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RESEARCH AREAS

Biophysics & Biomedical Physics

  • Wei Chen bioelectromagnetism;  membrane proteins;  wound healing; drug delivery; electrical injury

  • Xiaomei Jiang: nature of charge carriers and their transport properties inside the device's polymer-film; temperature dependence of photocurrent and mobility of device; study of efficient Forster energy transfer in hybrid LEDs; study of metal nanoparticle (gold or silver) surface plasma effect on organic solar cell performance; tandem solar cell using organic polymers and inorganic materials; utilizing carrier multiplication in NC to improve solar cell performance: toward generation III solar cells

  • Dale Johnson: development of electron probe devices; analytical electron microscopy; subcellular elemental distributions in biological systems

  • Myung K. Kim: digital holography; optical tomographic imaging; biomedical imaging applications

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  • Martin Muschol: Imaging Neuronal Activity; Modeling Neuronal Information Processing; Optical Detection of Protein Interactions and Aggregation; Colloidal Models of Protein Interactions; New Optical Techniques for Biological Physics

  • Chun-Min Locell biophysics;  cell-based electric biosensor;  cell mechanics

  • Sagar A. Pandit: membrane biophysics; complex systems; dynamical systems; computer science

Laser & Optical Physics

  • Robert S.F. Chang: solid state laser spectroscopy;  energy transfer studies; crystal growth; fiberoptics

  • Nicholas Djeu: laser physics;  nonlinear optics;  fiber optics

  • Dennis K. Killinger: Lidar remote sensing; laser atmospheric propagation;  free-space optical laser telecommunication; industrial applications of lasers & optical sensors;  technology transfer & applied R&D

  • Myung K. Kim: digital holography; optical tomographic imaging; biomedical imaging applications

  • Martin Muschol: Imaging Neuronal Activity; Modeling Neuronal Information Processing; Optical Detection of Protein Interactions and Aggregation; Colloidal Models of Protein Interactions; New Optical Techniques for Biological Physics

Solid State & Materials Physics

  • Matthias Batzill: surface science; gas-surface interactions; structure and electronic properties of metal oxide surfaces; nanoclusters and quantum dots; solid state gas sensors; photocatalysis and photovoltaic for sustainable and renewable energy

  • Srikanth Hariharan: magnetic materials;  nanostructured materials;  thin films;  electromagnetic response in materials

  • Xiaomei Jiang: nature of charge carriers and their transport properties inside the device's polymer-film; temperature dependence of photocurrent and mobility of device; study of efficient Forster energy transfer in hybrid LEDs; study of metal nanoparticle (gold or silver) surface plasma effect on organic solar cell performance; tandem solar cell using organic polymers and inorganic materials; utilizing carrier multiplication in NC to improve solar cell performance: toward generation III solar cells

  • Casey W. Miller: spintronics; spin-dependent tunneling; spin-polarization measurements; spin-injection; magnetic thin films and heterostructures

  • Pritish Mukherjee: picosecond lasers and applications; laser-assisted materials processing

  • Martin Muñoz: growth of semiconductor materials and device structures; optical, electrical and structural properties of materials and devices; photo-induced changes in chalcogenide materials; nanostructures for opto-electronic applications

  • George S. Nolas: material science; novel materials crystal growth and characterization; transport;  thermoelectrics; structure-property relationships

  • Ivan Oleynik: theoretical and computational solid-state physics; materials science

  • David Rabson: theoretical solid state physics; materials science; statistical mechanics

  • Sarath Witanachchi: laser ablation; thin films; high-Tc superconductors

  • Gerald Woods: magnetic materials; thin-films; spin-polarized tunneling; superconductivity

  • Lilia Woods:  theoretical condensed matter physics; semiconductor and optical nanostructures; carbon nanotubes;  thermionic and thermoelectric materials

  • Jian Zhang:  fabrication of CNT field effect transistor; application of CNT FET as chemical and biological systems; fractional quantum Hall effect in quantum well system; thermo-electric transport of 2D electron system; study of superconductivity and Andreev Reflection effect in CNT field effect transistor

Theoretical & Computational Physics

  • Ivan Oleynik: theoretical and computational solid-state physics; materials science

  • Sagar A. Pandit: membrane biophysics; complex systems; dynamical systems; computer science

  • David Rabson: theoretical solid state physics; materials science; statistical mechanics

  • Ismail (Sam) A. Sakmar: high energy physics; mathematical physics; number theory; geometry

  • Lilia Woods: theoretical condensed matter physics; semiconductor and optical nanostructures; carbon nanotubes;  thermionic and thermoelectric materials

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