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Faculty of Physics & Astronomy
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Faculty member  | Contact Info | Research Interests | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phys 231 624-0309 bayman @ physics.umn.edu | Theoretical nuclear physics; nuclear structure; direct nuclear reactions; relativistic Coulomb excitation | ||
| 324 Tate 624-2502 johnb @ physics.umn.edu | Research on the use of nuclear reactions to enhance the treatment of cancers by ionizing radiation. The experimental study of the role of heavy cations in the contaction of skeletal muscle cells., The experimental measurement of the velocities of stars to | ||
| Phys 348 624-4141 campbell @ umn.edu | The many-body theory and statistical mechanics of quantum spin systems and of strongly correlated quantum fluids. | ||
| Phys 316 626-8918 cattell @ fields.space.umn.edu | Space plasma physics; magnetic and electric field measurements; auroral particle acceleration;particle acceleration processes;non-linear plasma physics; magnetic reconnection and shocks. | ||
| Phys 231E 624-9361 hans @ physics.umn.edu | Accelerator and non-accelerator elementary particle physics at the Soudan Underground Research Facility, and at Brookhaven National Laboratory. | ||
| Phys 260C 624-9079 hennessy @ physics.umn.edu | CP-Violation, quark- and lepton-mixing matrices. | ||
| Phys 349 624-4828/626-9371 crowell @ physics.umn.edu | Spin dynamics and transport in ferromagnets and ferromagnet-semiconductor heterostructures. | ||
| Phys 260F 626-8917/624-1534 prisca @ physics.umn.edu | Dark matter searches, novel particle detectors, collaborative work toward a Center for Underground Science through the DUSEL initiative | ||
| Phys 329 624-3506 dand @ physics.umn.edu | Condensed Matter | ||
| Phys 368/485 624-5711/624-9069 kd @ astro.umn.edu | Astronomy | ||
| dehnhard @ physics.umn.edu | Intermediate Energy Nuclear Physics. | ||
| 61-3-6226-2447 john.dickey @ utas.edu.au | Radio Spectroscopy of the Milky Way and other galaxies. | ||
| Phys 377 624-9587 fortson @ physics.umn.edu | High-energy astrophysics, gamma-ray astronomy, extragalactic astronomy including active galactic nuclei and barred spirals; Developing online citizen science as a method to solve research problems with large datasets; physics education research. | ||
| 763-954-2665 french @ astro.umn.edu | Astronomy | ||
| Phys 345 624-2386 ganzx001 @ umn.edu | Calculations of Hydrogen Storage Capacity of Metal-Organic and Covalent-Organic Frameworks by Spillover | ||
| Phys 426 624-3804 gasior @ umn.edu | My recent research work has concentrated around flux-tube models of hadrons that mimic, through boundary conditions, the flux-confinement believed to characterize QCD. | ||
| Phys 357/385 624-7806/626-2067 gehrz @ astro.umn.edu | Astronomy | ||
| Phys 342B | |||
| Phys 354 624-6062 goldman @ physics.umn.edu | Properties of superconductors and selected magnetic materials in the configuration of thin films. | ||
| 309 Physics 624-7542 greven @ physics.umn.edu | Experimental condensed matter physics. Neutron and x-ray scattering of strongly correlated electron systems. High-temperature superconductivity. Low-dimensional magnetism. Crystal growth and characterization. | ||
| Phys 350C 624-0395 woods @ woods1.spa.umn.edu | Condensed matter and chemical physics theory, simulation and experiment with an emphasis on interfaces and models of prebiotic evolution. | ||
| Phys 333 626-8929 hanany @ physics.umn.edu | Observational Cosmology; Early Universe Physics | ||
| Phys 342F 625-9283 alex @ physics.umn.edu | Massive and very massive stars, the first stars, stellar rotation, nucleosynthesis, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, X-ray bursts. | ||
