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Faculty

Cheng Chin

Asst. Professor, Physics, JFI, and the College
ultracold atoms and molecules, Bose-Einstein condensates

Email: cchin@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 107
Tel: 773-702-9971
Homepage: http://ultracold.uchicago.edu/homepage

Philippe Cluzel

Assoc. Professor, Physics, JFI, IBD and the College;
biophysics, chemotaxis, dynamical systems in biology

Email: cluzel@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS W 310
Tel: (773) 834-9094
Homepage: http://cluzel.uchicago.edu/

Aaron Dinner

Asst. Professor, Chemistry, JFI, IBD, and the College;
molecular mechanisms of cellular dynamics

Email: dinner@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 139E
Tel: (773) 702-2330
Homepage: http://chemistry.uchicago.edu/fac/dinner.shtml

Todd F. Dupont

Professor, Computer Science, Mathematics and the College;
numerical analysis of partial differential equations, hydrodynamics

Email: dupont@cs.uchicago.edu
Office: RY 152
Tel: (773) 702-6011
Homepage: http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~dupont/

Margaret Gardel

Asst. Professor, Physics, JFI, IBD, and the College;
biophysics, mechanics of actin networks

Email: gardel@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 233
Tel: 773-834-5871
Homepage: http://squishycell.uchicago.edu

Ilya Gruzberg

Asst. Professor, Physics, JFI, and the College;
condensed matter theory, semiconductors, superconductors

Email: gruzberg@uchicago.edu
Office: RI 227
Tel: Tel (773) 834-9879
Homepage: http://physics.uchicago.edu/t_cond.html#Gruzberg

Philippe Guyot-Sionnest

Professor, Chemistry, Physics, JFI and the College
surface physics, nonlinear optical spectroscopy

Email: pgs@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E111
Tel: (773) 702-7461
Homepage: http://chemistry.uchicago.edu/fac/guyot-sionnest.shtml

Michael D. Hopkins

Professor, Chemistry, and the College
electronic, optical, magnetic, and photophysical properties of new materials

Email: mhopkins@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 405B
Tel: (773) 702-6490
Homepage: http://chemistry.uchicago.edu/fac/hopkins.shtml

Eric Isaacs

Professor, Physics, JFI, and the College
Director, Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Materials
novel opto-electronic materials, x-ray and neutron scattering

Email: isaacs@anl.gov
Office: CIS E 103
Tel: (773) 702-7836
Homepage: http://nano.anl.gov/people.html

Rustem Ismagilov

Professor, Chemistry, IBD, and the College;
applications of microfluidics to dynamic systems

Email: r-ismagilov@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E305
Tel: (773) 702-5816
Homepage: http://chemistry.uchicago.edu/fac/ismagilov.shtml

Heinrich M. Jaeger

Professor, Physics, JFI, and the College;
mesoscopic physics, superconductivity, granular materials

Email: h-jaeger@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 229
Tel: (773) 702-6074
Homepage: http://jfi.uchicago.edu/~jaeger/hmj/

Leo P. Kadanoff

Professor, Physics, Mathematics, EFI, JFI and the College
hydrodynamics, statistical physics

Email: leop@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 219
Tel: (773) 702-7189
Homepage: http://jfi.uchicago.edu/~leop/

Woowon Kang

Professor, Physics, JFI and the College
quantum Hall effect, orgnanic superconductors, quantum computing

Email: w-kang@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 113
Tel: (773) 702-5244
Homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~wkang

Stephen Kent

Professor, Biochem. and Molecular Biology IBD, and the College;
molecular basis of protein function, protein synthesis

Email: skent@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS W204
Tel: (773) 702-4912
Homepage: http://molbio.bsd.uchicago.edu/index3.html?content=faculty/sKent/

Ka Yee Christina Lee

Assoc. Professor, Chemistry, IBD, and the College
manipulation of biomembranes and protein lipid interactions, lung-surfactant systems, Amyloid-Beta (Ab) Peptides and Alzheimers

Email: kayeelee@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E139B
Tel: (773) 702-7068
Homepage: http://leelab.uchicago.edu

Kathryn J. Levin

Professor, Physics, JFI, and the College
solid state physics, superconductivity

Email: k-levin@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 109
Tel: (773) 702-7186
Homepage: http://physics.uchicago.edu/t_cond.html#Levin

Gene F. Mazenko

Professor, Physics, JFI and the College
statistical physics, soft condensed-matter physics

Email: g-mazenko@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 115
Tel: (773) 702-7185
Homepage: http://physics.uchicago.edu/t_cond.html#Mazenko

Milan Mrksich

Professor, Chemistry, HHMI, IBD,and the College;
cell adhesion, biochips, supramolecular protein assemblies

Email: mmrksich@midway.uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 519B
Tel: (773) 702-1651
Homepage: http://mrksich-group.uchicago.edu/

Sidney R. Nagel

Professor, Physics, JFI, EFI and the College
condensed matter physics, granular materials, fluid dynamics

