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Guenter Ahlers Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
Experimental non-equilibrium soft condensed matter physics. Current interests focus on pattern formation in nonlinear dissipative systems, and on turbulence in fluid mechanics, especially in thermal convection. |
guenter@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1419 805.893.3795 |
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Benjamin Aleman Postdoctoral Fellow |
bjaleman@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4014 |
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James Allen Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
allen@itst.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4133 805.893.7134 |
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Robert Antonucci Professor |
ski@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015K 805.893.4350 |
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Curtis Asplund Graduate Student |
casplund@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6234 805.893.8515 |
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David Awschalom Professor |
Optical and magnetic interactions in semiconductor quantum structures, spin dynamics and coherence in condensed matter, nanometer-scale magnetism, and quantum information processing in the solid state. |
awsch@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4125 805.893.2121 |
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Leon Balents Professor KITP Permanent Member |
Theory of correlated electronic systems. Frustrated and quantum magnetism, transition metal oxides in bulk and heterostructures. Quantum criticality, exotic phases of matter, and low dimensional structures. |
balents@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2315 805.893.6381 |
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Daniel Balick Graduate Student |
dbalick@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6234 805.893.8515 |
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Rick Barber Systems and Network Administrator |
As a member of Physics Computing Services, provides end-user support for workstations, networks and servers. |
rick@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5223 805.893.8366 |
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Derek Barge Graduate Student |
dbarge@umail.ucsb.edu | ||
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Paul Barrett Professor Emeritus |
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Riccardo Bellan Postdoctoral Fellow |
riccardo.bellan@cern.ch Office: Currently at CERN |
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Jonathan BenTov Graduate Student |
jbentov@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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David Berenstein Associate Professor |
Quantum field theory, string theory, theoretical particle physics, mathematical physics. In particular, studies of the gauge/gravity duality, concepts of emergent geometry and numerical simulations of quantum fields. |
dberens@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6133 805.893.6120 |
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Federica Bianco Postdoctoral Fellow |
fbianco@lcogt.net Office: Broida 2233A 805.893.3117 |
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Lars Bildsten Professor KITP Permanent Member |
Theoretical astrophysics of stellar evolution and explosion. Gravitational wave sources for ground-based detection and stellar astrophysics enabled by computing (e.g. MESA) and optical surveys. |
bildsten@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2313 805.893.3979 |
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Omer Blaes Professor Chair |
Theoretical high energy astrophysics, compact objects, black hole astrophysics, accretion flows. |
blaes@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019 805.893.7239 |
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Matthew Block Alumni |
mblock@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6224 |
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Dirk Bouwmeester Professor |
bouwmeester@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4123 805.893.8358 |
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Heidi Bratt Financial Area Assistant |
Provides administrative support in the financial unit including postdoctoral fellowship appointments, visa preparation and processing, extramural accounting and effort reporting. |
heidi@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019 805.893.2669 |
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Brendon Brewer Postdoctoral Fellow |
brewer@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015L 805.893.7877 |
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Daniel Bridges Laboratory Assistant |
Provides support to the lower and upper division Physics instructional laboratories. |
bridges@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3217 805.893.4072 |
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Sage Briggs Financial Analyst |
As a member of the financial unit, manages accounts within the recharge database and assists with accounting, extramural fund administration and payroll. |
sage@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019 805.893.3270 |
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Frank Brown Professor |
Theoretical biophysics and chemical physics, dynamics and structure of biological membranes, interpretation of optical and X-ray spectroscopies, statistical mechanics and stochastic processes. |
fbrown@chem.ucsb.edu Office: Chem 4126 805.893.5494 |
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Tim Brown Adjunct LCOGT Scientific Director |
tbrown@lcogt.net Office: Broida 1409 |
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Raymond Bunker Alumni |
bunker@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5310 805.893.3340 |
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David Caldwell Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
caldwell@slac.stanford.edu | |
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Gregory Calusine Graduate Student |
calusine@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Brian Camley Graduate Student |
camley@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Claudio Campagnari Professor |
Searches for the Higgs boson and for physics beyond the Standard Model at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). |
claudio@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5119 805.893.7567 |
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David Cannell Professor |
david@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5131 805.893.3150 |
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Jennifer Cano Graduate Student |
jcano@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Jean Carlson Professor |
carlson@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6123 805.893.8345 |
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Debbie Ceder Faculty Assistant |
Provides administrative support to faculty and their associated research groups. |
dla@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5014 805.893.2058 |
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Michael Champion Graduate Student |
champion@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Trailer 942 1002 |
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Ru Chen Graduate Student |
rchen@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Kevin Chiou Graduate Student |
kikachu@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6234 |
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David Christle Graduate Student |
christle@cnsi.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3416 |
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Andrew Cleland Professor |
Experimental quantum systems, quantum information, mechanical quantum structures, nanomechanics, nanoelectronics, biosensing, high-throughput analysis. |
anc@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4113 805.893.5401 |
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Nico Costantino Researcher |
nicoc85@yahoo.it | ||
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Maria D'Alfonso Graduate Student |
mdalfonso@umail.ucsb.edu | ||
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Wim van Dam Associate Professor |
Quantum information processing with an emphasis on quantum algorithms and quantum communication complexity; foundations of nonlocality; theoretical computer science. |
vandam@cs.ucsb.edu Office: HFH 2151 805.893.5211 |
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Tom Danielson Postdoctoral Fellow |
tdaniels@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5125 805.893.2666 |
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Michael Deal Building Manager |
Responsible for the management of all facilities associated with the Physics department as well as laboratory safety. Serves as liaison to Physical Facilities and Environmental Health & Safety. Oversees department Purchasing, Receiving and Storeroom. |
deal@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1311 (Bldg 572) 805.893.2540 (message line only) |
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Ben Dilday Postdoctoral Fellow |
bdilday@lcogt.net Office: Broida 2233B 805.893.3189 |
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Jean Dill Undergraduate Advisor |
Serves as Undergraduate Advisor, working with students and faculty in all aspects of undergraduate education. |
dill@physics.ucsb.edu Hours: 9-12 noon, 1-3 pm Office: Broida 3019C 805.893.4567 (phone & fax) |
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Greg Dobler Postdoctoral Fellow |
Office: Kohn 1124 805.893.6373 |
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Jeffrey Dutter Machine Shop Manager |
Responsible for the management of the Physics Machine Shop which provides engineering services, consultation, design, fabrication and machining for research and instruction projects. |
jdutter@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Physical Sciences Bldg- South 1719A 805.893.2728 |
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Richard Eager Graduate Student |
reager@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Douglas Eardley Professor |
doug@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2329 805.893.2280 |
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Jason Eastman Postdoctoral Fellow |
jeastman@lcogt.net Office: LCOGT |
