Research

Zhenan Bao
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
 Polymer and organic electronics and photonics
Stacey Bent
Professor of Chemical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Materials Science & Engineering and of Chemistry
Departments of Chemical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Chemistry
Steven Block
Professor of Applied Physics and Biological Sciences
 Applied Physics and Biological Sciences
Mark Brongersma
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Nanoscale electronic and photonic materials and devices, Guiding and manipulation of light in metal-optic structures, Optical properties of semiconductor nanocrystals, Optical sensors for bio-applications. Fundamentals of ion beam modification
Robert Byer
The William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor
High power laser sources, non-linear optics, aerospace applications
Thomas Clandinin
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
 Department of Neurobiology
Christopher Contag
Professor of Pediatrics
 Pediatrics, Neonatology, Microscopy
Karl Deisseroth
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Neuroscience
Michel Digonnet
Senior Research Engineer
 Fiber optics
Abbas El Gamal
Professor of Electrical Engineering
 Digital Imaging, Wireless Networks
Shanhui Fan
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
 Photonic crystals, computational electromagnetics, optical communications
Michael Fayer
David Mulvane Ehrsam and Edward Curtis Franklin Professor of Chemistry
 Dynamics and intermolecular interactions of molecules in liquids, liquids in nanoscopic environments, room temperature ionic organic liquids, supercooled liquids, and liquid crystals.
Robert Feigelson
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Emeritus
 Nonlinear optical materials
Martin Fejer
Senior Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Applied Physics
Nonlinear optics, guided wave devices, telecommunications, ultra-short pulse optics, aerospace optics
Ronald Hanson
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
 Laser-based diagnostics and sensors, combustion and gas dynamics applications
James Harris
Professor of Electrical Engineering
 Semiconductor optoelectronic materials, devices and applications, quantum information
Steve Harris
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics
 Fundamentals of photonics and nonlinear optics
Lambertus Hesselink
Professor of Electrical Engineering
 Nanophotonics and ultra-high density optical data storage
Joseph Kahn
Professor of Electrical Engineering
 Optical fiber communications, free-space optical communications, associated devices and subsystems
Mark Kasevich
Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
 High accuracy navigation and gravimetric sensors based on de Broglie wave interferometry; Future atom optics sensors which exploit the novel coherence properties of Bose-Einstein condensates
Leonid Kazovsky
Professor of Electrical Engineering
 Optical telecommunications and network systems
Thomas Kenny
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
 Microsensors based on silicon micromachining
Pierre Khuri-Yakub
Professor of Electrical Engineering
 Acoustic sensors (temperature, film thickness, resist cure), acoustic materials and devices
Gordon Kino
Professor of Electrical Engineering, and, by courtesy, of Applied Physics, Emeritus
 Optical fiber sensors
Marc Levoy
Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
 Computer Science, Electrical Engineering
Liqun Luo
Professor of Biology
 Biological science, molecular biology, neurobiology
Michael McGehee
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
 Polymer optical materials and devices
David Miller
W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Professor, by courtesy, of Applied Physics
Telecommunications, information technology, consumer applications of photonics
W.E. Moerner
Harry S. Mosher Professor of Chemistry and Professor, by courtesy, of Applied Physics
 Single-molecule spectroscopy, biophysics, nanophotonics, single photon sources, cellular imaging, trapping of nanoscale objects
Daniel Palanker
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
 Biomedical optics and electronics
Peter Peumans
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
 Organic and molecular electronics
Calvin Quate
Professor of Electrical Engineering and, by courtesy, Professor of Applied Physics
 Imaging and lithography applications of scanning probes
Alberto Salleo
Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
 Laser Materials Processing, Materials and Processes for Large-Area Electronics
Krishna Saraswat
Professor of Electrical Engineering
 Innovative materials, device structures, process technology of silicon devices and integrated circuits
Mark Schnitzer
Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Biological Sciences
 Innovative materials, device structures, process technology of silicon devices and integrated circuits
Krishna Shenoy
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Neurosciences
 Electrical Engineering and Neurosciences
Anthony Siegman
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus
 Research and consulting in lasers, optics and fiber optics, including technical and litigation consulting
Stephen Smith
Professor of Molecular and Cell Physiology
 Neuroscience
Olav Solgaard
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
 Optical micromechanical devices and applications
Jelena Vuckovic
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
 Photonic crystal-based optical and quantum optical devices and their integration; solid-state photonic quantum information systems; cavity quantum electrodynamics with quantum dots
Brian Wandell
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics
 Image system engineering and visual neuroscience
Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Professor of Electrical Engineering
 Fundamental optoelectric physics, structures, and devices, quantum computing, quantum information