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Frank Geurts

Professor

Rice UniversityUSPhysics

Frank Geurts is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He earned his Ph.D. from Utrecht University in the Netherlands in 1998, working on light meson production in ultrarelativistic...

PhysicsParticle physicsNuclear physicsAlgorithm
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127.6K
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2.5K
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Christopher Monroe

Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor

Duke UniversityUSElectrical and Computer Engineering

Christopher Monroe is the Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Physics at Duke University. He serves as the Principal Investigator of...

PhysicsQuantum mechanicsComputer scienceAtomic physics
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80.6K
citations
802
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Axel Hoffmann

Founder Professor in Materials Science and Engineering

University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUSMaterials Science and Engineering

Prof. Dr. Axel Hoffmann is a Principal Investigator at the Materials Science & Engineering department at Illinois. His research focuses on spintronics, exploring phenomena such as spin orbit torque effects in ultrathin...

Condensed matter physicsMaterials sciencePhysicsOptoelectronics
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h-index
20.9K
citations
611
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Pengcheng Dai

Sam and Helen Worden Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Rice UniversityUSPhysics

Pengcheng Dai is a professor at Rice University in the Physics Department specializing in experimental condensed matter physics. His research primarily utilizes neutron scattering techniques to investigate strongly...

Condensed matter physicsPhysicsMaterials scienceCrystallography
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36.5K
citations
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Kate Brown

Professor in Program in Science, Technology, and Society

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSPolitical Science

Kate Brown is the Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in History of Science at MIT. Her research explores the intersection of history, science, technology, and bio-politics, focusing on how these fields converge to...

BiologyCancer researchMedicineMolecular biology
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4K
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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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1.8K
citations
98
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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...

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111.5K
citations
2.4K
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Hongkun Park

Mark Hyman Jr. Professor of Chemistry Professor of Physics

Harvard UniversityUSChemistry

Hongkun Park is the Mark Hyman Jr. Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Physics at Harvard University, located at 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA. He received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the College of...

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsPhysicsNanotechnology
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45.9K
citations
307
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Frederic Chong

Associate Professor of Computer Science

University of ChicagoUSComputer Science

Fred Chong is the Seymour Goodman Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago and serves as the Chief Scientist for Quantum Software at ColdQuanta. He is the Lead Principal Investigator...

Computer scienceParallel computingComputer engineeringAlgorithm
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citations
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Anushya Chandran

Associate Professor

Boston UniversityUSPhysics

Anushya Chandran is an Associate Professor of Physics at Boston University. She is a condensed matter theorist with broad research interests in quantum many-body systems in and out-of-equilibrium, including driven...

PhysicsQuantum mechanicsStatistical physicsTheoretical physics
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3.8K
citations
121
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Prineha Narang

PhD, Howard Reiss Career Development Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSChemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Prineha Narang is a Professor and the Howard Reiss Chair in Physical Sciences at UCLA, as well as a Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science....

PhysicsMaterials scienceCondensed matter physicsComputer science
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10.4K
citations
375
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Riccardo Comin

Associate Professor of Physics

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSPhysics

Riccardo Comin is an Associate Professor of Physics at MIT who explores the novel phases of matter found in electronic solids with strong interactions, known as quantum materials. His research focuses on the interplay...

Condensed matter physicsPhysicsMaterials scienceOptoelectronics
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26.3K
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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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34.6K
citations
838
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John B. Ketterson

Fayerweather Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Northwestern UniversityUSPhysics

Professor John B. Ketterson is associated with the Department of Physics at Northwestern University. His research group focuses on various aspects of condensed matter physics, including the study of patterned...

Materials scienceCondensed matter physicsPhysicsOptics
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26.3K
citations
1.3K
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Andrew Liam Fitzpatrick

Associate Professor

Boston UniversityUSPhysics

Andrew Liam Fitzpatrick is an Associate Professor of Physics at Boston University. His research focuses on Quantum Field Theory, a framework capable of describing a wide range of systems that may seem unrelated at first...

PhysicsMathematical physicsTheoretical physicsQuantum mechanics
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7.3K
citations
119
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Helen Caines

Horace D. Taft (B.A. 1949) Professor of Physics / Director of Graduate Studies

Yale UniversityUSDepartment of Physics

Helen Caines is a Professor of Physics and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Physics at Yale University. Her research concentrates on understanding the behavior of nuclear matter under extremes of...

PhysicsNuclear physicsParticle physicsAtomic physics
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22.4K
citations
604
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David Awschalom

Professor

University of ChicagoUSPhysics

Professor David Awschalom is a distinguished scientist in the fields of spintronics and quantum-information engineering. His research involves understanding and controlling the spins of individual electrons, ions, and...

Condensed matter physicsMaterials sciencePhysicsOptoelectronics
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h-index
63.2K
citations
792
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Matthew Krzyaniak

Research Associate Professor

Northwestern UniversityUSChemistry
ChemistryCrystallographyMaterials sciencePhotochemistry
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3.7K
citations
111
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Dirk Englund

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSElectrical Engineering & Computer Science

Dirk Englund is a professor affiliated with the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, with a focus on research areas including electronic, magnetic, optical, and quantum materials and devices,...

OptoelectronicsMaterials sciencePhysicsComputer science
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35.6K
citations
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Danna Freedman

F.G. Keyes Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSChemistry

Danna Freedman is the Frederick George Keyes Professor of Chemistry at MIT. Her research applies the atomistic control inherent to synthetic chemistry to address fundamental questions in physics. Her group focuses on...

CrystallographyChemistryMaterials scienceCondensed matter physics
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9K
citations
133
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