This section contains brief summaries of the research interests of individual faculty members. The descriptions are grouped together under general headings (such as "Condensed Matter Physics") for the convenience of readers interested in a specific research area. Many faculty have research interests which span or relate to more than one area; therefore, readers interested in one area are encouraged to scan research descriptions in closely related areas as well.

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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (experimental) Zameer Hasan (optical holeburning; memory devices) A. Marjatta Lyyra (laser-based molecular spectroscopy ) Rongjia Tao (photonic crystals, nonlinear optics) Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (theoretical) Robert L. Intemann (atomic inner-shell phenomena; QED) Rongjia Tao (photonic crystals, nonlinear optics) Condensed Matter Physics (experimental) Zameer Hasan (multiple quantum well structures; optical properties) Chyan Long Lin (elec & mag properties of alloys & intermetallics) Ted W. Mihalisin (high Tc superconductivity; heavy fermion systems) Rongjia Tao (high Tc superconductivity, smart fluids) Tan Yuen (Mössbauer spectro; mag properties of solids & surfaces) Condensed Matter Physics (theoretical) Theodore W. Burkhardt (phase transitions & properties of polymers) Edward T. Gawlinski (semiconducting/superconducting devices; simulation of biological systems) Peter S. Riseborough (heavy fermion systems) Raza Tahir-Kheli (theory of optical holeburning; biophysics) Rongjia Tao (high Tc superconductivity, smart fluids) Elementary Particle Physics (experimental) Charles J. Martoff (dark matter detectors; properties of exotic nuclei) Zein-Eddine Meziani (nucleon structure; nuclear few-body systems) Elementary Particle Physics (theoretical) Zbigniew Dziembowski (structure of hadrons; QCD; strong interactions) Jerrold Franklin (nucleon structure using the quark model) Statistical Mechanics (theoretical) Dieter Forster (structure of liquids) Special and General Relativity (theoretical) Donald E. Neville (quantization of general relativity)