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Devin Edwards Graduate Student |
dedwards@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Martin Einhorn Adjunct KITP Deputy Director |
meinhorn@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 1510 805.893.3631 |
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Robert Eisberg Professor Emeritus |
sbsp@aol.com | ||
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Ahmed Elbanna Postdoctoral Fellow |
ahmedettaf@gmail.com Office: Broida 6139 893-3250 |
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Jonathan Essen Alumni |
essen@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Jennifer Farrar Graduate Advisor |
Serves as Graduate Advisor, working with students and faculty in all aspects of graduate student education, including admissions. |
jennifer@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019D 805.893.4646 (phone and fax) |
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Ron Ferril Graduate Student |
Office: Broida PSC | ||
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Kristian Finlator Postdoctoral Fellow |
finlator@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015H 805.893.2246 |
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Sebastian Fischetti Graduate Student |
sfischet@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Matthew Fisher Professor |
Quantum condensed matter theory focussing on strongly correlated electron systems, Mott insulators doped and undoped, quantum magnetism, topological order and superconductivity. |
mpaf@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6105 805.893.3247 |
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Kristen Flowers Graduate Student |
kflowers@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5118 |
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Amanda Fournier Graduate Student |
fournier@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2207 |
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Scott Fraser Alumni |
scottf@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Keith Fratus Graduate Student |
fratus@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Roger Freedman Lecturer |
airboy@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3413 805.893.2345 |
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Jose Fulco Professor Emeritus |
fulco@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Deborah Fygenson Associate Professor |
deborah@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2419 805.893.2449 |
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Jonathan Gardner Graduate Student |
jgardner@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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James Garrison Graduate Student |
garrison@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Trailer 942 1006 |
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Michael Gary Alumni |
mgary@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6218 805.893.2025 |
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Paul Geffert Graduate Student |
pbgeff@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5122 805.893.3125 |
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Robert Geller Lecturer |
rhmg@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3411 805.893.3924 |
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Alex George Graduate Student |
george@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5310 |
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Marian Ghilea Postdoctoral Fellow |
mghi@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5316 805.893.7218 |
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Steven Giddings Professor |
High energy and gravitational theory. Quantum black holes, quantum cosmology/inflation, and other quantum aspects of gravity; fundamental structure of matter and gauge interactions, particle phenomenology, string theory. |
giddings@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6229 805.893.4750 |
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Louis Grace Instructional Lecture Demo Coordinator |
Responsible for the coordination, set-up and updating of all Physics instructional lecture demonstrations. |
lgrace@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1630 805.893.4293 |
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Melissa Graham Postdoctoral Fellow |
mgraham@lcogt.net Office: Broida 3410 |
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David Gross Professor KITP Director |
gross@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 1514 805.893.7337 |
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Sathya Guruswamy Lecturer |
sathya.guruswamy@ccs.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3419 805.893.5204 |
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Carl Gwinn Professor |
Studies of pulsars and interstellar propagation at radio and gamma-ray wavelengths; signal processing and noise; physics of electromagnetic radiation. |
cgwinn@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015E 805.893.2814 |
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Elisabeth Gwinn Professor |
Experimental condensed matter physics and biophysics. Hybrid organic/inorganic materials. Synthesis and optical properties of organic-stabilized metal nanoclusters. Electrical transport in heterostructures and nanostructures. |
bgwinn@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4131 805.893.2564 |
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Jenna Hagemeier Graduate Student |
jenna@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3406 805.893.5456 |
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Sandra Hammonds Financial Manager |
Responsible for the management of the financial unit of the Physics department which includes accounting, contract & grant proposal and administration, payroll and personnel management, and department recharges. |
sandra@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019E 805.893.8425 |
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Helen Hansma Researcher |
hhansma@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Paul Hansma Professor |
Inventing devices for: 1) biomedical applications, 2) Atomic Force Microscopy of rough and fractured samples, 3) protecting structures from damage from earthquakes. |
prasant@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2411 805.893.2523 |
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James Hartle Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
hartle@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6235 805.893.2725 |
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Gavin Hartnett Graduate Student |
hartnett@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Richard Haynie Graduate Student |
rmhaynie@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Trailer 939 1001 |
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Alan Heeger Professor |
Current research interest focus on the optical and electronic properties of semiconducting polymer (and their nano-scale morphologies) and the use of these materials in "plastic" solar cells. |
ajhe@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4415 805.893.3184 |
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Idse Heemskerk Graduate Student |
idse@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6014 |
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Ken Henisey Alumni |
khenisey@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Alaina Henry Postdoctoral Fellow |
ahenry@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2233A 805.893.3117 |
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Ann Hermundstad Graduate Student |
ann@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Sebastian Hoenig Postdoctoral Fellow |
shoenig@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015H 805.893.2246 |
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James Hogg Graduate Student |
jhogg@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1415 805.893.2745 |
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Daniel Hone Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
hone@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2305 805.893.6372 |
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Gary Horowitz Professor |
Classical and quantum aspects of gravity, including spacetime singularities, quantum black holes, higher dimensional black holes, and gravitational aspects of string theory. |
gary@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6239 805.893.2742 |
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Viva Horowitz Graduate Student |
viva@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3415 |
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Mark Howard Alumni |
mhoward@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Andy Howell Adjunct LCOGT Staff Scientist |
Cosmology including probes of Dark Energy. Type Ia supernovae as standard candles. Other explosive transients, including core-collapse supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, ultraluminous supernovae, and exceptionally faint events. Also their host galaxies and stellar origins. |
ahowell@lcogt.net Office: Broida 2015G 805.893.5670 |
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Joseph Incandela Professor |
incandel@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5105 805.893.3962 |
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Nabil Iqbal Postdoctoral Fellow |
niqbal@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 1228 893-7310 |
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Vincent Jaccarino Professor Emeritus |
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Jeremy Jacob Alumni |
doublej@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Amy Jacobs Personnel Analyst |
Responsible for all personnel and payroll activities for the Department of Physics. |
jacobs@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019G 805.893.3880 |
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Ania Jayich Assistant Professor |
Nanoscale scanning probe microscopy of charge and spin; quantum assisted sensing based on defects in diamond; spin coherence and electron coherence in condensed matter systems. |
ania@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4105 805.893.8089 |
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Michael Johnson Graduate Student |
michaeltdh@gmail.com | ||
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Hyejin Ju Graduate Student |
ju@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6218 805.893.2025 |
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Chris Justus Graduate Student |
cjustus@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5122 805.893.3125 |
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Puneeth Kalavase Alumni |
kalavase@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Anthony Karmis Graduate Student |
anthony@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6216 |
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Brendan Keller Graduate Student |
bpkeller@umail.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6212 805.893.5010 |
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Brandon Kelly Postdoctoral Fellow |
bckelly@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015H 805.893.2246 |
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Younghyun Kim Graduate Student |
younghyun@umail.ucsb.edu Office: Trailer 939 1011 |
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Sue Ann Koay Alumni |
sakoay@physics.ucsb.edu 805.893.5091 |
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Walter Kohn Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
1. Prospects of a world powered predominantly by solar and wind energy. 2. Improving the vision of patients with macular degeneration. |
kohn@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6111 805.893.3061 (2420) |
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Dmytro Kovalski Postdoctoral Fellow |
dmytro@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5125 805.893.5067 |
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Steve Kreyer Development Technician |
Provides technician support to various projects at CERN. | skreyer@hep.ucsb.edu | |
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Vyacheslav Krutelyov Postdoctoral Fellow |
slava77@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5125 805.893.8802 |
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Suzanne Kyre Senior Development Engineer |
kyre@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5239 805.893.3839 |
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James Langer Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
Theories of deformation and failure of materials, with emphasis on the nonequilibrium properties of glasses, and related work on dislocation-mediated plasticity of polycrystalline solids. |
langer@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6125 805.893.7597 |
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Joshua Lapan Postdoctoral Fellow |
lapan@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2328 805.893.6321 |
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Michelle Leber Postdoctoral Fellow |
mleber@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5316 805.893.7218 |
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SungBin Lee Graduate Student |
sungbin@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6216 |
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Michael Lenander Graduate Student |
lenander@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Bldg 407 110 |
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Lap-yan Leung Computer System Manager, HEP |
lap@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5209 805.893.7093 |
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Po Kin Leung Postdoctoral Fellow |
pkleung@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3410 |
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Everett Lipman Associate Professor |
Optical measurements of single biological molecules. Molecular motors, protein folding, resonance energy transfer, and applications of microfluidic devices. |
lipman@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2409 805.893.8875 |
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Tao Liu Postdoctoral Fellow |
taoliu@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Matthew Lorig Alumni |
mjlorig@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Steven Lowette Postdoctoral Fellow |
lowette@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Currently at CERN |
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Philip Lubin Professor |
Experimental Cosmology group - early universe studies, Cosmic Microwave Background studies, Planck satellite, high Z metal lines, high altitude balloon borne astrophysics experiments, low temperature far IR and mm wave detectors, large aperture mm/ sub mm optical systems |
lubin@cfi.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015C 805.893.8432 |
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Erik Lucero Graduate Student |
ealucero@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4340 |
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Andreas Ludwig Professor |
ludwig@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6119 805.893.3223 |
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Mary Lum Academic Business Officer |
Responsible for the administrative management of the Physics department. |
mlum@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019A 805.893.2740 |
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Brian Maertz Graduate Student |
bmaertz@physics.ucsb.edu 805.893.7282 |
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Guido Magazzu Researcher |
Design and development of Integrated Circuits and FPGA based control and data acquisition systems for applications in High Energy Physics experiments. |
gmagazzu@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5225 805.893.7835 |
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Ramsey Majzoub Graduate Student |
ramsey@physics.ucsb.edu Office: MRL 1051 |
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Daniel Malinow Graduate Student |
dmalinow@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6224 |
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Madhav Mani Postdoctoral Fellow |
mani@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2326 805.893.3457 |
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Donald Marolf Professor |
Classical and quantum physics of black holes, quantum fields in curved space, quantum gravity, and gravitational aspects of string theory. |
marolf@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6131 805.893.5205 |
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Crystal Martin Professor |
Star formation and feedback in galaxies; interplay between galaxies and the intergalactic medium; fand first galaxies and reionization |
cmartin@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015D 805.893.8760 |
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John Martinis Professor |
martinis@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4111 805.893.3910 |
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Benjamin Mazin Assistant Professor |
Photon-counting, energy-resolving cryogenic detectors and instrumentation for Astrophysics. |
bmazin@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015A 805.893.3344 |
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Nickolas McColl Graduate Student |
nmccoll@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5118 |
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Lynnette McCoy Contract and Grant Analyst |
Serves as the Extramural Funds Analyst works with faculty and researchers on contract and grant proposal preparation and pre- through post-award administration. |
lynnette@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019F 805.893.4270 |
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Sean McHugh Postdoctoral Fellow |
mchugh@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3509 805.893.7201 |
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Dustin McIntosh Graduate Student |
dmcintos@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1019 |
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Peter Meinhold Researcher |
peterm@cfi.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2225 805.893.8418 |
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Jennifer Meyer Postdoctoral Fellow |
meyerj@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6139 805.893.3250 |
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Ryan Mishmash Graduate Student |
mishmash@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6218 805.893.2025 |
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Benjamin Monreal Assistant Professor |
bmonreal@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5123 805.893.3440 |
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Eun Gook Moon Postdoctoral Fellow |
Office: Broida 6113 | ||
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Kevin Moore Graduate Student |
kmoore@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2231 |
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Christpoher Morris Alumni |
cmorris@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3418 805.893.4707 |
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David Morrison Professor |
Mathematical aspects of string theory and quantum field theory, algebraic geometry. |
drm@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6135 805.893.8309 |
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Ian Morrison Alumni |
ian_morrison@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6228 303.549.2717 |
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Rollin Morrison Professor Emeritus |
morrsion@hep.ucsb.edu | ||
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Alex Morriss-Andrews Graduate Student |
aandrews@physics.ucsb.edu Office: PSBN 3606 |
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Bryan Myers Graduate Student |
bmyers@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Trailer 939 1012 |
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Chetan Nayak Professor Microsoft Station Q |
nayak@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Elings Hall 2241 805.893.8829 |
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Harry Nelson Professor Vice Chair |
hnn@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5103 805.893.8612 |
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Hieu Nguyen Graduate Student |
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Anna Nierenberg Graduate Student |
amn01@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Kieran O'Brien Researcher |
kobrien@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3509 805.893.7201 |
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Peter O'Malley Graduate Student |
