PEOPLE

Faculty 
 

  • Current Faculty
  • Visiting Faculty
  • Emeritus Faculty

  • Current Faculty


      Professor Laurie J. Butler
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI, and the College
    Research:   molecular beams, photochemical dynamics
    Location:   GCIS E211 (office); GCIS E005A, C (lab)
    Contact:   (773) 702-7206; l-butler@uchicago.edu

      Assistant Professor Cheng Chin
    Departments:   Physics, JFI and the College
    Research:   atomic physics, quantum gases; Chin Ultracold Lab Web Page
    Location:   GCIS E107 (office); (Lab GCIS ESB18)
    Contact:   (773) 702-7192; cchin@jfi.uchicago.edu

      Assistant Professor Philippe Cluzel
    Departments:   Physics, Inst. Biophysical Dynamics, JFI and the College
    Research:
    noise and information in biological systems; Cluzel Lab Web Page
    Location:   JFI, IBD GCIS W310 (Office) (lab GCIS W309)
    Contact:   (773) 704-9096; cluzel@uchicago.edu

      Assistant Professor Aaron R. Dinner
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI, and the College
    Research:   computational biology, complex systems, cellular signaling, Monte Carlo methods
    Location:    GCIS E139E (office);
    Contact:   (773) 702-2330; dinner@uchicago.edu

      Professor Todd F. Dupont
    Departments:   Computer Science, JFI, Mathematics and the College
    Research:   numerical analysis of partial differential equations, hydrodynamics
    Location:   RI 433
    Contact:   (773) 702-3485; dupont@cs.uchicago.edu

      Assistant Professor Greg Engel
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI, and the College
    Research:   photochemical reactions, laser spectroscopy
    Location:    GCIS E119 (office); (lab GCIS E032, 32A)
    Contact:   (773) 834-0818; gsengel@uchicago.edu

      Professor Karl F. Freed
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI, and the College
    Research:   polymers, proteins, molecular electronic structure
    Location:   GCIS E231 (office)
    Contact:   (773) 702-7202; k-freed@uchicago.edu

      Assistant Professor Margaret Gardel
    Departments:   Physics, Inst. Biophysical Dynamics, JFI and the College
    Research:
    Experimental biophysics, cell Biology
    Location:   GCIS E233 (Office); GCIS W309E, D, R & W314 (Lab)
    Contact:   (773) 834-5871; gardel@uchicago.edu

      Assistant Professor Ilya Gruzberg
    Departments:   Physics, JFI and the College
    Research:   theoretical condensed matter physics
    Location:   RI 227
    Contact:   (773) 834-9879; gruzberg@uchicago.edu

      Professor Philippe Guyot-Sionnest
    Departments:   Chemistry, Physics, JFI and the College
    Research:   surface physics, nonlinear optical spectroscopy
    Location:   GCIS E111 (office); GCIS ESB32A, C (Lab)
    Contact:   (773) 702-7461; pgs@harper.uchicago.edu

      Associate Professor Dion L. Heinz
    Departments:   Geophysical Sciences, JFI and the College
    Research:   mineral physics and materials research
    Location:   HGS 541
    Contact:   (773) 702-3046; heinz@uchicago.edu

      Professor Eric D. Isaacs
    Departments:   Physics, JFI, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne
    Research:
    electronic and magnetic properties of condensed matter; synchrotron-based x-ray scattering
    Location:
    JFI  GCIS E103 (office) and Argonne's CNM
    Contact:   (630) 252-6742; eisaacs@anl.gov

      Professor Heinrich M. Jaeger
    Departments:   Physics, JFI and the College
    Research:   nanoparticle self-assembly, polymer thin films, superconductivity, granular materials
    Location:   GCIS E229 (office); GCIS E037 (Lab)
    Contact:   (773) 702-6074; jaeger@harper.uchicago.edu

      Professor Woowon Kang
    Departments:   Physics, JFI and the College
    Research:   quantum Hall effect, orgnanic superconductors
    Location:   RI L 101; soon GCIS E113(office); GCIS ESB39(Lab)
    Contact:   (773) 702-5244; wkang@harper.uchicago.edu

      Associate Professor Ka Yee Christina Lee
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI and the College
    Research:   protein-lipid interactions
    Location:   GCIS E 139B
    Contact:   (773) 702-7068; kayeelee@harper.uchicago.edu

      Professor Kathryn J. Levin
    Departments:   Physics, JFI and the College
    Research:   solid state physics, Bose-Einstein condensates
    Location:   RI 203B; Soon GCIS E 109
    Contact:   (773) 702-7186; levin@control.uchicago.edu

