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Applied Physics - Area Deans and Directors

Area Chair for Applied Physics: Eric Mazur
Director of Graduate Studies (fall term): Federico Capasso
Director of Graduate Studies (spring term): Amir Yacoby

Faculty of Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Offering Instruction in Applied Physics

Joanna Aizenberg, Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science and Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Michael J. Aziz, Gene and Tracy Sykes Professor of Materials and Energy Technologies
David C. Bell, Associate Director, Head of Imaging and Analysis
Michael P. Brenner, Michael F. Cronin Professor of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics and Professor of Physics
Federico Capasso, Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics and Vinton Hayes Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering
David R. Clarke, Extended Tarr Family Professor of Materials
Philippe Cluzel, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics
Francis J. Doyle, John A. Paulson Dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Cynthia M. Friend, Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science
Fawwaz Habbal, Executive Dean for Education and Research
Donhee Ham, Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics
Lene V. Hau, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics
Evelyn Hu, Tarr-Coyne Professor of Applied Physics and of Electrical Engineering; Harvard College Professor
Efthimios Kaxiras, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck Professor of Pure and Applied Physics
David Keith, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics
Philip Kim, Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics
Jennifer Lewis, Hansjorg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering
Xin Li, Associate Professor of Materials Science
Marko Loncar, Tiantsai Lin Professor of Electrical Engineering; Harvard College Professor
Vinothan N. Manoharan, Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Physics
Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
Kelly A. Miller, Senior Preceptor in Applied Physics
Daniel J. Needleman, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
David R. Nelson, Arthur K. Solomon Professor of Biophysics and Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
Kevin K. Parker, Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics
Sharad Ramanathan, Llura and Gordon Gund Professor of Neurosciences and of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Professor of Applied Physics and Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
James R. Rice, Mallinckrodt Professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics
Shmuel Rubinstein, Associate Professor of Applied Physics
Frans A. Spaepen, John C. and Helen F. Franklin Professor of Applied Physics
Eli Tziperman, Pamela and Vasco McCoy, Jr. Professor of Oceanography and Applied Physics
David A. Weitz, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics
Robert M. Westervelt, Mallinckrodt Professor of Applied Physics and of Physics
Tai T. Wu, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Physics
Amir Yacoby, Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics

Additional Information

The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (www.seas.harvard.edu) offers undergraduate and graduate courses in Applied Computation, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering Sciences, and Environmental Science and Engineering. Engineering and Applied Sciences faculty also offer several courses in the section entitled Freshman Seminars, Extra-Departmental Courses, and House Seminars.