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

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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

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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

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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

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Sayantani Ghosh

Experimental condensed matter physics, magnetism, metamaterials, nanoscience and quantum systems

Email: sghosh@ucmerced.edu

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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

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linda hirst

Experimental soft matter physics and biophysics: liquid crystals, soft nanocomposites, biopolymers, membranes and active matter

Email: lhirst@ucmerced.edu

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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

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bin liu

Experimental soft matter and biophysics; Topology- and symmetry-governed mechanics

Email: bliu27@ucmerced.edu

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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

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kevin mitchell

Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, with applications to AMO (atomic, molecular and optical) physics and fluid dynamics

Email: kmitchell@ucmerced.edu

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Anna Nierenberg

Observational astrophysics: strong gravitational lensing constraints of dark matter, low-mass galaxy formation and evolution

Email: anierenberg@ucmerced.edu

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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

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jay sharping

Optical parametric amplifiers and oscillators, and their applications to quantum physics

Email: jsharping@ucmerced.edu

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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

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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

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Gillian Wilson

Cosmology, Clusters of Galaxies, Galaxy Evolution, Massive Galaxies, Protoclusters, Infrared Astronomy, Surveys, Big Data, Machine Learning

Email: gwilson@ucmerced.edu

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roland winston

Professor Emeritus

Solar power and renewable energy, elementary particle physics, nonimaging optics

Email: rwinston@ucmerced.edu

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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

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AFFILIATED FACULTY

Venkattraman Ayyaswamy

Mechanical Engineering | Plasma physics

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Mehmet Baykara

Mechanical Engineering | Atomic force microscopy, surface physics

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mike colvin

Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Biomolecular simulation

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arvind gopinath

Bioengineering | Soft matter and biophysics

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Hrant Hratchian

Chemistry and Chemical Biology| Theoretical chemistry

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Shilpa khatri

Applied Mathematics | Fluid dynamics

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Henrik Larsson

Chemistry and Biochemistry | Theoretical chemistry and AMO physics

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jennifer lu

Materials and Biomaterials Science and Engineering | Functional materials synthesis

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victor munoz

Bioengineering | Biophysics of proteins

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elizabeth nowadnick

Materials and Biomaterials Science and Engineering | Computational materials science

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aleKSANDR noy

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Biomaterials

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aurora pribram-jones

Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Theoretical chemistry

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Tomas Rube

Applied Mathematics | Mathematical & Computational Biology

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anand Bala Subramaniam

Bioengineering | Soft Matter

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tao ye

Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Bio/nano interfaces

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Contact

David Strubbe

Email: dstrubbe@ucmerced.edu

Website: physics.ucmerced.edu

chih-chun chien

Physics Graduate Admissions Chair

Email: cchien5@ucmerced.edu

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