Physics forms the intellectual core of the physical sciences. It examines the world through an analytical lens: providing insight into the fundamental building blocks of nature, the emergent behavior of complex systems, and the laws which govern the physical world. In addition to offering an exciting array of courses, Cornell's Department of Physics features world-class research in a wide variety of specializations, from biophysics and nanoscience to high energy physics, accelerator science and string theory. Undergraduates in physics have the opportunity to conduct research in these areas, as well as participate in teaching and community outreach activities.
Associated Faculty
- Mark Akubo
- Jim Alexander
- Vinay Ambegaokar
- Nozomi Ando
- Tomás Arias
- Jim Baker
- Ivan Bazarov
- Rachel Bean
- Eberhard Bodenschatz
- Glenn Case
- David G. Cassel
- Edith Cassel
- Judy Cha
- Zihao Chen
- Yiming Chen
- David Chernoff
- Debanjan Chowdhury
- Itai Cohen
- James M. Cordes
- Abigail Crites
- Juan Pablo Cruz Castiblanco
- Csaba Csaki
- J.C. Seamus Davis
- Nils Deppe
- Jennet Dickinson
- Eric Dufresne
- Gerry Dugan
- Veit Elser
- Valla Fatemi
- Craig Fennie
- Eanna Flanagan
- Carl Franck
- Bert Fulbright
- Alan Giambattista
- Lawrence Gibbons
- Paul Ginsparg
- Kurt Gottfried
- Yuval Grossman
- Sol Gruner
- Louis Hand
- Thomas Hartman
- Georg Hoffstaetter de Torquat
- Natasha Holmes
- Chao-Ming Jian
- Nam Jung Kim
- Eun-Ah Kim
- Rene Kizilcec
- Andrii Koval
- Philip Krasicky
- Michael Lawler
- Tung Le
- Andre Leclair
- David Lee
- Peter Lepage
- Matthias Liepe
- Xiaomeng Liu
- Nigel Lockyer
- Natalie Mahowald
- Kin Fai Mak
- Jared Maxson
- Liam McAllister
- Paul McEuen
- N. David Mermin
- Shanna Moore
- Jeffrey Moses
- Erich Mueller
- Christopher Myers
- Matthias Neubert
- Michael Niemack
- Gavin Niendorf
- Katja Nowack
- Jeevak Parpia
- Ritchie Patterson
- Maxim Perelstein
- Anna Phillips
- Robert Pohl
- Daniel Ralph
- Brad Ramshaw
- David Rubin
- Anders Ryd
- Mert Sabuncu
- Ahren Sadoff
- Cristina Schlesier
- James Sethna
- Jie Shan
- Kyle Shen
- Gennady Shvets
- Al Sievers
- Eric Siggia
- Gordon J. Stacey
- Steven Strogatz
- Richard Talman
- Ryan Tapping
- Saul Teukolsky
- Julia Thom-Levy
- Robert Thorne
- William Throwe
- Yefan Tian
- Maury Tigner
- Henry Tye
- Cyrus Umrigar
- Michelle Wang
- Z. Jane Wang
- Ira Wasserman
- Hannsjörg Weber
- Peter Wittich
- Huili Grace Xing
- Tung-Mow Yan