pomalley@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Hugh O'Neill Graduate Student |
hugh@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1216 805.893.8418 |
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Peng Oh Associate Professor |
Theoretical astrophysics, cosmology. Hydrogen and helium reionization, 21cm cosmology, the first galaxies. Galaxy clusters and physics of intracluster medium. |
peng@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015J 805.893.7254 |
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Daniel Ouellette Graduate Student |
dgo@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Anna Pancoast Graduate Student |
pancoast@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2014 |
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Guy Patterson Student Machine Shop Supervisor |
As a machinist, works with faculty and researchers to design and fabricate apparatus. Manages the student machine shop and instructs on use of tools, equipment and safety. |
guypatt@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Physical Sciences Bldg- South 1707 805.893.4825 |
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Victor Pavlunin Postdoctoral Fellow |
victor@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5125 805.893.8802 |
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Stanton Peale Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
My research interests are: 1. Planetary science with emphasis on dynamical configurations that constrain internal properties of mostly solid solar system bodies, and evolution of dynamical systems to constrain their origin. 2. The dynamical history of extra-solar planetary systems. |
peale@io.physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015B 805.893.2977 |
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Brian Pepper Graduate Student |
bpepper@physics.ucsb.edu Hours: 805.893.5456 Office: Broida 3406 |
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Erik Perkins Graduate Student |
perkins@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Philip Pincus Professor |
Soft condensed matter theory. Specific subjects include: polymers, biopolymers, membranes, properties of water, colloid science. |
fyl@mrl.ucsb.edu Office: MRL 3005 805.893.4685 |
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Anders Pinzke Postdoctoral Fellow |
apinzke@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3410 |
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Robert Pizzi Instructional Lab Manager |
Responsible for the management, coordination and supervision of lower and upper division instructional laboratories, including lecture demonstrations. |
rpizzi@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3310 805.893.2553 |
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Joseph Polchinski Professor KITP Permanent Member |
Theoretical Physics: Quantum field theory, string theory, quantum gravity, and the connections among these and with other parts of physics. |
joep@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2319 805.893.3126 |
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Moire Prescott Postdoctoral Fellow |
mkpresco@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2233B 805.893.3189 |
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David Prine Purchasing Manager |
Responsible for the operation of the Physics Purchasing and Receiving units. |
dprine@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1311 (Bldg 572) 805.893.2540 |
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Elijah Quetin Graduate Student |
elquetin@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2207 |
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Connor Randall Staff Research Associate |
Lab Manager for the Hansma Research Group |
crandall@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6324 805.893.3999 |
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Finn Rebassoo Alumni |
rebassoo@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Doug Rehn Assistant Development Engineer |
As a machinist, works with faculty and researchers to design and fabricate apparatus. |
drehn@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Physical Sciences Bldg- South 1725 805.893.8638 |
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Jacob Ribnik Alumni |
jribnik@physics.ucsb.edu 805.893.3340 |
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Jeffrey Richman Professor |
richman@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5111 805.893.8408 |
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Charles Riedel Graduate Student |
creidel@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Bldg 407 110H |
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Francesc Roig Senior Lecturer Emeritus |
roig@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3409 805.893.5669 |
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Karina Roitman Graduate Student |
yaelcita@physics.ucsb.edu Office: T328 D |
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Wayne Rosing Senior Fellows LCOGT Technical Director & President |
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Roberto Rossin Postdoctoral Fellow |
rossin@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5124 805.893.2666 |
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Ishai Rubin Graduate Student |
ishai@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1219 805.893.8418 |
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Cyrus Safinya Professor |
Biophysics and soft matter research focused on attempts to understand the mechanisms of assembly for certain biological systems such as lipid-nucleic acids, lipids, and neuron-derived proteins. (Professor of Materials, Physics and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology) |
safinya@mrl.ucsb.edu Office: Materials Research Lab 2204 805.893.8635 |
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David Sand Postdoctoral Fellow |
dsand@lcogt.ucsb.edu Office: LCOGT 805.880.1637 |
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Daniel Sank Graduate Student |
sank@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4217 805.893.3899 |
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Jorge Santos Postdoctoral Fellow |
jss55@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6219 805.893.2815 |
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Lucile Savary Graduate Student |
lsavary@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Raymond Sawyer Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
sawyer@sarek.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 1203 805.893.6353 |
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Douglas Scalapino Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
djs@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6238 805.893.2871 |
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Glenn Schiferl Director, PCS |
Responsible for the management of Physics Computing Services including networking, installation, troubleshooting and user support. Manages the Voice over IP system. |
glenn@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5223 805.893.8366 |
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Chris Seaton Faculty Assistant |
Provides administrative support for Dr. Walter Kohn |
chris@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6118 805.893.2420 |
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Andy Segale Assistant Development Engineer |
As a machinist, works with faculty and researchers to design and fabricate apparatus. |
mxrider@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Physical Sciences Bldg- South 1725 805.893.8638 |
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Genevieve Shattow Graduate Student |
gshattow@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2207 |
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Joan-Emma Shea Professor |
Theoretical and computational biophysics; protein folding and aggregation |
shea@chem.ucsb.edu Office: Chemistry 4130 805.893.5604 |
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Mark Sheckherd Assistant Development Engineer |
As a welder, works with faculty and researchers to design and fabricate apparatus. |
sheckher@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Physical Sciences Bldg- South 1725 805.893.8638 |
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Mark Sherwin Professor |
sherwin@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4103 805.893.3774 |
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Yinbo Shi Graduate Student |
yshi@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Avi Shporer Postdoctoral Fellow |
ashporer@lcogt.net Office: Broida 2233 805.880.1638 |
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Boris Shraiman Professor KITP Permanent Member |
shraiman@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2317 805.893.2835 |
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Jennifer Sirak Graduate Student |
sirakja@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Ellison Hall 1629A |
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Scott Smith Senior Clerk |
Provides general assistance to the Physics Machine Shop and Material Management unit. |
ssmith@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1311 805.893.2747 |
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Alessandro Sonnenfeld Graduate Student |
sonnen@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2014 |
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Kurt Soto Graduate Student |
ktsoto@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2207 |
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Mark Srednicki Professor |
Quantum field theory and elementary particle phenomenology, quantum chaos theory and its applications, dark matter and the physics of the early universe. |
mark@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6221 805.893.2165 |
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Daniel Stack Storeroom Manager |
Responsible for the operation of the Physics Storeroom as well as building keys and doorcodes. |
dstack@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1311 805.893.2747 |
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Michael Stanton Graduate Student |
malakai@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4014 805.893.3896 |
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Mario Stipcevic Researcher |
mstipcev@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5131 805.893.8337 |
