Research Overview

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Physics

Biophysics & Neuroscience

Condensed Matter Physics

Facilities & Independent Labs

Research in the Department of Applied Physics is current centered around Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, and Biophysics. We place particular emphasis on:

Quantum engineering, specifically quantum sensing, simulation, and computation;
Theoretical and experimental biophysics, taking a physics-based approach to complex problems in the life sciences;
Quantum materials, developing and characterizing novel quantum many-body systems;
Ultrafast science using both SLAC and table-top accelerators.