James Franck Institute: Faculty

Current Faculty

Assistant Professor David Biron

Departments:

Physics, JFI and the College

Research:

Neuroethology of C. elegans,Neuroscience, Experimental biophysics

Location:

GCIS E139F (office); (Lab GCIS W309)

Contact:

(773) 834-8829; dbiron@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://worm.uchicago.edu/

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

Website:

http://butlerlab.uchicago.edu/

Professor Cheng Chin

Departments:

Physics, JFI and the College

Research:

Ultracold atomic & molecular physics, quantum gases

Location:

GCIS E107 (office); (Lab GCIS ESB18)

Contact:

(773) 702-7192; cchin@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://ultracold.uchicago.edu/homepage/

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

Website:

http://dinner-group.uchicago.edu

Professor Todd F. Dupont

Departments:

Computer Science, JFI, Mathematics and the College

Research:

numerical analysis of partial differential equations, hydrodynamics

Location:

RY 260

Contact:

(773) 702-3485; dupont@cs.uchicago.edu

Website:

http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~dupont

Associate 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

Website:

http://engelgroup.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

Website:

http://squishycell.uchicago.edu/

Associate Professor Ilya Gruzberg

Departments:

Physics, JFI and the College

Research:

theoretical condensed matter physics

Location:

GCIS E133 (Office)

Contact:

(773) 834-9879; gruzberg@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://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@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://pgslab.uchicago.edu/grouppage/index.html

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

Website:

http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~heinz

Assistant Professor William T. M. Irvine

Departments:

Physics, JFI, and the College

Research:

soft condensed matter, fluids, knotted fields

Location:

GCIS E127 (office)

Contact:

(773) 702-7197; wtmirvine@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://irvinelab.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:

GCIS E103 (office) and Argonne's CNM

Contact:

(630) 252-6742; isaacs@uchicago.edu

Website:

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; h-jaeger@uchicago.edu

Website:

Jaeger Lab Page

Professor Woowon Kang

Departments:

Physics, JFI and the College

Research:

quantum Hall effect, orgnanic superconductors

Location:

GCIS E113(office); GCIS ESB39(Lab)

Contact:

(773) 702-5244; w-kang@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://home.uchicago.edu/~wkang/

Professor Ka Yee Christina Lee

Departments:

Chemistry, JFI and the College

Research:

protein-lipid interactions

Location:

GCIS E139B

Contact:

(773) 702-7068; kayeelee@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://leelab.uchicago.edu/LeeLab.html

Professor Kathryn J. Levin

Departments:

Physics, JFI and the College

Research:

solid state physics, Bose-Einstein condensates

Location:

GCIS E109

Contact:

(773) 702-7186; k-levin@uchicago.edu

Website:

Professor Donald H. Levy

Departments:

Chemistry, JFI, and the College

Research:

laser spectroscopy in supersonic molecular beams

Location:

GCIS E213 (office)

Contact:

(773) 702-7196; d-levy@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://levylab.uchicago.edu/

Professor Peter B Littlewood

Departments:

Physics, JFI, Associate Laboratory Director, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne

Research:

the dynamics of collective transport; phenomenology and microscopic theory of high-temperature superconductors, transition metal oxides and other correlated electronic systems; and optical properties of highly excited semiconductors

Location:

GCIS E103 (office) and Argonne's Physical Sciences and Engineering

Contact:

(630) 252 5858; littlewood@uchicago.edu

Website:

Professor Gene F. Mazenko

Departments:

Physics, JFI and the College

Research:

statistical physics

Location:

GCIS E115 (office)

Contact:

(773) 702-7185; g-mazenko@uchicago.edu

Website:

Professor David A. Mazziotti

Departments:

Chemistry, JFI, and the College

Research:

quantum chemistry

Location:

GCIS E105 (office)

Contact:

(773) 834-1762; damazz@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://mazziotti.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; s-nagel@uchicago.edu

Website:

Nagel Lab Page

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

Website:

http://quantum.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

Website:

http://schererlab.uchicago.edu/

Assistant Professor David Schuster

Departments:

Physics, JFI and the College

Research:

quantisizing computers one circuit at a time

Location:

GCIS E131 (Office)

Contact:

(773) 702-7191; david.schuster@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://schusterlab.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

Website:

http://sibener-group.uchicago.edu

Assistant Professor Jonathan Simon

Departments:

Physics, JFI, and the College

Research:

condensed matter physics, quantum optics, and atomic physics

Location:

GCIS E 207 (office)

Contact:

(773) 702-9661; simonjon@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://simonlab.uchicago.edu/

University Professor Dam Thanh Son
(aka Son Thanh Dam)

Departments:

Physics, EFI, JFI, and the College

Research:

theoretical nuclear physics, black holes, atomic, condensed matter and particle physics

Location:

ACC 201 (office)

Contact:

(773) 834-9032; dtson@uchicago.edu

Website:

Physics Initiative

Associate Professor Dmitri Talapin

Departments:

Chemistry, JFI, and the College

Research:

chemistry, physics and material science of inorganic nanostructures

Location:

GCIS E205 (office); Lab GCIS E 247A-E

Contact:

(773) 834-2607; dvtalapin@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://talapinlab.uchicago.edu/

Assistant Professor Bozhi Tian

Departments:

Chemistry, JFI, and the College

Research:

biophysical, materials, nanoscale, and inorganic
design, synthesis and fundamental study of new nanoscale elements for protocells

Location:

GCIS E139C, Lab GCIS ESB15, 15A, 19

Contact:

(773) 702-8749; btian@uchicago.edu

Website:

http://tianlab.uchicago.edu/

Professor Andrei Tokmakoff

Departments:

Chemistry, JFI, and the College

Research:

to describe the dynamics of chemical reactions and biophysical processes by visualizing molecular motion with ultrafast two-dimensional vibrational spectroscopy

Location:

GCIS139D (office)

Contact:

(773) 834-7696; tokmakoff@uchicago.edu

Website:

Uchicago site Pending

Professor Gregory A. Voth

Departments:

Chemistry, JFI, and the College

Research:

theoretical and computer simulation studies of biomolecular and liquid state phenomena, as well as of novel materials

Location: