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Professorial Faculty

Rana X. Adhikari
Professor of Physics
Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter;  Gravitational-wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
Research Website
Jason F. Alicea
William K. Davis Professor of Theoretical Physics
Research Areas;  Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter; 
Marco Bernardi
Professor of Applied Physics, Physics and Materials Science; Undergraduate and Graduate Option Representative for Materials Science
Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter; 
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James J. (Jamie) Bock
Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Physics; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist
Experimental and Theoretical Cosmology;  Experimental and Observational Astrophysics; 
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Fernando Brandao
Bren Professor of Theoretical Physics
Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter;  Quantum Optics and Information; 
Katerina Chatziioannou
Professor of Physics; William H. Hurt Scholar
Gravitational-wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
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Caltech Eddleman Professor of Theoretical Physics Xie Chen
Xie Chen
Eddleman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Director, Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics
Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter; 
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Yanbei Chen
Professor of Physics
Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter;  Gravitational-wave Physics and Astrophysics;  Theoretical Astrophysics; 
Clifford W. Cheung
Professor of Theoretical Physics; Director, Leinweber Forum for Theoretical Physics
Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics; 
Nelson Darkwah Oppong
Assistant Professor of Physics
Experimental Quantum Systems and Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics;  Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter;  Quantum Optics and Information; 
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Manuel A. Endres
Professor of Physics
Experimental Quantum Systems and Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics;  Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter;  Quantum Optics and Information; 
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Bradley W. Filippone
Francis L. Moseley Professor of Physics
Experimental Elementary Particle Physics;  Nuclear Physics; 
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James (Jim) Fuller
Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
Experimental and Observational Astrophysics;  Theoretical Astrophysics; 
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Sunil Golwala
Professor of Physics; Deputy Executive Officer for Astrophysics
Experimental and Theoretical Cosmology;  Experimental Elementary Particle Physics;  Experimental and Observational Astrophysics; 
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Sergei Gukov
John D. MacArthur Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics; 
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Fiona Harrison
Fiona Harrison
Harold A. Rosen Professor of Physics
Experimental and Observational Astrophysics; 
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David G. Hitlin
Professor of Physics
Research Areas;  Experimental Elementary Particle Physics; 
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Philip F. Hopkins
Ira S. Bowen Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
Research Areas;  Theoretical Astrophysics; 
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Hsieh David
David Hsieh
Donald A. Glaser Professor of Physics; Executive Officer for Physics
Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter; 
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Robert Huang
Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics; William H. Hurt Scholar
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Nicholas R. (Nick) Hutzler
Professor of Physics
Research Areas;  Experimental Quantum Systems and Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics;  Quantum Optics and Information;  Experimental Elementary Particle Physics;  Nuclear Physics; 
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Anton N. Kapustin
Earle C. Anthony Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics; 
Alexei Kitaev
Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter;  Quantum Optics and Information; 
Kenneth G. Libbrecht
Professor of Physics
Research Areas;  Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter; 
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Christopher Martin
Edward C. Stone Professor of Physics; Director, Caltech Optical Observatories
Experimental and Observational Astrophysics; 
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Lee P. McCuller
Assistant Professor of Physics
Research Areas;  Experimental Quantum Systems and Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics;  Gravitational-wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
Elias R. Most
Assistant Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics; William H. Hurt Scholar
Gravitational-wave Physics and Astrophysics;  Theoretical Astrophysics; 
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Olexei Motrunich
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Research Areas;  Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter; 
Harvey B. Newman
Professor of Physics
Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter;  Experimental Elementary Particle Physics; 
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Hiroshi (Hirosi Ooguri) Oguri
Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics; Kent and Joyce Kresa Leadership Chair, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics; 
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Oskar J. Painter
John G Braun Professor of Applied Physics and Physics
Research Areas;  Experimental Quantum Systems and Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics;  Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter;  Quantum Optics and Information; 
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Ryan B. Patterson
Professor of Physics
Experimental Elementary Particle Physics; 
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Rob B. Phillips
Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics
Physical Biology; 
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E. S. Sterl Phinney
Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
Gravitational-wave Physics and Astrophysics;  Theoretical Astrophysics; 
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Hugh D. (David) Politzer
Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics
Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics; 
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Frank C. Porter
Professor of Physics
Research Areas;  Experimental Elementary Particle Physics; 
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John P. Preskill
Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology
Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter;  Quantum Optics and Information;  Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics; 
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Gil Refael
Taylor W. Lawrence Professor of Theoretical Physics
Research Areas;  Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter; 
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Thomas F. Rosenbaum
President Emeritus; William A. Fowler Professor of Physics
Research Areas;  Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter; 
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Michael L. Roukes
Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Bioengineering
Experimental Quantum Systems and Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics;  Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter;  Physical Biology; 
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Axel Scherer
Bernard Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics and Physics; Merkin Institute Professor
Research Areas;  Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter; 
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David Simmons-Duffin
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics; 
Maria Spiropulu
Shang-Yi Ch'en Professor of Physics
Experimental Quantum Systems and Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics;  Experimental Elementary Particle Physics; 
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Saul A. Teukolsky
Robinson Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
Gravitational-wave Physics and Astrophysics;  Theoretical Astrophysics; 
Alan J. Weinstein
Professor of Physics
Gravitational-wave Physics and Astrophysics; 
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W. L. Kimmy Wu
Assistant Professor of Physics
Research Areas;  Experimental and Theoretical Cosmology;  Experimental and Observational Astrophysics; 
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Linda Ye
Assistant Professor of Physics
Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter; 
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Nai-Chang Yeh
Thomas W. Hogan Professor of Physics
Research Areas;  Quantum Information, and Quantum Condensed Matter; 
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Jonas Zmuidzinas
Merle Kingsley Professor of Physics
Experimental and Observational Astrophysics; 
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Caltech Louis E. Nohl Professor of Theoretical Physics Kathryn Zurek
Kathryn M. Zurek
Louis E. Nohl Professor of Theoretical Physics
Research Areas;  Experimental and Theoretical Cosmology;  Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics;