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Holger Schmidt

Holger Schmidt

Distinguished Professor, Narinder Kapany Chair of Optoelectronics, Narinder Kapany Chair of Optoelectronics

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering

Areas of expertise: Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics, DNA, RNA, Proteins, Material Science, Bioengineering


Biography, Education and Training

Holger Schmidt received an M.S. degree in physics from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1994, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1995 and 1999, respectively. After serving as a postdoctoral Fellow with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, he joined the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 2001. He is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and holds the Nari... more »

Stefano Profumo

Stefano Profumo

Professor, Deputy Director for Theory, Santa Cruz institute for Particle Physics, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, Physical and Biological Sciences Division

Physics Department

Areas of expertise: Physics, Particle Physics, Astrophysics, Cosmology


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. studies in Theoretical High Energy Physics, SISSA-ISAS, Trieste (2001-2004) Undergraduate studies in Theoretical Physics, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa and University of Pisa (1997-2001)

Robert P Johnson

Robert P Johnson

Distinguished Professor

Physics Department

Areas of expertise: Particle Physics, Astrophysics, Physics, Electrical Engineering


Biography, Education and Training

B.S. University of Kansas Ph.D. Stanford University Fellow of the American Physical Society  


Areas of expertise: Physics



Areas of expertise: Physics


Biography, Education and Training

BA Physics Rice University 1966 PhD Space Science Rice University 1971. Thesis adviser Don Clayton Postdoctoral Researcher Kellog Lab, CalTech 1972-1975. Adviser Willy Fowler Faculty UCSC Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics 1975 - Present American Academy Arts and Sciences 2001 National Academy of Sciences 2006


Areas of expertise: Environmental History, Physics


Tesla E. Jeltema

Tesla E. Jeltema

Professor, Associate Director of the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics

Physics Department

Areas of expertise: Astrophysics, Astronomy, Cosmology, Particle Physics, Physics


Biography, Education and Training

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004 BS, The College of William and Mary, 1999

Anthony N Aguirre

Anthony N Aguirre

Professor, Faggin Family Presidential Chair for the Physics of Information

Physics Department, Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP)

Areas of expertise: Particle Physics, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Physics


Biography, Education and Training

I received my PhD in Astronomy at Harvard in 2000.  After a three-year stint at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, I joined the UCSC faculty in 2003. 

Arthur Fischer

Arthur Fischer

Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

Mathematics Department

Areas of expertise: Mathematical Physics, Mathematics, Mathematical Modeling, Physics, Human Biology, Bioengineering, Biophysics, Biotechnology


Biography, Education and Training

B.A., Columbia University, Mathematics and Chemistry Ph.D., Princeton University, Program in Mathematical Physics M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Sub-Internship in Molecular Biology and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Michael Dine

Distinguished Professor of Physics

mdine@ucsc.edu

4086038156


Areas of expertise: Physics, Particle Physics, Cosmology



Areas of expertise: Chemistry, Physics, Material Science


Biography, Education and Training

B.S. Chemistry, University of San Francisco Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, UCLA Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

David Lederman

David Lederman

Professor, Director, Materials Science & Engineering Initiative

Physics Department

Areas of expertise: Solid State Physics, Material Science, Physics, Applied Physics


Biography, Education and Training

I obtained my B.S. in Physics with Honors at Stanford University in 1988 and my Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1992, where I studied the phase transition properties of antiferromagnetic superlattices grown via MBE under the supervision of Prof. Vince Jaccarino.  From 1992 to 1995 I was a postdoctoral researcher, project scientist, and lecturer at the University of California, San Diego, where I studied the properties of high temperature superconducting... more »


Areas of expertise: Physics, Particle Physics


Biography, Education and Training

2010: PhD from the Technical University of Munich, Germany2010-2013: postdoctoral fellow at Fermilab, Batavia, IL2013-2015: postdoctoral fellow at Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada2016-2018: Assistant Professor at University of Cincinnati, OH2018-2022: Assistant Professor at University of California, Santa Cruz, CA2022-now: Associate Professor at University of California, Santa Cruz, CA


Areas of expertise: Physics


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