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Carl M. Bender
 The Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker Distinguished Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences

Carl M. Bender, a professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, is a frequent speaker to area groups as well as at scientific conferences around the world because he excels in communicating to colleagues, future scientists and the general public. "He is absolutely amazing in his ability to explain very ...

Expertise: quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, black holes, global warming, Star Wars, debunking scientific myths, theoretical physics

Direct contact: (314) 935-6216
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cmb@wuphys.wustl.edu

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Thomas J. Bernatowicz
 Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences

Bernatowicz' research focuses on detailed laboratory observations of presolar grains (literally ancient stardust) from meteorites to draw inferences about the physical conditions in ancient circumstellar environments and about the formation of dust in the Galaxy. His research utilizes isotope mass ...

Expertise: presolar grains, meteorites, isotope mass spectrometry, transmission electron microscopy, electron diffraction, electron energy loss spectrometry, energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry

Direct contact: (314) 935-6274
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tom@wuphys.wustl.edu

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W. Robert Binns
 Research Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences

W. Robert Binns' research is primarily in cosmic ray astrophysics. He and the Washington University cosmic ray group have developed scintillating optical fibers coupled to image intensified CCD cameras or multi-anode photomultiplier tubes to obtain images of charged particle tracks. He is principal ...

Expertise: cosmic ray astrophysics, Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer, CRIS, Trans-lron Galactic Element Recorder, TIGER, scintillating fiber hodoscope, isotopic abundances, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-6247
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wrb@wuphys.wustl.edu

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James H. Buckley
 Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences

James Buckley specializes in astrophysical research in high-energy phenomena. His research interests include the origin of cosmic rays, gamma-ray and multiwavelength observations of active galaxies and experimental cosmology.

Expertise: Gamma-Ray, Multiwavelength Observations of Active Galaxies, Experimental Cosmology, Dark Matter Search, Origin of Cosmic Rays, Optical Astronomy, Optical Transients from AGNs and GRBs, …

Direct contact: 314-935-7607
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buckley@wustl.edu

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William Buhro
 Professor of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences

William H. Buhro, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and associate director of the Center for Materials Innovation, specializes in nanotechnology. He and his group are engaged in synthesis on the nanometer-scale. They design reactions and mechanisms for the growth of inorganic crystals having dimensions ...

Expertise: nanomaterials, materials, inorganic chemistry, nanotubes, nanowires

Direct contact: (314) 935-4269
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buhro@wustl.edu

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John W. Clark
 Chair and Wayman Crow Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences

John Clark's career is distinguished by a wide-ranging involvement in both traditional and non-traditional branches of theoretical physics. For three decades he has played a leading role in the development and application of flexible and robust methods for quantitative prediction of the properties ...

Expertise: quantum control, neural networks, computational neuroscience, dense-matter astrophysics, quantum many-particle theory, theoretical physics, quantum mechanics of many-particle systems, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-6208
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jwc@wuphys.wustl.edu

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Ramanath Cowsik
 Professor of Physics in Arts and Sciences

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Ramanath Cowsik's research interests are in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and non-accelerator particle physics. His scientific contributions include establishing the highest observatory in the world in Hanle, Ladakh, in the Himalayas at an altitude of 15,000 ft. for astronomy in ...

Expertise: astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, non-accelerator particle physics, high-energy astrophysics, dark matter, neutrinos, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-4493
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cowsik@wuphys.wustl.edu

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Robert Criss
 Professor of Earth & Planetary Science

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Criss specializes in hydrogeology, the geology of water and systems of water. Much of his work has an environmental slant. He investigates the transport of aqueous fluids in environments such as rivers, cool potable groundwater systems essential to civilization, and deeper, hotter hydrothermal systems. ...

Expertise: Geology, hydrogeology, floods, river systems, dams

Direct contact: (314) 935-7441
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criss@wustl.edu

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Charles M. Hohenberg
 Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences

Hohenberg's area of specialization focuses on noble gases, and he has established a laboratory at Washington University for that purpose. He developed a new type of mass spectrometer that defines the state of the art noble gas mass spectrometry. Combining nearly perfect ion optics with the ultimate ...

Expertise: noble gases, mass spectrometer, meteorites, noble gas mass spectrometry

Direct contact: (314) 935-6266
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cmh@wuphys.wustl.edu

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Ronald S. Indeck
 DAS Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering

Indeck earned his doctorate from the University of Minnesota. His research involves magnetic and optical components and systems, especially in the areas of information technology and security. He is working with extremely high density magnetic recording systems, fast searching of massive databases, ...

Expertise: object verification, public surveillance, magnetic information storage systems, magnetism

Media assistance: (314) 935-5272 / dlutz@wustl.edu

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Martin H. Israel
 Professor of physics in Arts & Sciences

Israel has been involved in some of the world's most successful studies of the composition of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), highly energized atomic nuclei that shoot through space at nearly the speed of light and originate from outside our solar system. Israel and his colleagues in the Department of ...

