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Shanhui Fan

Professor

Stanford UniversityUSApplied Physics

Shanhui Fan is the Joseph and Hon Mai Goodman Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. He holds the positions of Professor of Electrical Engineering, Professor of Applied Physics (by courtesy), and...

PhysicsOpticsMaterials scienceOptoelectronics
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Krishna Kumar

Gluckstern Professor of Physics

University of Massachusetts AmherstUSPhysics

Krishna S. Kumar is the Gluckstern Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, specializing in Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics. His research addresses fundamental...

PhysicsNuclear physicsParticle physicsAtomic physics
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Zhou Zhang

Associate Professor

University of Wisconsin-MadisonUSBiological Systems Engineering

Dr. Zhou Zhang leads research at the Digital Agriculture Research Lab within the Biological Systems Engineering department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His interdisciplinary work focuses on integrating...

Computer scienceArtificial intelligenceRemote sensingMachine learning
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Kent Irwin

Professor

Stanford UniversityUSPhysics

Kent Irwin is the Director of the Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory (HEPL) and a Professor of Physics, specializing in Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Photon Science at Stanford University. He holds a Ph.D. and...

PhysicsOpticsAstrophysicsAstronomy
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Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

Professor of Chemistry

Northwestern UniversityUSPhysics

Mercouri G. Kanatzidis is a Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University with a background that includes a B.S. from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki obtained in 1979 and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa...

Materials scienceChemistryCrystallographyCondensed matter physics
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Janet Conrad

Professor of Physics

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSPhysics

Janet Conrad is a Professor of Physics at MIT with a research focus on neutrinos, the lightest known matter particles, which outnumber atoms in the universe. Her work explores the properties of neutrinos, including...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyParticle physics
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Shuji Nakamura

Nobel Prize in Physics, NAE, NAI, NIHF Royal Academy of Engineering CREE Professor of Solid State Lighting and Displays, Materials

University of California, Santa BarbaraUSMaterials

Shuji Nakamura is a professor in the Materials Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is widely recognized as a pioneer in light emitters based on wide-bandgap semiconductors and has made...

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsOpticsCondensed matter physics
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72.2K
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1.1K
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Steven P. DenBaars

NAE, NAI Mitsubishi Professor of Solid State Lighting and Displays, Materials Distinguished Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

University of California, Santa BarbaraUSMaterials

Steven P. DenBaars is a Mitsubishi Professor of Solid State Lighting and Displays and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He...

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsOpticsCondensed matter physics
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Andrew B Wolf

Assistant Professor

Cornell UniversityUSIndustrial and Labor Relations

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Labor and Work at Cornell University’s School of Industrial & Labor Relations. I am also an affiliated scholar at the Workplace Justice Lab at Rutgers University’s...

PhysicsParticle physicsNuclear physicsAlgorithm
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Abigail Vieregg

Professor

University of ChicagoUSPhysics

Professor Abigail Vieregg is the David N. Schramm Director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, where she has been a faculty member since 2014. She holds appointments in the...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyOptics
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Richard Kirian

Associate Professor

Arizona State UniversityUSPhysics

Dr. Richard Kirian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Arizona State University, with additional affiliations including the Biodesign Beus CXFEL Lab, the Center for Biological Physics, and the...

OpticsMaterials sciencePhysicsComputer science
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15.9K
citations
206
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Mark Brongersma

Professor

Stanford UniversityUSApplied Physics
Materials scienceOptoelectronicsOpticsNanotechnology
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Phillip S. Barbeau

Professor of Physics

Duke UniversityUSPhysics

Professor Phillip S. Barbeau's research interests are predominantly in the fields of neutrino and astroparticle physics. His efforts are focused on studying the physics of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering,...

PhysicsNuclear physicsParticle physicsAtomic physics
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10.7K
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Craig Levin

Professor of Radiology (Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford/Nuclear Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Physics, of Electrical Engineering and of Bioengineering

Stanford UniversityUSRheumatology

Craig Levin is a Professor of Radiology at Stanford University, affiliated with the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford and Nuclear Medicine. He also holds courtesy appointments in Physics, Electrical Engineering, and...

PhysicsOpticsComputer scienceMaterials science
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Stephan Link

Charles W. and Genevieve M. Walton Endowed Professor of Chemistry, and Professor of Chemistry

University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUSChemistry

Professor Stephan Link is the Charles W. and Genevieve M. Walton Endowed Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois. His research focuses on coupled...

Materials scienceNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsOptics
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Jared Maxson

Associate Professor Physics

Cornell UniversityUSPhysics

Jared Maxson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Cornell University. His research focuses on high brightness electron beams, specifically on the physics of beam creation and brightness preservation...

OpticsPhysicsMaterials scienceOptoelectronics
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Andreas Beling

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of VirginiaUSElectrical and Computer Engineering

Andreas Beling is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received his Diploma in physics (M.Sc.) from the University of Bonn, Germany, in 2000, and his...

OptoelectronicsMaterials scienceOpticsPhysics
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Joerg Bewersdorf

Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Cell Biology

Yale UniversityUSDepartment of Physics

Joerg Bewersdorf is a Professor of Cell Biology and of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University. He received his Master's degree (Dipl. Phys., 1998) and his doctoral degree in physics (Dr. rer. nat., 2002) training...

OpticsBiologyMaterials scienceCell biology
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Karl Ecklund

Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Rice UniversityUSPhysics

Professor Karl Ecklund is associated with the T.W. Bonner Nuclear Laboratory at Rice University, where research addresses fundamental questions in nuclear and particle physics. The laboratory's work contributes to...

PhysicsParticle physicsNuclear physicsAlgorithm
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111.5K
citations
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Nicholas Battaglia

Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies Astronomy, CCAPS

Cornell UniversityUSAstronomy

Professor Nicholas Battaglia works on observational cosmology and is particularly interested in fundamental physics, the epoch of reionization, and galaxy evolution. His research specializes in the data analysis and...

PhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyStatistical physics
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17.5K
citations
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