Research Areas

• Computational Quantum/Statistical Physics
• Materials/Laser Physics
• Atmospheric Physics/Astrophysics
• Optics/Quantum Optics

Research Projects

Computational Quantum/Statistical Physics

• Collision Induced Spectroscopy
• Computational Condensed Matter Physics
• Electrophysics and Theoretical Atomic Physics
• Protein Folding; Simulation of Complex Systems; Global Optimization
• Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics

Materials/Laser Physics

• Computational Solid State Theory and Materials Science Group
• Experimental and Theoretical Dislocation Physics
• Experimental Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
• Frontier Carbon Materials, Wide Band-Gap Nitride Crystals, and New Nonlinear Optical Crystals
• Integrated Photonics and Materials Integration
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
• Yap Research Group

Atmospheric Physics/Astrophysics

• Atmospheric Physics Group
• Gamma-ray Bursts; Gravitational Lensing; Terrestrial Gamma Flashes; Cosmology
• High Energy Cosmic Rays
• Laboratory Studies of Cloud Physics
• Stochastic Processes in Atmospheric Science

Optics/Quantum Optics

Quantum Optics Group

Research Groups

• Atmospheric Physics Group
• Computational Solid State Theory and Materials Science Group
• Computational Nano - and Biophysics Group
• Quantum Optics Group
• Yap Research Group

Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Expo Spring 2008

Undergraduate Research Summer 2007

• Senior Research
• SURF - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• Michigan Space Grant Consortium

Poster Sessions

• GSC Graduate Poster Sessions
• Physics Department Poster Sessions