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Applied Physics - Area Deans and Directors

Area Dean: Eric Mazur (Fall term)
Director of Graduate Studies: Federico Capasso (Spring 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 (on leave 2016-17)
Federico Capasso, Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics and Vinton Hayes Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering (on leave Fall term)
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 (on leave Fall term)
Fawwaz Habbal, Senior Lecturer on Applied Physics
Donhee Ham, Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics (on leave Fall term)
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 (on leave 2016-17)
David Keith, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics (on leave Fall term)
Philip Kim, Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics (on leave Spring 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
Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics (on leave Spring term)
Kelly A. Miller, Lecturer on Applied Physics
Cherry Murray, Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy and Professor of Physics (on leave 2016-17)
Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Benjamin Peirce Research Professor of Technology and Public Policy
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 (on leave Spring term)
Kevin K. Parker, Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics
Sharad Ramanathan, Llura and Gordon Gund Professor of Neurosciences and Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics
James R. Rice, Mallinckrodt Professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics
Shmuel Rubinstein, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics
Frans A. Spaepen, John C. and Helen F. Franklin Professor of Applied Physics
Sauro Succi, Visiting Professor in Computational Science
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, 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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