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Applied Physics and Materials Science Division of Engineering and Applied Science

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Harry A. Atwater, Jr.
Otis Booth Leadership Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science; Howard Hughes Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science; Director, Liquid Sunlight Alliance
Chemistry;  Computational;  Energy;  Materials and Mechanics;  Nanoscience;  Photonics, Optics, Electronics;  Physics;  Quantum; 
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Paul M. Bellan
Professor of Applied Physics
Computational;  Energy;  Physics;  Plasma; 
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Marco Bernardi
Professor of Applied Physics, Physics and Materials Science
Computational;  Energy;  Materials and Mechanics;  Photonics, Optics, Electronics;  Physics;  Quantum; 
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Kaushik Bhattacharya
Howell N. Tyson, Sr., Professor of Mechanics and Materials Science
Computational;  Energy;  Materials and Mechanics; 
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Chiara Daraio
G. Bradford Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute
Biological, Biomedical;  Materials and Mechanics;  Physics; 
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Paul E. Dimotakis
John K. Northrop Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Applied Physics
Physics; 
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Michael Elowitz
Roscoe Gilkey Dickinson Professor of Biology and Bioengineering; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Biological, Biomedical;  Physics; 
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Katherine Faber
Simon Ramo Professor of Materials Science
Energy;  Materials and Mechanics; 
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Joseph Falson
Assistant Professor of Materials Science; William H. Hurt Scholar
Computational;  Energy;  Materials and Mechanics;  Physics; 
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Andrei Faraon
William L. Valentine Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering; Fletcher Jones Foundation Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute
Computational;  Nanoscience;  Physics;  Quantum; 
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Brent Fultz
Barbara and Stanley R. Rawn, Jr., Professor of Materials Science and Applied Physics
Computational;  Energy;  Materials and Mechanics;  Physics;  Quantum; 
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William A. Goddard, III
Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics
Chemistry;  Computational;  Energy;  Materials and Mechanics;  Physics; 
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Julia R. Greer
Ruben F. and Donna Mettler Professor of Materials Science, Mechanics and Medical Engineering; Executive Officer for Applied Physics and Materials Science
Biological, Biomedical;  Energy;  Materials and Mechanics;  Nanoscience;  Physics; 
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Alireza Marandi
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics
Computational;  Nanoscience;  Photonics, Optics, Electronics;  Physics;  Quantum; 
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Austin Minnich
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics; EAS Division Deputy Chair
Chemistry;  Computational;  Energy;  Materials and Mechanics;  Nanoscience;  Physics;  Quantum; 
Low noise amplifiers, electronic noise, quantum-limited measurements, quantum devices and technology, quantum simulation
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Mohammad Mirhosseini
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics
Computational;  Nanoscience;  Photonics, Optics, Electronics;  Physics;  Quantum; 
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Stevan Nadj-Perge
Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Computational;  Nanoscience;  Physics;  Quantum; 
2D materials; Topological materials; Spin-orbit interaction; Electronic correlations
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Oskar J. Painter
John G Braun Professor of Applied Physics and Physics
Nanoscience;  Photonics, Optics, Electronics;  Physics;  Quantum; 
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Rob Phillips
Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics
Biological, Biomedical;  Physics; 
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Michael L. Roukes
Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Bioengineering
Materials and Mechanics;  Nanoscience;  Physics; 
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Axel Scherer
Bernard Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics and Physics; Merkin Institute Professor
Energy;  Materials and Mechanics;  Nanoscience;  Photonics, Optics, Electronics; 
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Keith C. Schwab
Professor of Applied Physics
Physics;  Quantum; 
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Sandra M. Troian
Professor of Applied Physics, Aeronautics, and Mechanical Engineering
Computational;  Materials and Mechanics;  Photonics, Optics, Electronics;  Physics;  Plasma;  Quantum; 
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Kerry J. Vahala
Ted and Ginger Jenkins Professor of Information Science and Technology and Applied Physics
Photonics, Optics, Electronics;  Physics;  Quantum; 
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Amnon Yariv
Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering
Photonics, Optics, Electronics; 
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