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Wu, Sau Lan, Ph.D., Harvard, 1970.
High-energy and elementary particle
physics; weak, electromagnetic, and
strong interactions, Higgs Boson,
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.
Zweibel, Ellen, Ph.D., Princeton
University, 1977. Theoretical
astrophysics, plasma astrophysics;
origin and evolution of astrophysical
magnetic fields.
Associate Professors
Boldyrev, S., Ph.D., Princeton, 1999.
Plasma theory.
Chung, Daniel J.H., Ph.D., Chicago,
1998. Theoretical cosmology, high
energy physics; quantum field theory
in curved spacetime.
Everett, Lisa, Ph.D., University
of Pennsylvania, 1998. Theoretical
elementary particle physics,
superstring phenomenology and
supersymmetry.
Hashimoto, Akikazu, Ph.D.,
Princeton, 1997. String theory, black
hole physics, quantum field theory,
theoretical physics.
Heeger, Karsten, Ph.D., University
of Washington, Seattle, 2002.
Neutrino physics and astroparticle
physics.
Herndon, M., Ph.D., Maryland, 1998.
Fundamental particle physics involving
high energy hadron collisions with
the CDF experiment at the Tevatron
and the CMS experiment at the LHC.
Research topics include rare decay
of B hadrons, diboson physics, Higgs
physics, and searches for fundamental
new particles. Detector and algorithm
development involving muon triggers
and tracking detectors.
McDermott, Robert, Ph.D.,
University of California, Berkeley,
2002. Experimental condensed matter
physics, quantum computing.
Pan, Yibin, Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1991. High
energy experimental particle physics.
Westerhoff, Stefan, Ph.D.,
University of Wuppertal, Germany,
1996. Experimental particle
astrophysics, high energy neutrino
astronomy, ultra high energy cosmic
rays.
Yavuz, Deniz, Ph.D., Stanford
University, 2003. Experimental atomic,
molecular, and optical physics.
Assistant Professors
Mellado, Bruce, Ph.D., Columbia
University, 2001. Experimental high
energy physics, supersymmetry and
Higgs boson.
Maruyama, Reina, Ph.D., University
of Washington-Seattle. Nuclear and
particle astrophysics; neutrinos; and
dark matter.
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