JOHN S. TOWNSEND, Susan and Bruce Worster Professor of Physics and Chair, Department of Physics (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University): Theoretical particle physics; quantum field theory.

CHIH-YUNG CHEN, Assoc. Professor of Physics (Ph.D., MIT): solid-state physics, including electromagnetic and optical properties of high-temperature superconductors and semicon- ductors.

THOMAS DONNELLY, Professor of Physics (Ph.D., UC Berkeley): experimental atomic phys- ics, including interaction of intense, short-pulse lasers with plasmas.

JAMES C. ECKERT, Professor of Physics (Ph.D., University of Southern California): solid state physics and materials science, including measurement of the electric and thermody- namic properties of novel materials.

ADAM EDWARDS, Asst. Professor of Physics (Ph.D., Stanford University): experimental particle physics.

ANN ESIN, Assoc. Professor of Physics (Ph.D., Harvard University): astrophysics, including the study of accretion flows and emission processes around neutron stars and black holes.

RICHARD C. HASKELL, Burton Bettingen Professor of Physics and Director, Physics Clinic (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University): biophysics, including laser light scattering to study mem- branes; optics, including photon correlation spectroscopy, laser physics, and quantum optics.

THERESA W. LYNN, Asst. Professor of Physics (Ph.D., Caltech): quantum optics and quantum information science.

GREGORY A. LYZENGA ’75, Professor of Physics (Ph.D., Caltech): geophysics, including observational study of crustal deformation and earthquakes using geodetic, seismological, and gravimetric methods; computer simulation of tectonic processes.

PETER N. SAETA, Professor of Physics (Ph.D., Harvard University): nonlinear optics and semiconductor physics, including surface and buried interface effects.

VATCHE SAHAKIAN, Assoc. Professor of Physics (Ph.D., University of Chicago): theoretical physics, including string theory and cosmology.

PATRICIA D. SPARKS, Professor of Physics (Ph.D., Cornell University): solid state physics, including study of the optical properties of metals and interfaces.

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RECENT STUDENT RESEARCH Orbital Periods in Binary Microlensing Events

Robotic Observations of Near Earth Objects and Other Astronomical Transients Developing an Electrostatic Levitation Device

The Analysis of Orbital Angular Momentum Entangled Light using High Efficiency Phase Holograms

GPS Geodetic Observations and Analysis of Crustal Deformation in Southern California

Development of an Immunogold Labeling Technique for Analysis of a Tissue-Engi- neered Cornea Replacement

A Search for Charm-Strange Baryons

Properties of Barred Galaxies as a Function of Wavelength

Modeling Type-I SPDC in Beta-BBO for Quantum Cryptography

Puff Field Theory

Distinguishability of Hyperentangled Bell States

Resistance of Spin Valves with Varying Tantalum Seed Layer Thicknesses

Harmonic Faraday Excitation with Applications in Laser Driven Fusion

Numerical Studies Non-Newtonian Viscoelastic Deformation Following Earthquakes

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