Faculty

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Yoram Alhassid's picture Yoram Alhassid
Frederick Phineas Rose Professor of Physics
SPL 50
yoram.alhassid@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-6922
Research Website
Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Nuclear Physics; Quantum Physics

Theorist

Thomas Appelquist's picture Thomas Appelquist
Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics
SPL 44
thomas.appelquist@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-6969
Research Website
Particle Physics

Theorist

Keith Baker's picture Keith Baker
D. Allan Bromley Professor of Physics
WL 211
oliver.baker@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-3374
Research Website
Particle Physics

Experimentalist

Sean Barrett's picture Sean Barrett
Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
SPL 24
sean.barrett@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-6928
Research Website
Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Physics

Experimentalist

Charles Brown's picture Charles Brown
Assistant Professor of Physics
SPL 68B
charles.d.brown@yale.edu
Research Website
He/him/his
Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Quantum Physics

Experimentalist

Sidney Cahn's picture Sidney Cahn
Senior Lecturer Physics; Research Scientist Physics
SPL 25
sidney.cahn@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-6239
Atomic Physics

Helen Caines's picture Helen Caines
Professor of Physics / Director of Graduate Admissions 2022/2023
Wright Lab-W 306
helen.caines@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-5831
203-432-8926
Research Website
She/her/hers
Nuclear Physics

Experimentalist

Meng Cheng's picture Meng Cheng
Assistant Professor
SPL 54B
m.cheng@yale.edu
Research Website
He/him/his
Condensed Matter Physics

Theorist

Eduardo da Silva Neto's picture Eduardo da Silva Neto
Assistant Professor of Physics
ESI-II A151
eduardo.dasilvaneto@yale.edu
Phone: 530 554 2767
Research Website
He/him/his
Condensed Matter Physics

Experimentalist

Sarah Demers's picture Sarah Demers
Professor of Physics / Director of Undergraduate Studies
KT 417
sarah.demers@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-3720 / 203-436-8501
Research Website
She/her/hers
Particle Physics

Experimentalist

Steven Girvin's picture Steven Girvin
Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics
YQI 403
steven.girvin@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-5082
Research Website
Condensed Matter Physics; Quantum Physics

Theorist

Larry Gladney's picture Larry Gladney
Phyllis Wallace Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Physics
KT 447
larry.gladney@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-6814
Astrophysics & Cosmology; Particle Physics

Experimentalist

Leonid Glazman's picture Leonid Glazman
Donner Professor of Physics
SPL 55A
leonid.glazman@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-6920
Research Website
Condensed Matter Physics

Theorist

Walter Goldberger's picture Walter Goldberger
Professor of Physics
SPL 53A
walter.goldberger@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-6902
Research Website
Gravitational Physics; Particle Physics

Theorist

Caitlin Hansen's picture Caitlin Hansen
Lecturer
SPL 40
caitlin.k.hansen@yale.edu
Jack Harris's picture Jack Harris
Professor of Physics
SPL 49, WLW 327
jack.harris@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-3826
Research Website
He/him/his
Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Quantum Physics

Experimentalist

Laura Havener's picture Laura Havener
Assistant Professor
Wright Lab-West 303
laura.havener@yale.edu
She/her/hers
High-energy nuclear physics

Experimentalist

Karsten Heeger's picture Karsten Heeger
Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics; Chair Physics Department, Director Wright Laboratory
SPL 34 / WL 214
karsten.heeger@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-3378
Research Website
He/him/his
Nuclear Physics; Particle Physics

Experimentalist

Stephen Irons's picture Stephen Irons
Manager Instructional Labs; Lecturer Physics
SCL 141B
stephen.irons@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-3664
Research Website
He/him/his
Steve Lamoreaux's picture Steve Lamoreaux
Professor of Physics
SPL 61 / WL-EAL 326
steve.lamoreaux@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-5276
Research Website
Astrophysics & Cosmology; Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics; Nuclear Physics; Particle Physics; Quantum Physics

Experimentalist

Konrad Lehnert's picture Konrad Lehnert
Professor of Physics, starting July 1, 2024
konrad.lehnert@yale.edu
Quantum information, Particle astrophysics, Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Condensed Matter

Experimentalist

Christopher Lynn's picture Christopher Lynn
Assistant Professor
YSB
christopher.lynn@yale.edu
Biophysics; statistical physics; computational neuroscience; complex systems