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David Stuart Professor |
Experimental particle physics: Supersymmetry searches at the Large Hadron Collider and development of charged particle tracking detectors. |
stuart@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5113 805.893.5147 |
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Robert Sugar Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
Theoretical high energy physics. Numerical studies of quantum chromodynamics, including the calculation of the masses and decay properties of strongly interacting particles, and the behavior of strongly interacting matter at high temperatures and densities. |
sugar@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6103 805.893.3469 |
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James Sully Graduate Student |
sully@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1007 |
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Donald Suntrup Graduate Student |
suntrup@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5131 805.893.8337 |
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Sherry Suyu Postdoctoral Fellow |
suyu@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015L 805.893.7877 |
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Chris Takacs Graduate Student |
ctakacs@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Ted Tao Graduate Student |
ttao@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Wing To Graduate Student |
wto@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5122 805.893.3125 |
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Tommaso Treu Professor |
tt@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015F 805.893.3503 |
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Shilo Tucker Academic Personnel |
Responsible for the management of the academic affairs units within the Physics department which includes Academic Personnel, curriculum management, student affairs and administrative support. |
shilo@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019B 805.893.8134 |
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Amit Vainsencher Graduate Student |
amit@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Bldg 407 110H |
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Jatila van der Veen Researcher |
jatila@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2225 805.893.8418 |
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Jean-Roch Vlimant Postdoctoral Fellow |
vlimant@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Currently at CERN |
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William Walker Professor Emeritus |
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Aron Wall Postdoctoral Fellow |
Office: Broida 6215 893-2216 |
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Max Watson Graduate Student |
maxcw@physics.ucsb.edu Office: PSBN 3606G |
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Benson Way Graduate Student |
benson@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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David Weld Assistant Professor |
Experimental ultracold atomic physics, quantum simulation, optical lattices, trapping of alkali and alkaline earth atoms, novel quantum phases, nonequilibrium dynamics, new cooling techniques, analogies between condensed matter and atomic physics, quantum metrology, micron-scale force sensing. |
weld@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4119 805.893.7634 |
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James Wenner Graduate Student |
jwenner@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4217 805.893.3899 |
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Christopher West Postdoctoral Fellow |
cawest@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Currently at CERN |
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Dean White Senior Development Engineer |
Serves as Project Manager to the High Energy Physics group. |
dean@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5239 805.893.2011 |
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Theodore White Graduate Student |
tcwhite@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4215 805.893.3899 |
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Pierre Wiltzius Professor Dean, MLPS |
Soft condensed matter and complex fluids, polymers, colloids, liquid crystals; current research on developing new fabrication techniques for photonic crystals including colloidal self-assembly and multi-beam interference lithography. |
MLPSdean@Ltsc.ucsb.edu Office: Cheadle 2217 805.893.5024 |
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Jessica Wirts Faculty Assistant |
Provides administrative support to faculty and their associated research groups. |
jwirts@physics.ucsb.edu Hours: Monday - Friday: 8am-4pm Office: Broida 5014 805.893.5369 |
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Michael Witherell Professor Vice Chancellor, Research |
witherell@research.ucsb.edu Office: Cheadle 3227 805.893.8270 |
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Connor Wolf Laboratory Helper |
Member of Lubin Group laboratory staff |
lemuix@cox.net Office: Broida 2217 805.893.8418 |
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William Wolf Graduate Student |
wmwolf@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Trailer 939 10 |
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Cenke Xu Assistant Professor |
xucenke@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6137 805.893.4029 |
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Christopher Yale Graduate Student |
cgyale@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3416 805.893.7287 |
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Andrew Yeats Graduate Student |
ayeats@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3416 805.893.7287 |
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Catherine Yeh Graduate Student |
yeh@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Benjamin Zaks Graduate Student |
bzaks@physics.ucsb.edu 805.893.4707 |
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Anthony Zee Professor |
Particle theory, in particular neutrino physics, gravity, and other topics. Application of quantum field theory to various problems, including RNA folding and visual information processing. |
zee@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2321 805.893.4213 |
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Andrea Zonca Postdoctoral Fellow |
zonca@deepspace.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2233 805.893.8418 |
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Guenter Ahlers Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
Experimental non-equilibrium soft condensed matter physics. Current interests focus on pattern formation in nonlinear dissipative systems, and on turbulence in fluid mechanics, especially in thermal convection. |
guenter@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1419 805.893.3795 |
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James Allen Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
allen@itst.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4133 805.893.7134 |
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Robert Antonucci Professor |
ski@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015K 805.893.4350 |
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David Awschalom Professor |
Optical and magnetic interactions in semiconductor quantum structures, spin dynamics and coherence in condensed matter, nanometer-scale magnetism, and quantum information processing in the solid state. |
awsch@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4125 805.893.2121 |
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Leon Balents Professor KITP Permanent Member |
Theory of correlated electronic systems. Frustrated and quantum magnetism, transition metal oxides in bulk and heterostructures. Quantum criticality, exotic phases of matter, and low dimensional structures. |
balents@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2315 805.893.6381 |
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Paul Barrett Professor Emeritus |
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David Berenstein Associate Professor |
Quantum field theory, string theory, theoretical particle physics, mathematical physics. In particular, studies of the gauge/gravity duality, concepts of emergent geometry and numerical simulations of quantum fields. |
dberens@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6133 805.893.6120 |
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Lars Bildsten Professor KITP Permanent Member |
Theoretical astrophysics of stellar evolution and explosion. Gravitational wave sources for ground-based detection and stellar astrophysics enabled by computing (e.g. MESA) and optical surveys. |
bildsten@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2313 805.893.3979 |
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Omer Blaes Professor Chair |
Theoretical high energy astrophysics, compact objects, black hole astrophysics, accretion flows. |
blaes@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019 805.893.7239 |
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Dirk Bouwmeester Professor |
bouwmeester@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4123 805.893.8358 |
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Frank Brown Professor |
Theoretical biophysics and chemical physics, dynamics and structure of biological membranes, interpretation of optical and X-ray spectroscopies, statistical mechanics and stochastic processes. |
fbrown@chem.ucsb.edu Office: Chem 4126 805.893.5494 |
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Tim Brown Adjunct LCOGT Scientific Director |
tbrown@lcogt.net Office: Broida 1409 |
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David Caldwell Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
caldwell@slac.stanford.edu | |
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Claudio Campagnari Professor |
Searches for the Higgs boson and for physics beyond the Standard Model at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). |
claudio@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5119 805.893.7567 |
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David Cannell Professor |
david@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5131 805.893.3150 |
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Jean Carlson Professor |
