The Department of Physics is involved in many areas of research and involves both domestic and international collaboration. We have seven organized research units and two groups. Click on the Research Centers menu item for more information about each area. Below are links to several of our faculty's groups and labs.
Materials Physics Group
Dr. Alex Demkov - Physics
Dr. John Eckerdt - Engineering
Dr. Agham Posadas - Physics
Miri Choi (GRD) Kristy Kormondy (GRD)
Patrick Ponath (GRD) Martin McDaniel (GRD)
Thong Ngo (GRD)
Nanoscale ElectroMagnetic Group — Prof. Keji Lai
Schematic of the standard MIM configuration
Dr. Yuan Ren Yingnan Liu (GRD)
Dr. Di Wu Zheng Lu (GRD)
Xiaoyu Wu (GRD) He Liu (Vis Schol)
Light Matter Interactions on the Nanoscale Group — Prof. Elaine Li
Experimental set-up for the 2D spectroscopy
Dr. Jinwei Shi (PD) Akshay Singh (GRD)
Dr. Galan Moody (PD) Liuyang Sun (GRD)
Kavir Dass (GRD) Kevin Olsson (GRD)
Sarah Elias (GRD) Kai Hao (GRD)
Tom Hartsfield (GRD) Gabriel Cossio (UG)
Kyongmo An (GRD) Mykyta Klimovich (UG)
Spintronics Group — Prof. Maxim Tsoi
Heidi Seinige (GRD)
Cheng Wang (GRD) Zhen Wei (Ph.D)
Brian O'Gorman (Ph.D) Jonghwa Eom (PhD Visitor)
Carl Knutson (Ph.D) Julien Basset (MS Visitor)
Sebastian Dietze Jorge Augusto Otalora Arias (PhD Visitor)
Tobias Staudacher Emilie Jue (MS Visitor)
Center for High Energy Density Science - Dr. Todd Ditmire
Texas Petawatt Laser
Michael Donovan (Associate Director)
Dr. Michael Downer - Physics
Dr. Bjorn Manuel Hegelich
Dr. John Keto - Physics
Hernan Quevedo (Research Scientist)
Michael Spinks (Laser Technician)
Hoffmann Group
Cosmic ray test stand used to test Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers used in Time of Flight subsystem of the STAR Detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Lab
Dr. Jerry Hoffman - Physics
Dr. Christina Markert - Physics
Lanny Ray - Research Scientist
Joachim Schambach - Research Scientist
Deepa Thomas - Post Doc
Anders Knospe - Post Doc
Alexander Jentsch - Grad Student
Prabhat Bhattarai - Grad Student
Atom Optics and Atomic Control Group - Dr. Mark Raizen
Laser system for optical cooling and pumping of an atom beam
Rodrigo Castillo-Garza (PD)
Karl Burkhardt (GRD)
Igal Bucay (GRD)
Georgios Startis (GRD)
Isaac Chavez (GRD)
Jianyong Mo (GRD)
Jamie Gardner (GRD)
Kevin Melin (GRD)
