Research Overview
Research is a crucial facet of the Clemson University Department of Physics and Astronomy. In addition to fully equipped laboratories in Jordan Hall and at the Advanced Materials Research Lab, our faculty and students in astrophysics and atmospheric physics conduct research at locations that stretch from near the North Pole to the southern hemisphere. The Department of Physics and Astronomy traces its roots at Clemson University back to physics courses that were taught to the first graduating class of 1896 in the old Mechanical College. Now part of the College of Science, the department holds the distinction of awarding the first physics doctoral degree in South Carolina in 1964.
Research Areas and Resources
Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Circumstellar Disks and Planetary Atmospheres
- Astro-Particle Physics and Cosmology
- Gamma-Ray Astronomy
- Meteorites and Stardust
- Nuclear Astrophysics
- Radioactivity
- Star and Planet Formation
- Stellar Evolution
- Stellar Atmospheres
- Supernovae
Atmospheric and Space Physics
- Atmospheric Dynamics Using Ground-Based Remote Sensing Techniques
- Atmospheric Dynamics Using Satellite Data
- Experimental Ionospheric Physics and Data Analysis: Ionospheric and auroral electrodynamics, rocket-based hardware development, incoherent scatter radar data analysis, and high frequency remote sensing of the bottomside ionosphere and software defined radio hardware development.
- Observational Study and Numerical Modeling of the Atmospheric Dynamics and Space Weather, Atmospheric Gravity Waves, Planetary Waves and Tides
- Studies of the Dynamics of the Ionosphere, Including Waves and Turbulence
- Waves, Instabilities and Turbulence in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
- Electron Beam Ion Trapping (CU-EBIT)
- Spectroscopy With Cold, Trapped Atomic and Molecular Ions
- X-Ray Spectroscopy: X-ray spectroscopy, highly charged ions, high-energy radiation, biomedical physics
Biophysics
- Computational Biophysics and Bioinformatics Laboratory
- Nano-Bio Laboratory
- Structure, Dynamics and Function of Biomolecules Laboratory
- Single-Molecule Biophysics Laboratory
Condensed Matter Physics
- Nanomaterials
- Quantum Computation
- Quantum Materials and Devices
- Surface and Interface Nanoscience
- Theory of Materials
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