Theorist

Benjamin Machta's picture Benjamin Machta
Assistant Professor of Physics
YSB-C164
benjamin.machta@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-3650
Research Website
He/him/his
Biophysics; Condensed Matter Physics

Theorist

Reina Maruyama's picture Reina Maruyama
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
WL 209
reina.maruyama@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-3362
Research Website
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Astrophysics & Cosmology; Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics; Nuclear Physics; Particle Physics; Quantum Physics

Experimentalist

Chiara Mingarelli's picture Chiara Mingarelli
Assistant Professor
KT 445
chiara.mingarelli@yale.edu
Gravitational waves, multimessenger astrophysics, cosmology

Theorist

Simon Mochrie's picture Simon Mochrie
Professor of Physics & Applied Physics
SPL 68C
simon.mochrie@yale.edu
Phone: 203-436-4809, 203-432-4086
Research Website
He/him/his
Biophysics; Condensed Matter Physics

Experimentalist

Vincent Moncrief's picture Vincent Moncrief
Professor of Physics and of Mathematics
SPL 64
vincent.moncrief@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-6930
Gravitational Physics

Theorist

David Moore's picture David Moore
Associate Professor of Physics
WL 208
david.c.moore@yale.edu
Phone: +1 203-432-7986
Research Website
He/him/his
Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics; Nuclear Physics; Particle Physics

Experimentalist

Ian Moult's picture Ian Moult
Assistant Professor
SPL 52A
ian.moult@yale.edu
Particle Physics

Theorist

Daisuke Nagai's picture Daisuke Nagai
Professor of Physics and of Astronomy / Director of Graduate Studies
KT 451
daisuke.nagai@yale.edu
Phone: 203-909-4266
Research Website
He/him/his
Astrophysics & Cosmology

Theorist

Nir Navon's picture Nir Navon
Assistant Professor of Physics
Sloane Physics Laboratory 50A
nir.navon@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 436-4997
Research Website
He/him/his
Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics

Experimentalist

Laura Newburgh's picture Laura Newburgh
Assistant Professor of Physics
WL 210
laura.newburgh@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-9168
203-432-3522
Research Website
She/her/hers
Astrophysics & Cosmology; Particle Physics

Experimentalist

Nikhil Padmanabhan's picture Nikhil Padmanabhan
Associate Professor of Physics
KT 449
nikhil.padmanabhan@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-9950
Astrophysics & Cosmology

Theorist

David Poland's picture David Poland
Associate Professor of Physics
SPL 53B
david.poland@yale.edu
Phone: 432-6959
Research Website
He/him/his
Condensed Matter Physics; Particle Physics; Quantum Physics

Theorist

Rona Ramos's picture Rona Ramos
Graduate Services Coordinator; Lecturer Physics
SPL 35A
rona.ramos@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-3655
She/her/hers
Condensed Matter Physics

Experimentalist

Nicholas Read's picture Nicholas Read
Henry Ford II Professor of Physics and Professor of Applied Physics and Mathematics
SPL 55B
nicholas.read@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-5042
Research Website
Condensed Matter Physics Theory; Quantum Physics

Theorist

Ramamurti Shankar's picture Ramamurti Shankar
J.W. Gibbs Professor of Physics
SPL 55
r.shankar@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-6917
Research Website
Condensed Matter Physics

Theorist

Witold Skiba's picture Witold Skiba
Professor of Physics
SPL 53C
witold.skiba@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-3903
Research Website
Particle Physics

Theorist

Adriane Steinacker's picture Adriane Steinacker
Senior Lecturer in Physics
KT 421
adriane.steinacker@yale.edu
Alison Sweeney's picture Alison Sweeney
Associate Professor of Physics and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
SCL 207
alison.sweeney@yale.edu
Biophysics

Experimentalist

Paul L. Tipton's picture Paul L. Tipton
Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics
KT 419 / WL 235
paul.tipton@yale.edu
Phone: 203-436-8501
Research Website
He/him/his
Particle Physics

Experimentalist

Meg Urry's picture Meg Urry
Israel Munson Professor of Physics
KT 533
meg.urry@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-5997
+1 (203) 432-3824
Research Website
She/her/hers
Astrophysics & Cosmology

Experimentalist