Research

Guenter Ahlers | Physics

• Turbulent Convection in a Fluid Heated from Below
  National Science Foundation

Dirk Bouwmeester | Physics

• Quantum States of OptoMechanical Structures
  National Science Foundation
   
• Solid-State Cavity Electrodynamics
  National Science Foundation
  Co- PI: Pierre Petroff, Materials, Electrical and Computer Engineering
   
• MRI-R2 Nano Photonic Imaging System
  National Science Foundation
  Co-PI: Deborah Fygenson, Physics
  Co-PI: Elisabeth Gwinn, Physics
  Co-PI: Michael Liebling, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Co-PI: Everett Lipman, Physics
   
• Quantum Post-Selected Optomechanics
  National Science Foundation

Michael Bowers | Chemistry and Biochemistry

• Pathogenic Protein Folding and Human Disease
  UC Los Angeles
   
• CHE-Non-Covalent Complexes
  National Science Foundation
   
• Litigated Metal Clusters: Structures, Energetics and Reactivity
  Air Force
   
• Metal and Ligated Metal Clusters: A New Instrument
  Asian Office of Aerospace R&D

Steven Buratto | Chemistry and Biochemistry

• Model Nanocluster Catalysts:  The Role of Size, Shape and Composition on the Catalytic Activity of Small Metal Oxide and Bimetallic Clusters on Oxide Surfaces
  National Science Foundation
  Co-PI:  Michael Bowers. Chemistry and Biochemistry
  Co-PI:  Horia Metiu, Chemistry and Biochemistry
   
• Connectivity and ION Conductance in Fuel Cell Membranes Probed by Tunneling Atomic Force Microscopy
  National Science Foundation

David Cannell | Physics

• Gradient Driven Fluctuations
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Song-I Han | Chemistry and Biochemistry

• MRI: Development of a 240 GHz Pulsed Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer with Nanosecond Time Resolution
  National Science Foundation
  Co-PI: Frederick Dahlquist, Chemistry and Biochemistry
  Co-PI: Mark Sherwin, Physics

Bruce Lipshutz | Chemistry and Biochemistry

• Transition Metal-Catalyzed Chemistry in Water at Room Temperature
  National Institutes of Health
   
• EAGER: Chemistry of Water-Intolerant Intermediates…in Water
  National Science Foundation
   
• New Technologies Based on Organocopper Catalysis
  National Science Foundation

Philip M. Lubin | Physics

• Plank Educational and Public Outreach Effort at UCSB
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Douglas Scalapino | Physics

• Explorations of Routes to Higher Superconduction Transition Temperatures
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Mark Sherwin | Physics

• MRI: Development of a Free-Electron Laser for Ultrafast Pulsed Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
  National Science Foundation
  Co-PI: S. James Allen, Physics
  Co-PI: Song-I Han, Chemistry and Biochemistry
  Co-PI: Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, Chemistry and Biochemistry
  Co-PI: Christopher Palmstrom, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Senior Personnel: Christoph Boehme, University of Utah
  Senior Personnel: Louis-Claude Brunel, Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology
  Senior Personnel: Alexander Kozhanov, California NanoSystems Institute
  Senior Personnel: Dane McCamey, University of Sydney
  Senior Personnel: Gerald Ramian, Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology
  Senior Personnel: Susanne Stemmer, Materials
  Senior Personnel: Susumu Takahashi, University of Southern California
  Senior Personnel: Chris Van de Walle, Materials
  Senior Personnel: Johan van Tol, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
  Senior Personnel: Fred Wudl, Chemistry and Biochemistry
   
• Development of Gd3+-Based Spin Labels for Probing Structure, Dynamics and Interfaces by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Techniques
  U.S. Israel Binational Science Foundation
  Co-PI Song-I Han, Chemistry and BioChemistry
   
• Quantum Coherence and Dynamical Instability in Quantum Wells Driven by Intense Terahertz Fields
  National Science Foundation

Jatila van der Veen | Physics

• The Planck Visualization Project: Education and Public Outreach Effort of the U.S. Planck Mission
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory