IU STARS Mentors - Physics
Andrew Bacher: Experimental nuclear physics; medical physics. Response of frog embryos to levels of radiation.
David Baxter: Materials physics. Experimental studies of electron spin dynamics in magnetic materials, X-ray scattering, and computer simulations of film growth.
John Beggs: Biophysics, Biomaterial Sciences, and Biocomplexity-Research combining biological experiments and computer simulations will be directed toward understanding fundamental emergent properties of living neural networks and how these properties may contribute to neural function.
John Carini: Experimental condensed matter physics; quantum mechanical properties of electrons in nanostructures and disordered materials; superconductivity in nanostructures and disordered materials.
Charles Horowitz: Theoretical nuclear physics. Physics of neutrinos and supernovae; physics and the question of extraterrestrial life.
Jim Musser: Experimental astrophysics. Searches for “magnetic monopoles.” Searches for “gravitational lenses” in the universe; searches for massive neutrinos.
Matthew Shepherd
Studing of the spectrum and properties of light quark hadrons to understand the strong interactions within Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).
Mike Snow: Precision measurements of the weak force exerted by neutrons on matter. The group makes polarized 3He nuclei with lasers for a host of applications.
Rick Van Kooten: Experimental high energy physics: studying the results of proton-antiproton and electron-positron collisions at the highest energies in the world; searching for new particles and evidence of "supersymmetry" as well as studying the properties of particles containing b quarks.
