Department of Physics & Astronomy
Areas of Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Nuclear Astrophysics
- Supernovae
- Gamma-Ray Astronomy
- Stellar Evolution
- Stellar Atmospheres
- Meteorites and Stardust
Atmospheric and Space Physics
- Atmospheric dynamics using ground-based remote sensing techniques
- Atmospheric dynamics using satellite data
- Atmospheric dynamics using sounding rockets
- Waves, instabilities, and turbulence in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere
Biophysics
- Computational Biophysics and Bioinformatics
- Nano-Biophysics and Soft Matter Laboratory
- Structure, Dynamics, and Function of Biomolecules
Condensed Matter Physics
- Complex and Advanced Materials Lab (CAML)
- Nanomaterials
- Neutron Scattering from Superconducting and Thermoelectric Materials
- Surface and Interface Nanoscience
- Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal Oxides
- Theory of Materials
- Quantum Computation
Foundations of Quantum Theory