Research

Astrophysics

Dark energy Survey, dark matter searches, cosmology, radio astronomy, quasars, galaxies, the Event Horizon Telescope

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Condensed-Matter and Biophysics Experiment

Liquid crystals, self assembly, microfluidics, colloids, chromosome biophysics

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Condensed-Matter and Biophysics Theory

Granular materials, confined polymers, virus assembly, quantitative biology, active materials and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics

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High-Energy Experiment

Higgs boson, electroweak symmetry breaking, supersymmetry, Large Hadron Collider

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High-Energy and Gravitational Theory

String theory, supersymmetry, gravity, particle physics, cosmology

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  • Matthew Headrick
  • Albion Lawrence

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Active liquid crystals, Belousov-Zhabotinsky emulsions, axoneme mechanics, hydrogels for cancer treatment, DNA transcription factors

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