Faculty
The MIT Physics Department is one of the best places in the world for research and education in physics. We have been ranked the number one physics department since 2002 by US News & World Report.
We have three current and two retired faculty members who have won a Nobel Prize in Physics, nine total since 1964. We have also been the source of innovation in physics education for decades. Eight members of our Department have won the Oersted Medal, the most prestigious award of the American Association of Physics Teachers.
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Raymond Ashoori
Professor of Physics
Division Head, Atomic, Biophysical, and Condensed Matter Physics
Division Head, Atomic, Biophysical, and Condensed Matter Physics
Focus of research lies in the study of interacting electronic systems in low dimensional electronic structures.
Robert Birgeneau
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Primarily concerned with the phases and phase transition behavior of novel states of matter.
Joseph Checkelsky
Mitsui Career Development Associate Professor of Physics
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Focuses on the study of exotic electronic states of matter through the synthesis, measurement, and control of solid state materials.
Riccardo Comin
Class of 1947 Career Development Associate Professor of Physics
He explores the novel phases of matter that can be found in electronic solids with strong interactions, also known as quantum materials.
Nuh Gedik
Donner Professor of Physics
His research centers on using advanced optical techniques for probing and controlling properties of quantum materials.
Thomas Greytak
Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics, Emeritus
With his colleague Daniel Kleppner, he helped to pioneer the field of Bose-Einstein condensation and quantum gasses.
Erich Ippen
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus
Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus
Ippen is a principal investigator in the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE).
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics
Best known for his groundbreaking research on twistronics.
Long Ju
Assistant Professor of Physics
Research focuses on understanding light-matter interactions in novel quantum materials.
Marc Kastner
Donner Professor of Science, Emeritus
His research group at MIT discovered the single electron transistor in 1990.
J. David Litster
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Research interests have been the experimental study of phase transitions in unusual states of matter.
William Oliver
Professor of Physics
Henry Ellis Warren (1894) Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Henry Ellis Warren (1894) Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Is a recognized leader in the quantum engineering of extensible superconducting quantum circuits.
Marin Soljačić
Professor of Physics
Focuses on nanophotonics, and on intersections between AI and Physics.