      Professor Donald H. Levy
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI, and the College
    Research:   laser spectroscopy in supersonic molecular beams
    Location:   GCIS E213 (office); GHJ 214, 2-7067; Lab, GCIS E016, GCIS E024, 2-7210
    Contact:   (773) 702-7196; d-levy@uchicago.edu

      Professor Gene F. Mazenko
    Departments:   Physics, JFI and the College
    Research:   statistical physics
    Location:   GCIS E115 (office)
    Contact:   (773) 702-7185; gfm@control.uchicago.edu

      Associate Professor David A. Mazziotti
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI, and the College
    Research:   quantum chemistry
    Location:   GCIS E105 (office)
    Contact:   (773) 834-1762; damazz@uchicago.edu

      Professor Sidney R. Nagel
    Departments:   Physics, JFI, the College
    Research:   condensed matter physics, granular materials, fluid dynamics
    Location:   GCIS E217 (office); GCIS E038A, B, C, 2-7204
    Contact:   (773) 702-7190; srnagel@harper.uchicago.edu; sid@control.uchicago.edu

      Professor Thomas F. Rosenbaum
    Departments:   Physics, JFI, Argonne Nat'l Lab and the College
    Research:   condensed matter physics, low-temperature physics
    Location:   GCIS E117
    Contact:   (773) 702-7256; t-rosenbaum@uchicago.edu

      Professor Norbert F. Scherer
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI, IBD and the College
    Research:   chemical reactions and photophysical processes in condensed media and at interfaces
    Location:   GCIS E139A, Lab GCIS ESB20D, 20E, 20G, 20C, 20B, 22, 24
    Contact:   (773) 702-7069; n-scherer@uchicago.edu

      Professor Steven J. Sibener
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI, and the College
    Research:   surface chemistry and physics, chemical dynamics, polymers, materials growth
    Location:   GCIS E215 (office); Lab GCIS E140, 009, 013, 015, 2-7209
    Contact:   (773) 702-7193; s-sibener@uchicago.edu

      Professor Paul Wiegmann
    Departments   Physics, JFI , EFI, and the College
    Research   correlated electronic systems, quantum field theory, mathematical physics
    Location   RI 223
    Contact   (773) 702-4208; p-wiegmann@uchicago.edu

      Professor Thomas A. Witten
    Departments:   Physics, JFI and the College
    Research:   heterogeneous polymers
    Location:   GCIS E227 (office)
    Contact:   (773) 702-0947; t-witten@uchicago.edu

      Professor Luping Yu
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI, and the College
    Research   functional polymers
    Location:   GCIS E419A, Lab GCIS E033, 435, 437A&B, 440
    Contact:   (773) 702-8698; lupingyu@midway.uchicago.edu

      Assistant Professor Wendy W. Zhang
    Departments:   Physics, JFI, and the College
    Research   theoretical condensed matter physics, fluid dynamics
    Location:   GCIS E209 (office)
    Contact:   (773) 702-0609; wzhang@harper.uchicago.edu

     

    Visiting Faculty


      Visiting Faculty  Ho-Kwang Mao
    Departments: Geophysical Sciences, and JFI
    Research:   high pressure studies of matter
    Location:   HGS 531
    Contact:   (773) 702-8136; mao@gl.ciw.edu



     

    Emeritus Faculty


      Professor Emeritus R. Stephen Berry
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI, and the College
    Research:   protein folding, few body dynamics, finite-time thermodynamics
    Location:   SCL 101; GCIS E129 (office)
    Contact:   (773) 702-7021; berry@uchicago.edu

        Professor Emeritus Robert Gomer
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI and the College
    Research:   surface science
    Location:   GCIS E131 (office); Lab
    Contact:   (773) 702-7191; r-gomer@uchicago.edu

      Professor Emeritus Leo P. Kadanoff
    Departments:   Physics, Mathematics, EFI, JFI and the College
    Research:   hydrodynamics, statistical physics
    Location:   GCIS E219 (office)
    Contact:   (773) 702-7189; leop@harper.uchicago.edu

      Professor Emeritus John C. Light
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI, and the College
    Research:   quantum dynamics of molecular processes
    Location:   GCIS E127 (office)
    Contact:   (773) 702-7197; j-light@uchicago.edu

      Professor Emeritus Stuart A. Rice
    Departments:   Chemistry, JFI, and the College
    Research:   photochemistry and photophysics of isolated molecules, the properties of interfaces
    Location:   GCIS E235 (office); Lab GCIS E001, A, C, D, 2-7231
    Contact:   (773) 702-7199; sarice@harper.uchicago.edu


    Last update: March 10, 2008
    Maintained by Zena Anderson



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