Faculty Research Groups
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Computational asteroseismology
Dr. Michael Reed
Research area: Asteroseismology
Computational materials science
Dr. Ridwan Sakidja
Research areas: Computational materials science, high-temperature materials
Computational planetary astronomy
Dr. Sarah Morrison
Research areas: Planetary system formation and evolution, computational astrophysics
Experimental condensed matter and materials physics
Dr. Tiglet Besara
Research areas: Experimental materials physics, crystallography
Dr. Kartik Ghosh
Research area: Nanostructured spintronic materials
Dr. Robert Mayanovic
Research areas: Condensed matter, mineral physics
Dr. Saibal Mitra
Research area: Nanoscale materials
Experimental nanoscale materials
Dr. Kartik Ghosh
Research area: Nanostructured spintronic materials
Dr. Saibal Mitra
Research area: Nanoscale materials
Laboratory astrophysics
Dr. David Cornelison
Research area: Laboratory astrophysics