carlson@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6123 805.893.8345 |
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Andrew Cleland Professor |
Experimental quantum systems, quantum information, mechanical quantum structures, nanomechanics, nanoelectronics, biosensing, high-throughput analysis. |
anc@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4113 805.893.5401 |
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Wim van Dam Associate Professor |
Quantum information processing with an emphasis on quantum algorithms and quantum communication complexity; foundations of nonlocality; theoretical computer science. |
vandam@cs.ucsb.edu Office: HFH 2151 805.893.5211 |
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Douglas Eardley Professor |
doug@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2329 805.893.2280 |
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Martin Einhorn Adjunct KITP Deputy Director |
meinhorn@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 1510 805.893.3631 |
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Robert Eisberg Professor Emeritus |
sbsp@aol.com | ||
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Matthew Fisher Professor |
Quantum condensed matter theory focussing on strongly correlated electron systems, Mott insulators doped and undoped, quantum magnetism, topological order and superconductivity. |
mpaf@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6105 805.893.3247 |
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Roger Freedman Lecturer |
airboy@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3413 805.893.2345 |
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Jose Fulco Professor Emeritus |
fulco@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Deborah Fygenson Associate Professor |
deborah@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2419 805.893.2449 |
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Robert Geller Lecturer |
rhmg@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3411 805.893.3924 |
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Steven Giddings Professor |
High energy and gravitational theory. Quantum black holes, quantum cosmology/inflation, and other quantum aspects of gravity; fundamental structure of matter and gauge interactions, particle phenomenology, string theory. |
giddings@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6229 805.893.4750 |
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David Gross Professor KITP Director |
gross@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 1514 805.893.7337 |
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Sathya Guruswamy Lecturer |
sathya.guruswamy@ccs.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3419 805.893.5204 |
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Carl Gwinn Professor |
Studies of pulsars and interstellar propagation at radio and gamma-ray wavelengths; signal processing and noise; physics of electromagnetic radiation. |
cgwinn@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015E 805.893.2814 |
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Elisabeth Gwinn Professor |
Experimental condensed matter physics and biophysics. Hybrid organic/inorganic materials. Synthesis and optical properties of organic-stabilized metal nanoclusters. Electrical transport in heterostructures and nanostructures. |
bgwinn@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4131 805.893.2564 |
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Paul Hansma Professor |
Inventing devices for: 1) biomedical applications, 2) Atomic Force Microscopy of rough and fractured samples, 3) protecting structures from damage from earthquakes. |
prasant@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2411 805.893.2523 |
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James Hartle Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
hartle@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6235 805.893.2725 |
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Alan Heeger Professor |
Current research interest focus on the optical and electronic properties of semiconducting polymer (and their nano-scale morphologies) and the use of these materials in "plastic" solar cells. |
ajhe@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4415 805.893.3184 |
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Daniel Hone Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
hone@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2305 805.893.6372 |
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Gary Horowitz Professor |
Classical and quantum aspects of gravity, including spacetime singularities, quantum black holes, higher dimensional black holes, and gravitational aspects of string theory. |
gary@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6239 805.893.2742 |
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Andy Howell Adjunct LCOGT Staff Scientist |
Cosmology including probes of Dark Energy. Type Ia supernovae as standard candles. Other explosive transients, including core-collapse supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, ultraluminous supernovae, and exceptionally faint events. Also their host galaxies and stellar origins. |
ahowell@lcogt.net Office: Broida 2015G 805.893.5670 |
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Joseph Incandela Professor |
incandel@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5105 805.893.3962 |
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Vincent Jaccarino Professor Emeritus |
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Ania Jayich Assistant Professor |
Nanoscale scanning probe microscopy of charge and spin; quantum assisted sensing based on defects in diamond; spin coherence and electron coherence in condensed matter systems. |
ania@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4105 805.893.8089 |
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Walter Kohn Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
1. Prospects of a world powered predominantly by solar and wind energy. 2. Improving the vision of patients with macular degeneration. |
kohn@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6111 805.893.3061 (2420) |
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James Langer Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
Theories of deformation and failure of materials, with emphasis on the nonequilibrium properties of glasses, and related work on dislocation-mediated plasticity of polycrystalline solids. |
langer@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6125 805.893.7597 |
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Everett Lipman Associate Professor |
Optical measurements of single biological molecules. Molecular motors, protein folding, resonance energy transfer, and applications of microfluidic devices. |
lipman@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2409 805.893.8875 |
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Philip Lubin Professor |
Experimental Cosmology group - early universe studies, Cosmic Microwave Background studies, Planck satellite, high Z metal lines, high altitude balloon borne astrophysics experiments, low temperature far IR and mm wave detectors, large aperture mm/ sub mm optical systems |
lubin@cfi.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015C 805.893.8432 |
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Andreas Ludwig Professor |
ludwig@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6119 805.893.3223 |
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Donald Marolf Professor |
Classical and quantum physics of black holes, quantum fields in curved space, quantum gravity, and gravitational aspects of string theory. |
marolf@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6131 805.893.5205 |
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Crystal Martin Professor |
Star formation and feedback in galaxies; interplay between galaxies and the intergalactic medium; fand first galaxies and reionization |
cmartin@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015D 805.893.8760 |
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John Martinis Professor |
martinis@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4111 805.893.3910 |
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Benjamin Mazin Assistant Professor |
Photon-counting, energy-resolving cryogenic detectors and instrumentation for Astrophysics. |
bmazin@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015A 805.893.3344 |
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Benjamin Monreal Assistant Professor |
bmonreal@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5123 805.893.3440 |
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David Morrison Professor |
Mathematical aspects of string theory and quantum field theory, algebraic geometry. |
drm@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6135 805.893.8309 |
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Rollin Morrison Professor Emeritus |
morrsion@hep.ucsb.edu | ||
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Chetan Nayak Professor Microsoft Station Q |
nayak@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Elings Hall 2241 805.893.8829 |
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Harry Nelson Professor Vice Chair |
hnn@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5103 805.893.8612 |
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Peng Oh Associate Professor |
Theoretical astrophysics, cosmology. Hydrogen and helium reionization, 21cm cosmology, the first galaxies. Galaxy clusters and physics of intracluster medium. |
peng@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015J 805.893.7254 |
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Stanton Peale Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
My research interests are: 1. Planetary science with emphasis on dynamical configurations that constrain internal properties of mostly solid solar system bodies, and evolution of dynamical systems to constrain their origin. 2. The dynamical history of extra-solar planetary systems. |
peale@io.physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015B 805.893.2977 |
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Philip Pincus Professor |
Soft condensed matter theory. Specific subjects include: polymers, biopolymers, membranes, properties of water, colloid science. |
fyl@mrl.ucsb.edu Office: MRL 3005 805.893.4685 |
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Joseph Polchinski Professor KITP Permanent Member |
