| Joe Beach |
Solar photovoltaic electricity generation. He currently is working on ways to improve the efficiency of thin film CdTe cells. |
| James
E. Bernard |
Computational solid-state physics; novel
semiconductor materials and structures; semiconductor
alloys; properties of surfaces and interfaces |
| F. Edward Cecil |
Low-energy applied experimental nuclear physics; applications to fusion plasma diagnostics and primordial nucleosynthesis. |
| Lincoln Carr |
Theoretical many body quantum and classical mechanics in application to ultracold quantum gases: quantum phase transitions; atomic and molecular superfluidity and superconductivity; atom lasers; nonlinear waves; fractals, solitons, and vortices. |
| Mark Coffey |
Investigations of new application areas of
quantum information science and the physical constraints
and limits on computation. Investigations in mathematical
physics including special function theory and inverse
problems |
| Reuben T.
Collins |
Condensed matter physics semiconductor
science; electronic and optical properties; photovoltaic
materials and devices. |
| Tim Coutts |
Is a Research Fellow at NREL where he
studies how to improve the transmittance and conductivity
of n-type transparent conducting oxides. This involves
novel characterization methods as well as theoretical
studies. Also works on the development of p-ZnO by various
deposition techniques. Involved in modeling and
development of tandem thin-film solar cells. |
| Mike Duke |
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| Charles G.
Durfee |
Laser physics and ultrafast optical
phenomena. |
| Alex Flournoy |
Fundamental and phenomenological problems in string theory including nongeometric backgrounds, tachyonic instabilities, nonperturbative formulations and generalized geometry. |
| Thomas E.
Furtak |
Optical properties of surfaces, interfaces, and thin-fims; Raman scattering; ellipsometry; nonlinear optical methods; photovoltaic and electronic materials; liquid crystals and soft condensed matter. |
| Uwe
Greife |
Nuclear astrophysics, low energy nuclear
physics. |
| Russell Hollingsworth |
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| Robert Holub |
Radioactive aerosols and aerosols in soil air (geoaerosols). |
| Victor Kaydanov |
Condensed matter physics; electron transport in solids; photovoltaic solar cells; processing; electronic properties studies. |
| Frank Kowalski |
Laser physics; frequency shifted feedback lasers and applications of lasers to precision measurements. |
| Susan Kowalski |
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| Mark Lusk |
Computational physics,
nanomaterials. |
| James A.
McNeil |
Theoretical nuclear physics; relativistic
approaches to nucleon and nuclear structure and scattering. |
| Timothy R. Ohno |
Surface physics; thin film epitaxial growth; interfacial properties; photovoltaic materials; catalysis. |
| Fred Sarazin |
Low-energy nuclear structure and astrophysics with radioactive beams. Ultra-high energy cosmic-rays with the Pierre Auger observatory |
| John A.
Scales |
Application of optical and RF techniques to
materials characterization. Wave propagation in random
media; laser ultrasonics; millimeter wave and ultrasonic
spectroscopy. Remote sensing, with applications to
landmine detection. Mesoscopic phenomena, including
quantum chaos, amorphous materials and nonequilibrium
statistical mechanics. |
| Fred Seymour |
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| Jeff
Squier |
Development of novel ultrafast laser
sources; application of the lasers to nonlinear microscopy
and micromachining; development of high- contrast,
ultra-high intensity (>1020 W/cm2) lasers with
application to ultrafast x-ray diffraction and absorption
and high-field physics. |
| Craig Taylor |
Optical, electronic and structural properties of crystalline and amorphous semiconductors; localized electronic states in amorphous semiconductors; electronic instabilities in films of hydrogenated amorphous silicon and related alloys; electronic properties of III-V semiconducting nanostructures; ordering in ternary III-V alloys. |
| Lawrence Wienke |
Astro-particle physics |
| Don Williamson |
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| David M.
Wood |
Computational condensed-matter physics; new semiconductors; first- principles phonon calculations. |