Our research program is strongly focused on interdisciplinary collaborations, which allows us to work in both established research areas such as condensed matter; atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics; statistical physics and nanoscience, and astrophysics while pursuing emerging fields, including soft matter, metamaterials, quantum information, solar energy, and biological physics.
The researchers in our group have access to major facilities, such as state-of-the-art laser systems, computing clusters, an electron microscopy facility, a nanofabrication facility, and NMR on campus. Other large facilities, such as synchrotron light sources located at Stanford and Berkeley and the UC Lick Observatory, are a short drive away and are routinely used by students and faculty members. We also collaborate with other nearby institutions such as Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories and UCs Davis, Santa Cruz and San Francisco.