| Phys 260A 624-7314 heller @ physics.umn.edu | Research in high energy particle physics currently focuses on neutrino oscillations as measured in long baseline accelerator experiments. Research in physics education focuses the use, learning, and teaching of problem solving in physics. | ||
| Phys 231 624-4562 norton @ physics.umn.edu | Nuclear Structure physics, and the interaction of nucleons in the nucleus. | ||
| hobbie @ umn.edu | |||
| Phys 335 624-0861/624-1876 huang001 @ umn.edu | Condensed Matter | ||
| 358A Phys/485 Phys 624-6530/624-9069 roberta @ aps.umn.edu | Luminous stars, stellar evolution, optical spectroscopy, galactic structure | ||
| Phys 354B 624-5880 janss011 @ umn.edu | History of physics, especially the relativity and quantum revolutions in the early twentieth century. | ||
| Phys 355/385 624-8009/626-2067 tjj @ astro.umn.edu | Astronomical polarimetry, Infrared astronomy, Comets and Interstellar Magnetic Fields. | ||
| 369 Phys/411 Walter 624-8546/624-1699 twj @ astro.umn.edu | Theoretical and computational astrophysics, acceleration of cosmic rays, physics of diffusive shock acceleration, magnetohydrodynamics, supernova remnant dynamics, radio galaxy dynamics, galaxy clusters | ||
| Phys 344 624-9856/626-7479 kakalios @ umn.edu | Experimental Condensed Matter: Amorphous Semiconductors, Fluctuation Phenomena in Neurological Systems, Segregation in Granular Media | ||
| Phys 428 626-0724 kamenev @ physics.umn.edu | Theoretical condensed matter physics, disordered systems and glasses, field-theoretical treatment of many-body systems, mesoscopic systems, out of equilibrium systems | ||
| Phys 342D 624-0506 kapusta @ physics.umn.edu | Quantum field theory at finite temperature and density with applications to high energy nuclear collisions, astrophysics, and cosmology. | ||
| Phys 476 624-1668 pauljkellogg @ gmail.com | |||
| Phys 260H 624-9582 yk @ physics.umn.edu | I am interested in finding clues to the future theory of particles which will extend our current understanding. Extra dimensions may be the reality, and so may Supersymmetry. We will see what we find after the experiment collect enough data this year (201 | ||
| Phys 379 625-1323 bob @ fields.space.umn.edu | Theoretical Space Plasma Physics, especially magnetospheric and auroral physics. | ||
| Phys 320 624-6844 mandic @ physics.umn.edu | Gravitational Wave Physics, Observational Cosmology, Early Universe Physics | ||
| Phys 260G 625-8994 jmmans @ physics.umn.edu | Hadron collider physics at the high energy frontier, trigger and data acquisition electronics. | ||
| Phys 236 624-9015 mantis @ physics.umn.edu | |||
| Phys 231D 624-5706 marqu002 @ umn.edu | |||
| Phys 381 624-1312 marshak @ umn.edu | Properties of fundamental interactions, including measurement of neutrino mass, tests of stability of matter (proton decay); high energy cosmic ray physics and astrophysics. | ||
| Phys 322 625-4369 mueller @ physics.umn.edu | Experimental biophysics, two-photon excitation microscopy, fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy | ||
| Phys 311 624-6589 noireaux @ umn.edu | Experimental biological physics and ynthetic biology. In vitro gene expression, artificial cell, cell motility and actin cytoskeleton. | ||
| Phys 414 624-7354 olive @ umn.edu | Cosmology/Particle Physics | ||
| 212 ShepLab 624-6001 rpalma @ physics.umn.edu | |||
| Phys 259 624-7592 pawloski @ physics.umn.edu | Neutrino Oscillations, Matter-Antimatter Asymmetries | ||
| Phys 342E 624-6525 peloso @ physics.umn.edu | Astroparticle physics, Inflation, Cosmology of extra-dimensions, Physics beyond the Standard Model | ||
| 421 Shep 624-0819 pepin001 @ umn.edu | Space Physics | ||
| 624-0319/612-926-0039 eap @ physics.umn.edu | My research interests are centered on experimental tests of grand unified theories, the neutrino sector of the standard model and high-energy cosmic-ray observations. | ||
| Phys 145 624-7870 poling @ umn.edu | Particle Physics | ||
| Phys 313 624-7578 pryke @ physics.umn.edu | Astrophysics and Cosmology--Cosmic microwave background | ||
