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Applied Physics - Area Deans and Directors

Area Chair: Federico Capasso (Fall term)
Area Chair: Eric Mazur (Spring term)
Director of Graduate Studies: Federico Capasso (Fall term)
Director of Graduate Studies: Daniel Needleman (Fall term)

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

Joanna Aizenberg, Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science
Michael J. Aziz, Gene and Tracy Sykes Professor of Materials and Energy Technologies
David C. Bell, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Electron Microscopy
Michael P. Brenner, Glover Professor of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics and Professor of Physics
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, and 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
Jene A. Golovchenko, Rumford Professor of Physics and Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics
Fawwaz Habbal, Senior Lecturer on Applied Physics
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 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 (on leave Fall term)
Jennifer Lewis, Hansjorg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering
Xin Li, Assistant Professor of Materials Science
Marko Loncar, Tiantsai Lin Professor of Electrical Engineering
Vinothan N. Manoharan, Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Physics (on leave Fall term)
Kelly A. Miller, Lecturer on Applied Physics
Cherry Murray, Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy and Professor of Physics
Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Benjamin Peirce Research Professor of Technology and Public Policy
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 (on leave 2017-18)
Sharad Ramanathan, Llura and Gordon Gund Professor of Neurosciences and Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics (on leave Spring term)
James R. Rice, Mallinckrodt Professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics (on leave Spring term)
Shmuel Rubinstein, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics
Frans A. Spaepen, John C. and Helen F. Franklin Professor of Applied Physics (on leave Spring term)
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 (on leave Fall term)
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, and Engineering Sciences. Engineering and Applied Sciences faculty also offer several courses in the section entitled Freshman Seminars, Extra-Departmental Courses, and House Seminars. 
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