Physics is the most fundamental of sciences. It provides a foundation of crucial ideas for other scientific fields, and many of the underpinnings of modern technology. Our physics faculty actively engage in both teaching and research, including mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. Our research focuses on new phenomena occurring on scales ranging from the subatomic to the cosmic. Many of us collaborate across disciplines working with biologists, chemists, engineers, geologists, and mathematicians.
Gaining knowledge and understanding about nature can be very rewarding, and the opportunity to make discoveries that illuminate fundamental aspects of nature is truly exciting. A Brown physics degree can lead to a career investigating the key secrets of the universe. This solid and strong training in the fundamental laws of nature and in the tools used in their application can lead to productive careers in all the other sciences. For example, our graduates conduct basic research into the most fundamental properties of matter, ranging from investigations of novel collective phenomena of condensed matter to studies of particles and strings and the closely related realm of cosmology. They also have central roles in developing new industrial applications such as advanced electronic devices. Some use their expertise in statistical mechanics to achieve a better understanding of the brain and neural processes or to study protein self-assembly and other areas of biological physics.
Underlying all of these careers is a common interest in understanding the natural world. At Brown we cherish, support and promote this curiosity. Brown is a small but elite university, highly regarded as an institution for encouraging student initiative and involvement with the processes of learning and discovery. You will find in our labs and seminars a lively mix of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates all working together with a common love of physics. Research opportunities at Brown are outstanding, and are at the forefront of the most important areas of physics. Please explore our web pages to learn more about physics at Brown.
Affiliations
Faculty Administrative Positions
Mitrovic, Vesna FChair of Physics
Faculty Positions
Adetunji, Oludurotimi OAdjunct Assistant Professor of Physics
Alexander, Stephon HProfessor of Physics
Barone, GaetanoAssistant Professor of Physics (Research)
Benelli, GabrieleSenior Research Scientist of Physics
Cutts, DavidProfessor Emeritus of Physics
Dell'Antonio, Ian PProfessor of Physics
Fan, JiJiAssociate Professor of Physics
Feldman, DmitriProfessor of Physics
Gaitskell, Richard JHazard Professor of Physics
Gouskos, LoukasAssociate Professor of Physics
Heintz, UlrichProfessor of Physics
Hui, AaronAssistant Professor of Physics
Jevicki, AntalProfessor of Physics
Joshi, Pushkaraj SSenior Research Associate in Physics
Korotkov, Andrei LSenior Research Associate in Physics
Koushiappas, Savvas MProfessor of Physics
Kuehne, MatthiasChristopher M. Barter '90 Assistant Professorship, Assistant Professor of Physics
Landsberg, GregThomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Physics
Lanou, Robert EProfessor Emeritus of Physics
LeBlanc, MattAssistant Professor of Physics (Research)
Levin, Frank SProfessor Emeritus of Physics
Ling, Xinsheng SeanProfessor of Physics
Lowe, DavidProfessor of Physics
Luo, JingyuResearch Associate in Physics
Marston, John BradleyHarrison E. Farnsworth Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics
Meshulam, LeenoyAssistant Professor of Physics
Mitrovic, Vesna FL. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Physics
Mondal, SpandanResearch Associate in Physics
Nurmikko, Arto VProfessor of Physics
Offermann, JanResearch Associate in Physics
Pacifici, DomenicoAssociate Professor of Physics
Pelcovits, Robert AProfessor of Physics
Plumb, Kemp WAssociate Professor of Physics
Pober, Jonathan CAssociate Professor of Physics
Powers, Thomas RProfessor of Physics
Roloff, Jennifer KAssistant Professor of Physics
Rosuel, Adrien Henri DenisAssistant Professor of Physics (Research)
Rubenstein, Brenda MProfessor of Physics
Seidel, George MProfessor Emeritus of Physics
Spradlin, Marcus BProfessor of Physics
Stamenkovic, MarkoResearch Associate in Physics
Stein, Derek MProfessor of Physics (Research)
Stein, Derek MProfessor Emeritus of Physics
Stratt, Richard MarkProfessor of Physics
Tang, Jay XProfessor of Physics
Tucker, Gregory SProfessor of Physics
Valles, James MRoyce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Physics and Professor of Physics
Volovich, AnastasiaProfessor of Physics
Xiao, GangFord Foundation Professor of Physics
Xu, JingmingProfessor of Physics
Ying, See-ChenProfessor Emeritus of Physics
Zaslavsky, AlexanderProfessor of Physics
Zia, RashidProfessor of Physics