Email: s-nagel@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E217
Tel: (773) 702-7190
Homepage: http://nagelgroup.uchicago.edu/

Eduardo Perozo

Professor, Pediatrics, Institute of Molecular Pediatrics, IBD
biophysics, ion channels in membrane proteins

Email: eperozo@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS W206
Tel: (773) 834-4747
Homepage: http://biomed.bsd.uchicago.edu/common/faculty/perozo.html

Daphne Preuss

Professor, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, IBD, and the College
regulation of chromosome segregation, interactions of reproductive cells in pollen

Email: dpreuss@midway.uchicago.edu
Office: CIS W524
Tel: (773) 702-1605
Homepage: http://preuss.bsd.uchicago.edu/

Stuart A. Rice

Professor, Chemistry, JFI and the College
photochemistry and photophysics of isolated molecules, the properties of interfaces

Email: s-rice@.uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E235
Tel: (773) 702-7199
Homepage: http://chemistry.uchicago.edu/fac/rice.shtml

Thomas F. Rosenbaum

Professor, Physics, JFI and the College
University Provost
condensed matter physics, low-temperature physics, novel electronic and magnetic materials

Email: tfr@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 117
Tel: (773) 702-7256
Homepage: http://physics.uchicago.edu/x_cond.html#Rosenbaum

Norbert Scherer

Professor, Chemistry, JFI, IBD, and the College;
chemical reactions and photophysical processes in condensed media and at interfaces

Email: nfschere@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E139A
Tel: (773) 702-7069
Homepage: http://chemistry.uchicago.edu/fac/scherer.shtml

Steven J. Sibener

Professor, Chemistry, JFI and the College
surface chemistry and catalysis, surface physics, and materials growth

Email: s-sibener@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 215
Tel: (773) 702-7193
Homepage: http://sibener-group.uchicago.edu/

Dimitri Talapin

Assistant Professor, Chemistry and the College
colloidal synthesis, self-assembly, and characterization of novel nanoparticle structures

Email: dvtalapin@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E205
Tel: (773) 834-2607
Homepage: http://chemistry.uchicago.edu/fac/talapin.shtml

Paul B. Wiegmann

Professor, Physics, JFI, EFI and the College
correlated electronic systems, quantum field theory, mathematical physics

Email: p-wiegmann@uchicago.edu
Office: RI 223
Tel: (773) 702-4208
Homepage: http://physics.uchicago.edu/t_cond.html#Wiegmann

Thomas A. Witten

Professor, Physics, JFI and the College;
heterogeneous polymers

Email: t-witten@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 227
Tel: (773) 702-0947
Homepage: http://physics.uchicago.edu/t_cond.html#Witten

Jun Yin

Asst. Professor, Chemistry and the College;
biochemical mechanisms of signal transduction

Email: junyin@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 505a
Tel: 773-834-5881
Homepage: http://chemistry.uchicago.edu/fac/yin.shtml

Luping Yu

Professor, Chemistry, JFI and the College
functional polymers: photorefractive polymers, nonlinear optical polymers,and conjugated liquid crystalline polymers, molecular electronics

Email: lupingyu@midway.uchicago.edu
Office: GCIS E 419 A
Tel: (773) 702-8698
Homepage: http://chemistry.uchicago.edu/fac/yu.shtml

Wendy Zhang

Asst. Professor, Physics, JFI and the College
nonlinear dynamics, soft condensed matter & biomechanics

Email: wzhang@uchicago.edu
Office: CIS E 209
Tel: (773) 702-5863
Homepage: http://jfi.uchicago.edu/~wzhang/

 

Collaborators

Samuel Bader

Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
nanoscale magnetic systems

Email: bader@anl.gov
Tel: (630) 252-4960
Homepage: http://www.msd.anl.gov/groups/mf/members/bader/

Jonathan Frenzen

Marketing, Graduate School of Business, U of C

Email: jonathan.frenzen@gsb.uchicago.edu
Office: W 407B
Tel: (773) 702-5458
Homepage: http://gsb.uchicago.edu/fac/jonathan.frenzen/

Gregory S. Karczmar

Radiology
magnetic resonance imaging

Email: g-karczmar@uchicago.edu
Tel: (773) 702-0214
Homepage: http://www-radiology.uchicago.edu/

Binhua Lin

Sr. Research Associate, James Franck Institute
confined colloidal systems

Email: binhua@cars.uchicago.edu
Tel: (773) 702-9942
Homepage: http://cars9.uchicago.edu/chemmat/pages/staff/lin.html

Xiao-Min Lin

Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Materials
nanoparticles and ordered nanoparticle arrays: synthesis and characterization

Email: xmlin@anl.gov
Tel: (630) 252-5536
Homepage: http:///www.msd.anl.gov/groups/mm/personnel/lin/

Mary Silber

Visiting Assoc. Prof., Mathematics (U of C) & Assoc. Prof., Applied Mathematics (Northwestern University)
mathematical physics and pattern formation

Email: m-silber@northwestern.edu
Homepage: http://www.esam.northwestern.edu/~silber/index.html