Astronomy Physics
on Friday, August 14, 2009
JHU Physics and Astronomy is featured among the leading research departments nationwide in the latest 2006-2007 rankings by Academic Analytics, placing well within the top 10 in both physics and astronomy & astrophysics. This is in line with PHA's high standings in earlier NRC-based and Diamond & Graham rankings. First in overall research funding, JHU as a whole is also ranked in the top 10, as are its Physical and Mathematical Sciences; click here for the rankings by broad fields and here for the list of top research universities.
The newly-formed Institute for Quantum Matter at Johns Hopkins and Princeton Universities has just started its operations in the Fall of 2008. The DOE-funded IQM will combine materials synthesis, spectroscopy, and theory to uncover new materials functionality based on quantum correlations. The Principal Investigators are C. Broholm (Director), N. P. Armitage, R. J. Cava (Princeton), O. Tchernyshyov, and Z. Tesanovic. Areas of interest include frustrated quantum magnetism, quantum criticality, quantum impurities, correlated superconductivity, and the interplay between these phenomena. IQM is currently soliciting applications for several postdoctoral and staff positions. The successful candidates will participate in coordinated research at the interface between theoretical and experimental condensed matter physics, chemistry, and materials science.
Research
Our group maintains active experimental and theoretical research programs at the forefront of both "hard" and "soft" condensed matter physics. Examples of the former are quantum magnets studied by neutron scattering techniques (Broholm, Reich), experiment and theory of magnetic nanostructures and quantum nanowires (Chien, Markovic, Reich, Tchernyshyov, Walker), broadband microwave and terahertz spectroscopy of correlated electron systems (Armitage) and theory of correlated magnets, rare-earth metals and superconductors (Judd, Tesanovic, Tchernyshyov). The latter includes dynamical studies of conformational transition in proteins (Armitage), x-ray and neutron scattering studies of glasses and out-of-equilibrium complex fluids (Leheny), biological applications of nanostructures (Markovic, Reich) and analytic and computer-aided theory of non-equilibrium processes, adhesion and friction (Robbins).
JHU is the home of Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on magnetic nanostructures and magnetoelectronics, a large NSF funded center for interdisciplinary research in nanotechnology, and the newly-formed DOE supported Johns Hopkins/Princeton Institute for Quantum Matter (IQM). Nearby NIST, a large government research lab and a premier US facility for neutron scattering research, benefits from close involvement of several JHU groups, most notably through a multi-million dollar Multi Axis Crystal Spectrometer (MACS), conceived and built at JHU. Our group is committed to interdisciplinary research in both hard and soft physical sciences and takes advantage of JHU's preeminent status in nanomaterials, biophysical and biomedical sciences and bioengineering through numerous interactions and collaborations with Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Biophysics, Biomedical and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, notably under the auspices of the JHU Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT). In addition, the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory has a large program in applied condensed matter sciences and is a leading center in quantum optics and optical quantum computing. Finally, the JHU's central location in the Baltimore-Washington metro area places it at the heart of one of the largest condensed matter science communities in the United States.
The newly-formed Institute for Quantum Matter at Johns Hopkins and Princeton Universities has just started its operations in the Fall of 2008. The DOE-funded IQM will combine materials synthesis, spectroscopy, and theory to uncover new materials functionality based on quantum correlations. The Principal Investigators are C. Broholm (Director), N. P. Armitage, R. J. Cava (Princeton), O. Tchernyshyov, and Z. Tesanovic. Areas of interest include frustrated quantum magnetism, quantum criticality, quantum impurities, correlated superconductivity, and the interplay between these phenomena. IQM is currently soliciting applications for several postdoctoral and staff positions. The successful candidates will participate in coordinated research at the interface between theoretical and experimental condensed matter physics, chemistry, and materials science.
Research
Our group maintains active experimental and theoretical research programs at the forefront of both "hard" and "soft" condensed matter physics. Examples of the former are quantum magnets studied by neutron scattering techniques (Broholm, Reich), experiment and theory of magnetic nanostructures and quantum nanowires (Chien, Markovic, Reich, Tchernyshyov, Walker), broadband microwave and terahertz spectroscopy of correlated electron systems (Armitage) and theory of correlated magnets, rare-earth metals and superconductors (Judd, Tesanovic, Tchernyshyov). The latter includes dynamical studies of conformational transition in proteins (Armitage), x-ray and neutron scattering studies of glasses and out-of-equilibrium complex fluids (Leheny), biological applications of nanostructures (Markovic, Reich) and analytic and computer-aided theory of non-equilibrium processes, adhesion and friction (Robbins).
JHU is the home of Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on magnetic nanostructures and magnetoelectronics, a large NSF funded center for interdisciplinary research in nanotechnology, and the newly-formed DOE supported Johns Hopkins/Princeton Institute for Quantum Matter (IQM). Nearby NIST, a large government research lab and a premier US facility for neutron scattering research, benefits from close involvement of several JHU groups, most notably through a multi-million dollar Multi Axis Crystal Spectrometer (MACS), conceived and built at JHU. Our group is committed to interdisciplinary research in both hard and soft physical sciences and takes advantage of JHU's preeminent status in nanomaterials, biophysical and biomedical sciences and bioengineering through numerous interactions and collaborations with Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Biophysics, Biomedical and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, notably under the auspices of the JHU Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT). In addition, the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory has a large program in applied condensed matter sciences and is a leading center in quantum optics and optical quantum computing. Finally, the JHU's central location in the Baltimore-Washington metro area places it at the heart of one of the largest condensed matter science communities in the United States.
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