Astronomy/Astrophysics
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Betsy Barton
ebarton@uci.edu

Specialty Area: observational astrophysics and cosmology

Type of work:   Analyzing astronomical data and/or numerical simulations relating to galaxy formation and evolution,
and to the search for the earliest galaxies.

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit):    Yes

updated 6-24-2005


Gary Chanan
gachanan@uci.edu

Specialty Area:  telescope development, optical alignment, adaptive optics

Type of work:  programming, running existing codes, latek

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay):  Yes

updated 6-24-2005


Tammy Smecker-Hane
tsmecker@uci.edu

Specialty Area:  Astrophysics; Galaxy Evolution

Type of work:   Analysis of images of star fields in nearby galaxies taken with large ground-based telescopes or the
Hubble Space Telescope; photometry of stars to determine the star-formation histories of nearby galaxies from
15 billion years ago until today.

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit):   Yes

updated 6-24-2005




Cosmology
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Asantha Cooray
acooray@uci.edu

Specialty Area:  Astrophysics/Cosmology/Planetary Science

Type of work:  Data Analysis, numerical models, development of simple models to explain observed
astrophysical data (such as the galaxy distribution), statistical studies.    Please visit http://www.cooray.org for details.

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): Yes. 

updated 6-24-2005




Biological Physics
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Thorsten Ritz
tritz@uci.edu

Specialty Area:  Biophysics - computational, theoretical, and some experiments

Type of work:  Computer simulations and visualization of biomolecules (various systems), experiments for magnetic field effects on plant growth

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit):  possible full time work after sufficient experience

updated 6-24-2005




Astronomy/Particle Physics
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Gaurang Yodh
gyodh@uci.edu

Specialty Area:  Particle Astrophysics - Gamma ray astronomy

Type of work: Construct diagnostics; analyze data

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): Yes


Steve Barwick
barwick@cosmic.ps.uci.edu

Specialty Area:  Particle astrophysics, detection of high energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources

Type of work:  Data mining; use and modification of pre-existing software; construction and testing

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): Yes, with proficiency



James Bullock
bullock@uci.edu

Specialty Area:   cosmology, astrophysics (theory)

Type of Work: N-body simulation analysis, analytic problems in
astrophysics

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): Yes

updated 6-24-2005





Condensed Matter
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Phil Collins
collinsp@uci.edu

Specialty Area:    Electronic devices with nanomaterials

Specialty Area:   Synthesis of materials, electronic measurements, and computer modeling and analysis of circuits.

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): Possibly after one quarter



Michael Dennin
mdennin@uci.edu

Specialty Area:   Complex systems and nonlinear dynamics. The research in our lab focuses on four main areas:

  (1) nonequilibrium properties of complex fluids
  (2) protein-lipid interactions
  (3) mechanical properties of “active” materials
  (4) pattern formation in driven systems. 

The first area focuses on models of foams and asks two basic questions (among many other smaller projects).
How does a system comprised entirely of a fluid behave like a solid? How are fluctuations generated by flow
(nonequilibrium processes) compare to thermal fluctuations (equilibrium processes)? The second area focuses
on using monolayers of lipids at air-water interfaces to model cell membranes and considers how proteins interact
with these model systems. The third area uses a combination of monolayers, actin networks, and motor proteins to
make novel materials. The fourth area considers the behavior of spatially extended systems that are driven by
uniform forces and spontaneously exhibit spatial patterns. The details of these projects can be found
at the group web site:


Type of Work: The students in the group can be involved in all levels of experimental research from programming control and data acquisition systems, to apparatus design, to data taking and analysis. Most of the work is depends strongly on image processing and analysis techniques.

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): either course credit, senior thesis projects, or pay is generally available

updated 6-24-2005




Gravitational Physics
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Riley Newman
rdnewman@uci.edu
 
Specialty Area:  Experimental gravitation

Type of work:  Construct and test apparatus

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): possible





Medical Physics
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Mark Mandelkern
markm@uci.edu

Specialty Area:  elementary particle physics, biomedical imaging

Type of work:  PET, electrophysiological imaging



Orhan Nalcioglu
nalci@uci.edu

Specialty Area:  Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy, Digital Radiography, Computed Tomography, Medical Imaging

Type of work:   Investigation of Tumor Transport Parameters by NMR Imaging, functional and metabolic imaging, MRI, NMR spectroscopy 



Particle Physics
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Andy Lankford
ajlankfo@uci.edu

Type of work:  Specialty Area:  Experimental particle physics

Develop instrumentation or analyze data

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): Yes



Bill Molzon
wmolzon@uci.edu
 
Specialty Area:  Experimental particle physics

Type of work:  Construct apparatus, analyse data with computers, computer modeling

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): Yes


David Kirkby
dkirkby@uci.edu

Specialty Area:  Experimental particle physics (matter-antimatter asymmetries)

Type of work:  Test electronics, develop object-oriented software, or analyze data.

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): Possible



Plasma Physics
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Gregory Benford
gbenford@uci.edu

Specialty Area:  Space flight, astronomy, plasma physics

Type of work:  Programming, computer runs, some analytic theory

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): No




Zhihong Lin
zhihongl@uci.edu

Specialty Area:  Plasma turbulence

Type of work:  Computer simulation and visualization

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): Yes




Bill Heidbrink
wwheidbr@uci.edu

Specialty Area:  Magnetic fusion energy

Type of work:  Construct diagnostics or analyze data

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): Yes




Roger McWilliams
mcw@uci.edu

Specialty Area:  Experimental plasma physics and lasers

Type of work:  Construct and operate diagnostics, data analysis, computer simulations

Possibility of Employment (refers to work for pay instead of course credit): Occasionally