School of Humanities and Sciences
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Brian Lantz
Professor (Research) of Applied Physics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMeasure gravitational waves
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Benjamin Lev
Stanford Fortitude Professor
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsLevLab is a joint AMO & CM experimental group that explores the question: Can new classes of states and phases of quantum matter be created far away from equilibrium, and if so, what do we learn? We use our new technique, confocal cavity QED, to both engineer out-of-equilibrium quantum gases and 2D materials and to image and control their new properties.
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Kaden Loring
Ph.D. Student in Applied Physics, admitted Autumn 2021
BioKaden Loring began his PhD in Applied Physics at Stanford University in September 2021. Loring's research specialization is laser-based diagnostics for fusion-relevant plasmas. Loring received his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida in May 2020 in Physics. He is passionate about research aimed at the development of nuclear fusion for energy. In his free-time, Loring enjoys spending time in nature whenever possible.
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Richard McFadden Martin
Adjunct Professor, Applied Physics
BioRichard M. Martin is currently Adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University. He is emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he served from 1987 to 2008. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and he received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1969 where his advisor was Morrel H. Cohen. From 1969 to 1971, he was a post-doc at Bell Labs and from 1971 to 1987 was a scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. He is author of two books: "Electronic Structure: Basic Theory and Practical Methods (Cambridge University Press, 2004, 2nd edition 2020.) and "Interacting Electrons: Theory and Computational Approaches" along with coauthors Lucia Reining and David Ceperley (Cambridge University Press, 2016). His avocation since 2008 is the African School for Electronic Structure Methods and Applications (ASESMA), where he was a founder and organizer of schools each other year from 2008 to 2025, and chair of the International Advisory Panel.
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Anjney Midha
Affiliate, Applied Physics
BioVisiting Scientist, Applied Physics
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Shaghayegh Moradirad
Masters Student in Applied Physics, admitted Autumn 2026
BioShaghayegh Moradirad is a graduate student in Applied Physics at Stanford University. She completed her B.S. in CS at Minerva University. Her previous work spans scientific computing, numerical simulation, open-source software, and large-scale systems at OpenAI, LinkedIn, and Two Sigma.
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Nolan Peard
Ph.D. Student in Applied Physics, admitted Autumn 2020
BioNolan is currently a PhD candidate in the Schleier-Smith Lab in the Department of Physics. He specializes in atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, chemical physics, and materials science with a developing interest in bioengineering. Beyond his research career, Nolan is an accomplished cellist and is interested in climbing, reading, and nature.
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Vahe Petrosian
Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics
BioHow do things evolve in the universe? How are particles accelerated in the universe?
Professor Petrosian’s research covers many topics in the broad area of theoretical astrophysics and cosmology, with a strong focus on high-energy astrophysical processes.
Cosmological studies deal with global properties of the universe, where the main focus is the understanding of the evolution of the universe at high redshifts, through studies of the evolutions of population of sources such as galaxies and quasars or active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, using new statistical techniques developed in collaboration with Prof. B. Efron of the Department of Statistics. Another area of research is the use of gravitational lensing in measuring mass in the universe.
High-energy astrophysics research involves interpretation of non-thermal astronomical sources where particles are accelerated to very high energies and emit various kinds of radiation. These processes occur on many scales and in all sorts of objects: in the magnetosphere of planets, in the interplanetary space, during solar and stellar flares, in the accretion disks and jets around stellar-size and super-massive black holes, at centers of galaxies, in gamma-ray bursts, in supernovae, and in the intra-cluster medium of clusters of galaxies. Plasma physics processes common in all these sources for acceleration of particles and their radiative signature is the main focus of the research here. -
Ruishi Qi
Postdoctoral Scholar, Applied Physics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI study strongly correlated quantum matter in electrically tunable two-dimensional electron–hole systems. Combining van der Waals heterostructures with low-temperature optical spectroscopy, transport, and thermodynamic measurements, I investigate excitons, trions, biexcitons, excitonic insulators, condensates, and crystals.
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Stephen Quake
Lee Otterson Professor in the School of Engineering and Professor of Bioengineering, of Applied Physics and, by courtesy, of Physics
On Leave from 2026-10-01 To 2027-06-30Current Research and Scholarly InterestsSingle molecule biophysics, precision force measurement, micro and nano fabrication with soft materials, integrated microfluidics and large scale biological automation.
