Faculty and Staff

Synchrotron X-ray studies of condensed matter; materials in supercritical fluids; high pressure-temperature studies; mineral physics

Age of and distances to open clusters; asteroseismology of pulsating stars; orbital analysis of binary systems

Experimental materials physics: novel materials, single crystal growth; x-ray diffraction and crystallography; exploration of physical properties.

Growth and characterization of nanostructured spintronic materials, giant-magnetoresistance materials; 2D materials

Growth and characterization of electronic materials using MBE

Nanoscale materials and devices including nanosensors; nanobatteries; photovoltaic materials

Planetary system formation & evolution; extrasolar planets; orbital dynamics; computational astrophysics; data science.

Asteroseismology; binary stars; compact evolved stars; extrasolar planets

Computational modeling of materials

Computational materials science; high-temperature materials; nanomaterials

Electrochemical CO2 utilization, energy storage, and adsorption thermodynamics

Enhancing learning for non-physics majors; university & K-12 collaborations in science 

Laboratory astrophysics

Variability of yellow supergiant stars

Neural networks; optical computing; grant writing; inventing; building devices to solve problems; tornado alarm; space elevator

Physics education and computational non-linear dynamics

Physics education