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Professorial Faculty

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, Quantum and Condensed Matter; 
Harvey B. Newman
Professor of Physics
Quantum Information, Quantum and 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, Quantum and 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, Quantum and 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, Quantum and Condensed Matter; 
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Thomas F. Rosenbaum
President; Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair; Professor of Physics
Research Areas;  Quantum Information, Quantum and 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, Quantum and 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, Quantum and 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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Mark B. Wise
John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics
Experimental and Theoretical Cosmology;  Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics; 
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, Quantum and Condensed Matter; 
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