Position title: Associate Professor, Associate Chair for Graduate Program
Email: kbechtol@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 265-5815
Website: Observational Cosmology
Research Interests: Dark matter, dark energy, and multi-messenger astrophysics. Current projects include the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
Position title: Martin L. Perl Endowed Professor in Ultrafast X-Ray Science
Pronouns: he/him
Email: ubergmann@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-1152
Website: Bergmann Group
Research Interests: We harness the power of X-rays to investigate nonlinear phenomena and develop new methods, follow chemical reactions and structural changes in real time, and uncover secrets of our natural history and cultural heritage
Uwe Bergmann got his PhD in Physics from Stony Brook University and is the Martin L. Perl Professor in Ultrafast X-ray Science in the Department of Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research activities focus on the development and application of novel synchrotron and X-ray laser techniques. His scientific interests include studies of the structure of water and aqueous solution, active centers in metalloproteins with focus on photosynthetic splitting of water, hydrocarbons and fossil fuels, functional 2D materials and magnetic membranes, and imaging of ancient materials and fossils. Bergmann has done his graduate research at the National Synchrotron Light Source and since worked at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, the Linac Coherent Light Source, and at the Stanford PULSE Institute at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Position title: Van Vleck Associate Professor
Email: vbrar@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-1139
Websites: Brar Lab, Condensed Matter Experiment
Research Interests: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, 2D materials, magnetic materials, optics, metasurfaces, thermal emission
Position title: Assistant Professor, Bernice Durand Faculty Fellow
Email: kefang@physics.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 890-0957
Website: Home Page
Research Interests: Multi-messenger Astrophysics with cosmic particles including high-energy neutrinos, gamma rays, and cosmic rays.
Position title: Professor
Email: levchenko@physics.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-4168
Website: Condensed Matter Theory
Research Interests: Quantum kinetics, Mesoscopic effects, Nonequilibrium systems, Superconductivity, Topological materials
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: muenchmeyer@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 890-0983
Website: Home Page
Research Interests: Cosmology, Machine Learning
Position title: Professor
Email: pwterry@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-0487
Website: Plasma
Research Interests: Plasma and neutral fluid turbulence in fusion and astrophysics using analytical theory and computation to study basic processes including the role of flow shear on turbulence and transport; physics of intermittency, coherent structures, and granular structures in plasma turbulence; spectral transfer; and role of damped modes in turbulence saturation and dissipation ranges.
