Our Faculty
physics
core FACULTY
Hui Cai
Experimental condensed matter and materials science, synthesis, electronic and optical properties of quantum materials and 2D materials
Email: hcai6@ucmerced.edu
raymond chiao
Professor Emeritus
Nonlinear and quantum optics, experiment and theory; detection and generation of gravitational radiation via quantum mechanical systems (in collaboration with Professor Jay Sharping)
Email: rchiao@ucmerced.edu
chih-chun chien
Theoretical condensed matter, superfluids and superconductors, non-equilibrium physics of ultra-cold atoms, energy transport, novel hybrid quantum systems
Email: cchien5@ucmerced.edu
Kinjal Dasbiswas
Theoretical biological physics and soft condensed matter: mechanobiology, cell and tissue physics, pattern formation, out-of-equilibrium soft and biological materials.
Email: kdasbiswas@ucmerced.edu
Sayantani Ghosh
Experimental condensed matter physics, magnetism, metamaterials, nanoscience and quantum systems
Email: sghosh@ucmerced.edu
Ajay Gopinathan
Theoretical biophysics, biopolymer structure-dynamics and function, molecular motors, intracellular transport, cell migration, collective motion, active matter, non-equilibrium systems and soft condensed matter
Email: agopinathan@ucmerced.edu
linda hirst
Experimental soft matter physics and biophysics: liquid crystals, soft nanocomposites, biopolymers, membranes and active matter
Email: lhirst@ucmerced.edu
dustin kleckner
Experiments and modeling in soft condensed matter and fluid mechanics: self and directed assembly of colloidal systems using light and sound, topology and geometry of vortices in complex flows, high-speed 3D imaging.
Email: dkleckner@ucmerced.edu
bin liu
Experimental soft matter and biophysics; Topology- and symmetry-governed mechanics
Email: bliu27@ucmerced.edu
sarah loebman
Computational astrophysics: galaxy evolution, clustered star formation, and chemo-dynamics in the Local Universe, using high-resolution galaxy simulations, survey data and Big Data tools and techniques
Email: sloebman@ucmerced.edu
kevin mitchell
Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, with applications to AMO (atomic, molecular and optical) physics and fluid dynamics
Email: kmitchell@ucmerced.edu
Anna Nierenberg
Observational astrophysics: strong gravitational lensing constraints of dark matter, low-mass galaxy formation and evolution
Email: anierenberg@ucmerced.edu
michael scheibner
Experimental quantum science and technology for sensing, metrology, phononics, photonics, materials engineering, information processing, resource sustainability and extreme environments
Email: mscheibner@ucmerced.edu
jay sharping
Optical parametric amplifiers and oscillators, and their applications to quantum physics
Email: jsharping@ucmerced.edu
david strubbe
Theoretical condensed matter and materials science, electronic and optical properties, 2D materials, amorphous materials, photovoltaics, nanoscience, high-performance computing, electronic structure methods
Email: dstrubbe@ucmerced.edu
lin tian
Theoretical questions in solid-state quantum computing, quantum simulation, many-body state preparation, hybrid quantum systems, optomechanics, decoherence and noise models
Email: ltian@ucmerced.edu
Gillian Wilson
Cosmology, Clusters of Galaxies, Galaxy Evolution, Massive Galaxies, Protoclusters, Infrared Astronomy, Surveys, Big Data, Machine Learning
Email: gwilson@ucmerced.edu
roland winston
Professor Emeritus
Solar power and renewable energy, elementary particle physics, nonimaging optics
Email: rwinston@ucmerced.edu
jing xu
Experimental biophysics, soft matter, and nonlinear dynamics and complex systems: biomaterials, molecular motors, microtubules, optical trapping, fluorescence microscopy, Monte Carlo simulations
Email: jing.xu@ucmerced.edu
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Venkattraman Ayyaswamy
Mechanical Engineering | Plasma physics
Mehmet Baykara
Mechanical Engineering | Atomic force microscopy, surface physics
mike colvin
Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Biomolecular simulation
arvind gopinath
Bioengineering | Soft matter and biophysics
Hrant Hratchian
Chemistry and Chemical Biology| Theoretical chemistry
Shilpa khatri
Applied Mathematics | Fluid dynamics
Henrik Larsson
Chemistry and Biochemistry | Theoretical chemistry and AMO physics
jennifer lu
Materials and Biomaterials Science and Engineering | Functional materials synthesis
victor munoz
Bioengineering | Biophysics of proteins
elizabeth nowadnick
Materials and Biomaterials Science and Engineering | Computational materials science
aleKSANDR noy
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Biomaterials
aurora pribram-jones
Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Theoretical chemistry
Tomas Rube
Applied Mathematics | Mathematical & Computational Biology
anand Bala Subramaniam
Bioengineering | Soft Matter
tao ye
Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Bio/nano interfaces
Contact
David Strubbe
Email: dstrubbe@ucmerced.edu
Website: physics.ucmerced.edu
chih-chun chien
Physics Graduate Admissions Chair
Email: cchien5@ucmerced.edu