Studies tidal disruption events and other optical transients from supermassive black holes using time-domain spectroscopic and photometric surveys.

Uses single-molecule fluorescence microscopy in live bacteria to study stochastic gene expression, chromosome organization, and cell-to-cell variability.

Studies experimental quantum optics and atomic physics, including quantum light-matter interfaces, quantum memories, and single-photon sources based on atom-like emitters in solids, for applications in long-distance quantum communication and quantum networking.

Develops microfluidics and imaging-based spatial-omics technologies for high-resolution, high-throughput assays and modeling of complex biological systems, including bottom-up construction of synthetic cells.

Studies molecular and nano-optics, plasmonics, and near-field light-matter interactions, using super-resolution optical imaging to reveal active sites and phase transformations in heterogeneous catalysis and single nanodomains.

Theoretical and phenomenology-driven particle physicist working on dark-matter detection concepts, including collaboration on experimental efforts using organic scintillators for directional/anisotropic dark-matter detection.

Radio astronomer working on very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) and radio imaging instrumentation, including maser and stellar-envelope studies and computational methods for radio astronomy.

Studies the physical rules governing bacterial gene expression using single-molecule and quantitative live-cell imaging approaches.

Pioneer of experimental quantum optics with entangled and hyper-entangled photons; research spans quantum information processing, quantum communication, quantum-enhanced metrology and sensing, and fundamental tests of quantum mechanics using single- and entangled-photon sources.

Develops single-molecule spectroscopy and imaging/signal-processing methods to study protein dynamics at interfaces and predictive separations.