Research Groups

Our research groups are led by faculty members who specialize in various areas of optical molecular and quantum research. Each faculty member has a team of one or more graduate and postdoc students who have the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research under the supervision of our skilled and talented scientists. 

Alemán Research Group.
Alemán Research Group
We study the physics of nanometer-scale systems like carbon nanotubes and graphene, and quantum systems in solids, like the nitrogen vacancy spin qubit (quantum bit) in diamond and the artificial atoms in hexagonal boron nitride.
Allcock and Wineland Research Group.
Allcock and Wineland Research Group
The Oregon Ions Group develops techniques and hardware for trapped-ion quantum computing and precision measurement.
Equipment for spectroscopy.
Cina Research Group
Jeffrey Cina’s research focuses on theoretical aspects of ultrafast spectroscopy, primarily in application to molecular systems in condensed phases.
Marcus and Lonergan
Marcus Research Group
The Marcus group develops and applies novel optical and spectroscopic methods to study a range of biophysical problems.
Members of the McMorran lab pose on a bench.
McMorran Research Group
The primary research of the McMorran Lab is to develop and apply advanced experimental techniques in electron microscopy, small-wavelength optics (including matter waves), and nanofabrication to gain fundamental insights into the properties and quantum behavior of matter.
George Nazin with a scientific instrument.
Nazin Research Group
The Nazin group investigates the connection between the chemical structure and properties of nanoscale materials and devices.
K Nguyen
Nguyen Research Group
The Nguyen research group is an electron microscopy group that uses computational and experimental techniques to perform image reconstruction beyond the scale of instrumentation.
Portrait of Jens Nöckel.
Nöckel Research Group
The Nöckel research group's interests are in quantum chaos and semiclassical physics applied to microcavity optics, as well as the optical and transport properties of mesoscopic systems
Michael Raymer and Andy Marcus.
Raymer Research Group
Michael G. Raymer’s research focuses on the quantum mechanics of light and its interaction with atoms and molecules, with applications in nonlinear optics, quantum communications technology, and quantum information.
A person in a mask adjusts parts of a laser.
Smith Research Group
The Smith Research Group's research spans the general areas of quantum optics and quantum technologies and their use in probing fundamental quantum physics and realizing quantum-enhanced applications with performance beyond that possible with classical resources.
Headshot of Daniel Steck.
Steck Research Group
Daniel Steck’s research interests are rooted in the physics of ultracold atoms.
Portrait of Steven van Enk.
Van Enk Research Group
Steven van Enk’s research focuses on the theoretical study of quantum-optical implementations of quantum-information-processing (QIP) protocols.
Members of the Wang lab pose on steps.
Wang Research Group
The Wang research group explores quantum optical phenomena of solid state systems, including spins in diamond, excitons in semiconductors, and mechanical excitations in microspheres and nanobeams.
Headshot of Julia Widom.
Widom Research Group
The Widom Lab uses a variety of biophysical techniques to probe the structures and dynamics of RNA.
Headshot of Cathy Wong.
Wong Research Group
Research in the Wong Research Group seeks to adapt time-resolved exciton spectroscopies to the measurement of nanoscale building blocks during their self-assembly.