Theoretical Physics: Quantum field theory, string theory, quantum gravity, and the connections among these and with other parts of physics. |
joep@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2319 805.893.3126 |
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Jeffrey Richman Professor |
richman@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5111 805.893.8408 |
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Francesc Roig Senior Lecturer Emeritus |
roig@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3409 805.893.5669 |
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Wayne Rosing Senior Fellows LCOGT Technical Director & President |
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Cyrus Safinya Professor |
Biophysics and soft matter research focused on attempts to understand the mechanisms of assembly for certain biological systems such as lipid-nucleic acids, lipids, and neuron-derived proteins. (Professor of Materials, Physics and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology) |
safinya@mrl.ucsb.edu Office: Materials Research Lab 2204 805.893.8635 |
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Raymond Sawyer Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
sawyer@sarek.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 1203 805.893.6353 |
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Douglas Scalapino Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
djs@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6238 805.893.2871 |
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Joan-Emma Shea Professor |
Theoretical and computational biophysics; protein folding and aggregation |
shea@chem.ucsb.edu Office: Chemistry 4130 805.893.5604 |
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Mark Sherwin Professor |
sherwin@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4103 805.893.3774 |
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Boris Shraiman Professor KITP Permanent Member |
shraiman@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2317 805.893.2835 |
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Mark Srednicki Professor |
Quantum field theory and elementary particle phenomenology, quantum chaos theory and its applications, dark matter and the physics of the early universe. |
mark@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6221 805.893.2165 |
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David Stuart Professor |
Experimental particle physics: Supersymmetry searches at the Large Hadron Collider and development of charged particle tracking detectors. |
stuart@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5113 805.893.5147 |
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Robert Sugar Professor Emeritus Research Professor |
Theoretical high energy physics. Numerical studies of quantum chromodynamics, including the calculation of the masses and decay properties of strongly interacting particles, and the behavior of strongly interacting matter at high temperatures and densities. |
sugar@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6103 805.893.3469 |
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Tommaso Treu Professor |
tt@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015F 805.893.3503 |
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William Walker Professor Emeritus |
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David Weld Assistant Professor |
Experimental ultracold atomic physics, quantum simulation, optical lattices, trapping of alkali and alkaline earth atoms, novel quantum phases, nonequilibrium dynamics, new cooling techniques, analogies between condensed matter and atomic physics, quantum metrology, micron-scale force sensing. |
weld@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4119 805.893.7634 |
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Pierre Wiltzius Professor Dean, MLPS |
Soft condensed matter and complex fluids, polymers, colloids, liquid crystals; current research on developing new fabrication techniques for photonic crystals including colloidal self-assembly and multi-beam interference lithography. |
MLPSdean@Ltsc.ucsb.edu Office: Cheadle 2217 805.893.5024 |
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Michael Witherell Professor Vice Chancellor, Research |
witherell@research.ucsb.edu Office: Cheadle 3227 805.893.8270 |
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Cenke Xu Assistant Professor |
xucenke@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6137 805.893.4029 |
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Anthony Zee Professor |
Particle theory, in particular neutrino physics, gravity, and other topics. Application of quantum field theory to various problems, including RNA folding and visual information processing. |
zee@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2321 805.893.4213 |
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Rick Barber Systems and Network Administrator |
As a member of Physics Computing Services, provides end-user support for workstations, networks and servers. |
rick@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5223 805.893.8366 |
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Heidi Bratt Financial Area Assistant |
Provides administrative support in the financial unit including postdoctoral fellowship appointments, visa preparation and processing, extramural accounting and effort reporting. |
heidi@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019 805.893.2669 |
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Daniel Bridges Laboratory Assistant |
Provides support to the lower and upper division Physics instructional laboratories. |
bridges@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3217 805.893.4072 |
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Sage Briggs Financial Analyst |
As a member of the financial unit, manages accounts within the recharge database and assists with accounting, extramural fund administration and payroll. |
sage@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019 805.893.3270 |
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Debbie Ceder Faculty Assistant |
Provides administrative support to faculty and their associated research groups. |
dla@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5014 805.893.2058 |
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Michael Deal Building Manager |
Responsible for the management of all facilities associated with the Physics department as well as laboratory safety. Serves as liaison to Physical Facilities and Environmental Health & Safety. Oversees department Purchasing, Receiving and Storeroom. |
deal@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1311 (Bldg 572) 805.893.2540 (message line only) |
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Jean Dill Undergraduate Advisor |
Serves as Undergraduate Advisor, working with students and faculty in all aspects of undergraduate education. |
dill@physics.ucsb.edu Hours: 9-12 noon, 1-3 pm Office: Broida 3019C 805.893.4567 (phone & fax) |
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Jeffrey Dutter Machine Shop Manager |
Responsible for the management of the Physics Machine Shop which provides engineering services, consultation, design, fabrication and machining for research and instruction projects. |
jdutter@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Physical Sciences Bldg- South 1719A 805.893.2728 |
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Jennifer Farrar Graduate Advisor |
Serves as Graduate Advisor, working with students and faculty in all aspects of graduate student education, including admissions. |
jennifer@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019D 805.893.4646 (phone and fax) |
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Louis Grace Instructional Lecture Demo Coordinator |
Responsible for the coordination, set-up and updating of all Physics instructional lecture demonstrations. |
lgrace@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1630 805.893.4293 |
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Sandra Hammonds Financial Manager |
Responsible for the management of the financial unit of the Physics department which includes accounting, contract & grant proposal and administration, payroll and personnel management, and department recharges. |
sandra@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019E 805.893.8425 |
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Amy Jacobs Personnel Analyst |
Responsible for all personnel and payroll activities for the Department of Physics. |
jacobs@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019G 805.893.3880 |
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Steve Kreyer Development Technician |
Provides technician support to various projects at CERN. | skreyer@hep.ucsb.edu | |
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Suzanne Kyre Senior Development Engineer |
kyre@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5239 805.893.3839 |
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Lap-yan Leung Computer System Manager, HEP |
lap@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5209 805.893.7093 |
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Mary Lum Academic Business Officer |
Responsible for the administrative management of the Physics department. |
mlum@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019A 805.893.2740 |
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Lynnette McCoy Contract and Grant Analyst |
Serves as the Extramural Funds Analyst works with faculty and researchers on contract and grant proposal preparation and pre- through post-award administration. |
lynnette@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019F 805.893.4270 |
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Guy Patterson Student Machine Shop Supervisor |
As a machinist, works with faculty and researchers to design and fabricate apparatus. Manages the student machine shop and instructs on use of tools, equipment and safety. |
guypatt@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Physical Sciences Bldg- South 1707 805.893.4825 |
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Robert Pizzi Instructional Lab Manager |
Responsible for the management, coordination and supervision of lower and upper division instructional laboratories, including lecture demonstrations. |
rpizzi@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3310 805.893.2553 |
