Research in applied physics includes biophysics; fluid mechanics, laser physics, liquids and glasses, optics, photonics, plasma physics, micro- and nano-fabrication and microfluidics, quantum phenomena, semiconductors, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, and transport phenomena.
Applied Physics

News
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Junior faculty awards recognize outstanding teaching and research
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Physicist points his passions toward the promise of quantum computing
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Part Eleven: Building Big, Building Small
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New chip hides wireless messages in plain sight
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Quantum engineering expert Andrew Houck elected APS fellow
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Ultra-pure semiconductor opens new frontier in the study of electrons
Faculty
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Ryan P. Adams
Computer Science
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Craig Arnold
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials
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Ravindra Bhatt
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Clifford Brangwynne
Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Pierre-Thomas Brun
Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Emily A. Carter
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
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Edgar Choueiri
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Daniel J. Cohen
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Nathalie de Leon
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Pablo Debenedetti
Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Jason Fleischer
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Maria Garlock
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Alexander Glaser
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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Claire Gmachl
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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David Graves
Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Kelsey Hatzell
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
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N. Jeremy Kasdin
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Egemen Kolemen
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
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Naomi Leonard
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Michael Littman
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Stephen Lyon
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Luigi Martinelli
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Julia Mikhailova
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Michael Mueller
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Daniel Nosenchuck
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Athanassios Panagiotopoulos
Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Paul Prucnal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Barry Rand
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
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Alejandro Rodriguez
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Clarence Rowley
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Stanislav Shvartsman
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
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Robert Stengel
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Howard Stone
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Sankaran Sundaresan
Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Jeffrey Thompson
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Hakan Tureci
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Claire White
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
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Gerard Wysocki
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Saien Xie