| Phys 342C 624-7567 qian @ physics.umn.edu | Nuclear/particle astrophysics and cosmology: neutrino oscillations and their effects in astrophysical environments, supernova explosion and nucleosynthesis, chemical evolution of galaxies | ||
| Phys 325 624-5022 rudaz @ physics.umn.edu | Unified theories of elementary particle interactions and their phenomenology, applications to cosmology and astroparticle physics; | ||
| ruddick @ physics.umn.edu | High energy particle interactions; nucleon decay; neutrino interactions; high energy cosmic rays; detector development. | ||
| 383 Physics 624-3396 larry @ astro.umn.edu | Interactions of astrophysical relativistic plasmas in supernova remnants and clusters of galaxies with thermal plasmas from 10^4 to 10^7K. Studied through radio, X-ray and optical observations. | ||
| Phys 260D 624-2322 rusack @ physics.umn.edu | I carry out accelerator based experiments to understand the fundamental forces in Nature. | ||
| 373 Physics 6-1811 scarlata @ astro.umn.edu | Galaxy formation and evolution: massive galaxies, evolution of galaxy structure. Lyα line as a cosmological tool: escape of Lyα photons, large-scale structure, Lyα blobs. Reionization: Lyman continuum escape fraction, IR background fluctuations | ||
| Phys 354C 624-5770 ashapiro @ physics.umn.edu | History of Science | ||
| Phys 436 626-0723 shifman @ physics.umn.edu | Gauge field theories at strong coupling and supersymmetric field theories | ||
| Phys 420 625-0771 shklovsk @ physics.umn.edu | Theory of transport and electron-electron correlations in disordered systems, quantum Hall effect, hopping conduction and metal-nonmetal transition. | ||
| Phys 241 624-9523 skillman @ astro.umn.edu | Extragalactic Observational Astronomy; Specializing in: Chemical Evolution of Galaxies, Structure and Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies, H II Region Abundances, Star Formation, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, Cluster Galaxies | ||
| 354C Tate 624-8073 rstuewer @ physics.umn.edu | History of Science | ||
| tang @ physics.umn.edu | |||
| Phys 440 626-0814 vainshte @ umn.edu | Theory of fundamental interactions: gauge theories, supersymmetry. Operator product expansion and its applications. | ||
| Phys 350B 624-0516 otvalls @ umn.edu | Superconducting and Magnetic Proximity Effects is nanostructures; Exotic forms of superconductivity; Superconducting vortices; Superfluid Hydrodynamics; Supersolids. | ||
| Phys 346 624-9074 vinals @ umn.edu | Pattern formation outside of equilibrium. Nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation, and chaos. Defect motion in soft matter. Biological physics: stochasticity in regulatory networks and fluctuations of charged surfaces. | ||
| Phys 424 625-0798 voloshin @ physics.umn.edu | Properties of elementary particles. Gauge theories of strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions. Non-perturbative dynamics of quantum fields. | ||
| Phys 476 624-2566 wadd @ physics.umn.edu | Cosmic Ray physics | ||
| Phys 331 624-1371 tfw @ physics.umn.edu | Phenomenology of Quantum Chromodynamics and the Standard Model; Lattice Gauge Theory; Astroparticle Physics. | ||
| Phys 353 624-1084 llrw @ astro.umn.edu | Cosmology; distribution of dark matter; gravitational lensing; formation of structure | ||
| 428 Walter 625-8049 paul @ lcse.umn.edu | Astronomy | ||
| Phys 376/385 624-0254/626-2067 chelsea @ astro.umn.edu | Solar system comets; classical novae and CVs; evolved stellar populations. | ||
| Phys 371 626-8921 jwygant @ ham.space.umn.edu | Experimental Space Plasma Physics: Shock waves; aurora; magnetic field reconnection; mechanisms for relativistic particle acceleration. | ||
| 231E 624-4387 zimme004 @ umn.edu | |||
| 347 / S37A 626-0364-/-624-2076 zudov @ physics.umn.edu | Non-equlibrium transport in quantum Hall systems |