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David Prine Purchasing Manager |
Responsible for the operation of the Physics Purchasing and Receiving units. |
dprine@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1311 (Bldg 572) 805.893.2540 |
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Connor Randall Staff Research Associate |
Lab Manager for the Hansma Research Group |
crandall@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6324 805.893.3999 |
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Doug Rehn Assistant Development Engineer |
As a machinist, works with faculty and researchers to design and fabricate apparatus. |
drehn@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Physical Sciences Bldg- South 1725 805.893.8638 |
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Glenn Schiferl Director, PCS |
Responsible for the management of Physics Computing Services including networking, installation, troubleshooting and user support. Manages the Voice over IP system. |
glenn@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5223 805.893.8366 |
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Chris Seaton Faculty Assistant |
Provides administrative support for Dr. Walter Kohn |
chris@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6118 805.893.2420 |
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Andy Segale Assistant Development Engineer |
As a machinist, works with faculty and researchers to design and fabricate apparatus. |
mxrider@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Physical Sciences Bldg- South 1725 805.893.8638 |
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Mark Sheckherd Assistant Development Engineer |
As a welder, works with faculty and researchers to design and fabricate apparatus. |
sheckher@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Physical Sciences Bldg- South 1725 805.893.8638 |
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Scott Smith Senior Clerk |
Provides general assistance to the Physics Machine Shop and Material Management unit. |
ssmith@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1311 805.893.2747 |
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Daniel Stack Storeroom Manager |
Responsible for the operation of the Physics Storeroom as well as building keys and doorcodes. |
dstack@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 1311 805.893.2747 |
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Shilo Tucker Academic Personnel |
Responsible for the management of the academic affairs units within the Physics department which includes Academic Personnel, curriculum management, student affairs and administrative support. |
shilo@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3019B 805.893.8134 |
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Dean White Senior Development Engineer |
Serves as Project Manager to the High Energy Physics group. |
dean@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5239 805.893.2011 |
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Jessica Wirts Faculty Assistant |
Provides administrative support to faculty and their associated research groups. |
jwirts@physics.ucsb.edu Hours: Monday - Friday: 8am-4pm Office: Broida 5014 805.893.5369 |
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Connor Wolf Laboratory Helper |
Member of Lubin Group laboratory staff |
lemuix@cox.net Office: Broida 2217 805.893.8418 |
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Benjamin Aleman Postdoctoral Fellow |
bjaleman@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 4014 |
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Riccardo Bellan Postdoctoral Fellow |
riccardo.bellan@cern.ch Office: Currently at CERN |
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Federica Bianco Postdoctoral Fellow |
fbianco@lcogt.net Office: Broida 2233A 805.893.3117 |
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Brendon Brewer Postdoctoral Fellow |
brewer@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015L 805.893.7877 |
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Nico Costantino Researcher |
nicoc85@yahoo.it | ||
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Tom Danielson Postdoctoral Fellow |
tdaniels@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5125 805.893.2666 |
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Ben Dilday Postdoctoral Fellow |
bdilday@lcogt.net Office: Broida 2233B 805.893.3189 |
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Greg Dobler Postdoctoral Fellow |
Office: Kohn 1124 805.893.6373 |
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Jason Eastman Postdoctoral Fellow |
jeastman@lcogt.net Office: LCOGT |
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Ahmed Elbanna Postdoctoral Fellow |
ahmedettaf@gmail.com Office: Broida 6139 893-3250 |
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Kristian Finlator Postdoctoral Fellow |
finlator@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015H 805.893.2246 |
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Marian Ghilea Postdoctoral Fellow |
mghi@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5316 805.893.7218 |
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Melissa Graham Postdoctoral Fellow |
mgraham@lcogt.net Office: Broida 3410 |
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Helen Hansma Researcher |
hhansma@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Alaina Henry Postdoctoral Fellow |
ahenry@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2233A 805.893.3117 |
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Sebastian Hoenig Postdoctoral Fellow |
shoenig@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015H 805.893.2246 |
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Nabil Iqbal Postdoctoral Fellow |
niqbal@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 1228 893-7310 |
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Brandon Kelly Postdoctoral Fellow |
bckelly@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015H 805.893.2246 |
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Dmytro Kovalski Postdoctoral Fellow |
dmytro@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5125 805.893.5067 |
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Vyacheslav Krutelyov Postdoctoral Fellow |
slava77@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5125 805.893.8802 |
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Joshua Lapan Postdoctoral Fellow |
lapan@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2328 805.893.6321 |
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Michelle Leber Postdoctoral Fellow |
mleber@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5316 805.893.7218 |
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Po Kin Leung Postdoctoral Fellow |
pkleung@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3410 |
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Tao Liu Postdoctoral Fellow |
taoliu@physics.ucsb.edu | ||
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Steven Lowette Postdoctoral Fellow |
lowette@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Currently at CERN |
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Guido Magazzu Researcher |
Design and development of Integrated Circuits and FPGA based control and data acquisition systems for applications in High Energy Physics experiments. |
gmagazzu@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5225 805.893.7835 |
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Madhav Mani Postdoctoral Fellow |
mani@kitp.ucsb.edu Office: Kohn 2326 805.893.3457 |
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Sean McHugh Postdoctoral Fellow |
mchugh@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3509 805.893.7201 |
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Peter Meinhold Researcher |
peterm@cfi.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2225 805.893.8418 |
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Jennifer Meyer Postdoctoral Fellow |
meyerj@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6139 805.893.3250 |
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Eun Gook Moon Postdoctoral Fellow |
Office: Broida 6113 | ||
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Kieran O'Brien Researcher |
kobrien@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3509 805.893.7201 |
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Victor Pavlunin Postdoctoral Fellow |
victor@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5125 805.893.8802 |
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Anders Pinzke Postdoctoral Fellow |
apinzke@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 3410 |
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Moire Prescott Postdoctoral Fellow |
mkpresco@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2233B 805.893.3189 |
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Roberto Rossin Postdoctoral Fellow |
rossin@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5124 805.893.2666 |
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David Sand Postdoctoral Fellow |
dsand@lcogt.ucsb.edu Office: LCOGT 805.880.1637 |
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Jorge Santos Postdoctoral Fellow |
jss55@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 6219 805.893.2815 |
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Avi Shporer Postdoctoral Fellow |
ashporer@lcogt.net Office: Broida 2233 805.880.1638 |
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Mario Stipcevic Researcher |
mstipcev@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 5131 805.893.8337 |
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Sherry Suyu Postdoctoral Fellow |
suyu@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2015L 805.893.7877 |
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Jatila van der Veen Researcher |
jatila@physics.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2225 805.893.8418 |
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Jean-Roch Vlimant Postdoctoral Fellow |
vlimant@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Currently at CERN |
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Aron Wall Postdoctoral Fellow |
Office: Broida 6215 893-2216 |
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Christopher West Postdoctoral Fellow |
cawest@hep.ucsb.edu Office: Currently at CERN |
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Andrea Zonca Postdoctoral Fellow |
zonca@deepspace.ucsb.edu Office: Broida 2233 805.893.8418 |