nanoscale physics. ASU is well-known for its John M. Cowley Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, where researchers use and develop new techniques for probing structural, magnetic, electronic, and optical properties at the nanoscale. Our materials physicists fabricate novel types of nanostructures and our experts in computer simulation techniques pursue quantitative interpretation of experiments. This interdisciplinary field couples closely to materials, chemistry, electronics, and biological physics, both within the department and elsewhere on campus.
Center
LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science
Faculty
Ernst Bauer,
Peter Bennett,
Ralph Chamberlin,
R. Bruce Doak,
Jeff Drucker,
Martha McCartney,
José Menéndez,
Robert Nemanich,
Fernando Ponce,
Peter Rez,
John Shumway,
David Smith,
John Spence,
Michael Thorpe,
Mike Treacy,
Kong-Thon Tsen,
John Venables
Additional Graduate Faculty
Andrew Chizmeshya,
John Kouvetakis,
Cun-Zheng Ning,
Jeff Yarger
Academic Professionals
Gary Hembree,
Nan Jiang,
Franz Koeck
Physics and Society
Physics interacts with society in many important ways. Within the University, the Physics Department teaches many undergraduate classes needed for future engineers and for many other professions. The General Studies Program involves most of our faculty and our graduate students who serve as Teaching Assistants. We offer Professional Degrees through the Master of Natural Science (MNS) and Professional Science Master (PSM) programs. The MNS and the Modeling programs interact with in-service high school teachers. The PSM program in Nanoscience (a hot topic interdisciplinary area) is forging strong links with industry. We also run a PhD program in Physics Education Research (PER), with strong links to CRESMET.
Faculty
Gary Adams,
Carl Covatto,
Robert Culbertson,
Stuart Lindsay,
Otto Sankey,
David Smith,
Michael Thorpe,
Mike Treacy,
John Venables
Emeritus Faculty
David Hestenes,
Bill Tillery,
Howard Voss,
Susan Wyckoff
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