Expertise: cosmic rays, cosmic-ray astrophysics, balloon- and satellite-borne instruments, Heavy Nuclei Experiment, High Energy Astronomy Observatory spacecraft, cosmic-ray elements, Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder experiment, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-6263
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mhi@wustl.edu

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Kenneth F. Kelton
 Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences

Kenneth Kelton is an expert in a phenomenon called nucleation, which is the most common way that physical systems change from one phase to another and is a governing process in nearly all phase transformations. Kelton has a long history of collaboration with Patrick Gibbons, Ph.D., professor of physics ...

Expertise: quasicrystals, metallurgy, nucleation processes, metallic liquids, materials science, materials physics, non-crystaline solids, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-6228
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kfk@wuphys.wustl.edu

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John McCarthy
 Professor of Mathematics

John McCarthy's field is a kind of analysis called operator theory, which he defines as the study of matrices in infinite dimensional space. It is most directly linked to quantum mechanics, a physics theory involving elementary particles such as the electron that predicts the outcomes of physical ...

Expertise: mathematics, pure mathematics, operator theory, quantum mechanics

Direct contact: (314) 935-6753
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mccarthy@wustl.edu

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Alexander Meshik
 Research professor of physics in Arts & Sciences

Meshik is the lead author of a study in the Oct. 19, 2007, issue of Science on the analysis of solar wind noble gases (neon and argon) from NASA's Genesis Mission. Meshik and colleagues will next study the solar wind samples for xenon and krypton. Meshik also analyzed the isotopic structure of noble ...

Expertise: Geochemistry, Geochronology, Nuclear Chemistry, Xenon, Krypton, solar wind, noble gases, …

Direct contact: 314-935-5049
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am@wustl.edu

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James G. Miller
 Albert Gordon Hill Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences

Professor Miller's research focuses on the physics of anisotropic, inherently inhomogeneous media. These systematic studies of the anisotropic properties of the heart have led to fundamentally new insights. In 1998 the National Institutes of Health grant supporting this research was awarded MERIT status, ...

Expertise: physics of anisotropic, inherently inhomogeneous media, anisotropic properties of the heart, diagnostic images of hearts, echocardiographic imagers

Direct contact: (314) 935-6229
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james.g.miller@wustl.edu

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Joseph O'Sullivan
 Samuel C. Sachs Professor of Electrical Engineering, Dean of UMSL/WUSTL Joint Undergraduate Engineering Program

O'Sullivan received his doctorate from the University of Notre Dame. He has published dozens of peer reviewed articles and is active in many international conferences and professional organizations. He conducts research in a wide range of science and technology for security applications, including ...

Expertise: electrical engineering, encryption, sensors, automatic target recognition, cybersecurity

Direct contact: (314) 935-4173
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jao@wustl.edu

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David Peters
 McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering

David Peters is widely recognized as an expert in design and analysis of rotary-wing aircraft. His theory of dynamic inflow is the world standard for wake modeling in rotorcraft dynamics and simulation. His continuing research on rotorcraft modeling and analysis has led to the publication of more than ...

Expertise: rotary-wing aircraft, helicopters, rotocraft dynamics, aeronautics, astronautics

Media assistance: (314) 935-5272 / dlutz@wustl.edu

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James S. Schilling
 Professor of physics in Arts & Sciences

The primary thrust of the research in Professor Schilling's group is to study the influence of high hydrostatic pressure on the superconducting, magnetic and structural properties of exotic condensed matter systems.

Expertise: high-pressure physics, high-temperature superconductors, high hydrostatic pressure, exotic condensed matter systems, diamond anvil cell, europium metal

Direct contact: 314-935-6239
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jss@wuphys.wustl.edu

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Stuart A. Solin
 Hohenberg Professor of Experimental Physics in Arts & Sciences

A leading figure in condensed matter physics and materials science, Solin's research focus is in fundamental physical phenomena in ordered solids, such as diamonds, and disordered solids, such as window glass. His contributions to the advancement of physics include the development of a number of experimental ...

Expertise: fundamental physical phenomena, x-ray physics, high-pressure physics, mesoscopic physics, nanoscopic physics, femtosecond, phase tranformations, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-5605
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solin@wuphys.wustl.edu

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Wai-Mo Suen
 Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences

Wai-Mo Suen and his post-docs and students in the Washington University Gravity Group (WUGRAV) work on General Relativistic Astrophysics — astrophysics involving strong and dynamical gravitational fields. They study astrophysical processes involving black holes, neutron stars and gravitational waves, ...

Expertise: gravity waves, waveform templates, Einstein's theory of general relativity, black holes, electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic radiation, astronomy, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-5843
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wms@wustl.edu

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