Active Faculty
Name Title Phone Number Research Interests
Tom Abel Professor of Physics 650-723-0112; 650-926-2421 Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology
Steve Allen Professor of Physics 650-736-1044 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology
Roger Blandford Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University 650-723-4233 Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology
Phil Bucksbaum Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science 650-723-3571; 650-926-5337 Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Patricia Burchat Professor of Physics 650-725-5771 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology, Experimental Particle Physics
Blas Cabrera Stanley G. Wojcicki Professor 650-723-3395 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology, Experimental Particle Physics
Steven Chu Professor of Physics and Molecular & Cellular Physiology Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Biophysics
Sarah Church Professor 650-725-1311 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology
Savas Dimopoulos The Hamamoto Family Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences 650-723-4231 Theoretical Particle Physics
Sebastian Doniach Professor 650-723-4786 Biophysics, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Persis Drell Professor of Physics 650-926-8704, 650-7232650 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology, Experimental Particle Physics
Ben Feldman Assistant Professor of Physics (start date 9/1/17) Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
David Goldhaber-Gordon Professor of Physics 650-724-3709 Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Peter Graham Assistant Professor of Physics 650-723-1775 Theoretical Particle Physics
Giorgio Gratta Professor of Physics 650-725-6509 Experimental Particle Physics
Sean Hartnoll Associate Professor 650-724-9662 Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Theoretical Particle Physics
Patrick Hayden Stanford Professor of Quantum Physics 650-725-9181 Quantum Information
Jason Hogan Assistant Professor 650-498-0693 Experimental Particle Physics
Leo Hollberg Professor (research) 650-723-4227 Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Kent Irwin Professor of Physics and of Particle Physics and Astrophysics and of Photon Science 650-723-4307 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology, Experimental Particle Physics
Shamit Kachru Professor 650-736-2047 Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Theoretical Particle Physics
Steven Kahn Cassius Lamb Kirk Professor 650-723-1486 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology
Renata Kallosh Professor 650-725-4736 Theoretical Particle Physics
Aharon Kapitulnik Theodore and Sydney Rosenberg Professor of Applied Physics 650-723-3847 Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Mark Kasevich Professor of Physics 650-723-4356 Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Steven Kivelson Prabhu Goel Family Professor 650-723-1974 Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Chao-Lin Kuo Associate Professor 650-736-7880 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology
Robert Laughlin Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Physics 650-723-4563 Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Benjamin Lev Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Physics 650-723-0268 Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Andrei Linde Harald Trap Friis Professor 650-723-2687 Theoretical Particle Physics
Bruce Macintosh Professor of Physics 650-725-4116 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology
Hari Manoharan Associate Professor 650-723-7263 Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Peter F. Michelson Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences; Physics Dept. Chair 650-723-3004 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology
Kathryn Moler Professor 650-723-6804 Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Vahe Petrosian Professor of Physics 650-723-1435 Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology
Xiao-Liang Qi Associate Professor 650-724-5259 Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Srinivas Raghu Associate Professor 650-724-4658 Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Roger W. Romani Professor of Physics 650-725-7595 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology, Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology
Philip Scherrer Professor (Research) 650-723-1504 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology
Monika Schleier-Smith Assistant Professor of Physics 650-497-3069 Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Leonardo Senatore Associate Professor 650-723-9632 Theoretical Particle Physics
Zhi-Xun Shen Paul Pigott Professor 650-725-8254 Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Stephen Shenker Richard Herschel Weiland Professor 650-723-4615 Theoretical Particle Physics
Eva Silverstein Professor 650-723-3834 Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology, Theoretical Particle Physics
Douglas Stanford Assistant Professor of Physics (start date 9/1/17) Theoretical Particle Physics
Leonard Susskind Felix Bloch Professor Theoretical Particle Physics
Lauren Tompkins Assistant Professor of Physics 650-498-0694 Experimental Particle Physics
Risa Wechsler Associate Professor 650-736-8017 Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology
Carl Wieman Professor of Physics 650-497-3491 Physics and Science Education Research
Shoucheng Zhang J. G. Jackson and C. J. Wood Professor 650-723-2894 Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

Affiliated Faculty
Name Title Phone Number Research Interests
C. W. Francis Everitt Professor (Research) Emeritus, Hansen Labs 650-725-4103
Daniel Palanker Professor of Ophthalmology 650-725-0059 Biophysics

By Courtesy Faculty
Name Title Phone Number Research Interests
Daniel Akerib Professor of Particle Physics & Astrophysics, SLAC 650-926-4627 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology, Experimental Particle Physics
Rhiju Das Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Others
Craig Levin Professor of Radiology, and by courtesy, Physics, Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering 650-736-7211 Biophysics
Stephen Quake Professor of Bioengineering Biophysics
Thomas Shutt Professor of Particle Physics & Astrophysics, SLAC, and by courtesy, Physics 650-926-3709 Experimental & Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology, Experimental Particle Physics
Richard Taylor Professor (Emeritus) SLAC Experimental Particle Physics
Richard Zare Professor of Chemistry Others

Emeritus Faculty
Name Title Phone Number Research Interests
Alexander Fetter Professor (Emeritus) 650-723-4230 Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
John Lipa Professor (Research, Emeritus) 650-723-4562 Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
William Little Professor (Emeritus) Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Douglas Osheroff Professor (Emeritus) 650-723-4228 Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
David Ritson Professor (Emeritus) Experimental Particle Physics
H. Alan Schwettman Professor (Emeritus) Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Todd Smith Professor (Research, Emeritus) Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Peter Sturrock Professor (Emeritus) 650-723-1438 Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology
John Turneaure Professor (Research, Emeritus) Others
Robert Wagoner Professor (Emeritus) 650-723-4561 Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology
John Dirk Walecka Professor (Emeritus) Others
Stanley Wojcicki Professor (Emeritus) Experimental Particle Physics
Mason Yearian Professor (Emeritus) Experimental Particle Physics

 

Former Faculty

Name New Location Additional Titles
Stefan Funk to Erlangen, 2014 Associate Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, SLAC
Charles Marcus to Harvard, 2001; to Niels Bohr Institute, Univ. of Copenhagen, 2012 Stanford Physics faculty, 1992-2001
Scott Thomas to Rutgers, 2005 Assistant Professor, 1997-2005
Vladan Vuletic to MIT, 2003 Assistant Professor, 2000-2003

Deceased Faculty

Name Date of Birth / Date of Death Additional Titles
Felix Bloch Oct. 23, 1905 - Sept. 10, 1983 Nobel Laureate, Professor
William Fairbank Feb. 24, 1917 - Sept. 30, 1989 Professor of Physics at Stanford, 1959-1985 (Emeritus 1985-1989)
Stanley Hanna May 17, 1920 - Dec. 27, 2012 Professor
Robert Hofstadter Feb. 5, 1915 - Nov. 17, 1990 Nobel Laureate, Professor
Paul Kirkpatrick July 21, 1894 - Dec. 26, 1992 Professor
Walter Meyerhof Apr. 22, 1922 - May 27, 2006 Professor (Emeritus)
Arthur Schawlow May 5, 1921 - April 28, 1999 Nobel Laureate, Professor
Leonard Schiff May 29, 1915 - Jan. 21, 1971 Professor
Melvin Schwartz Nov. 2, 1932 - Aug. 28, 2006 Nobel Laureate 1988, Professor 1966-1984
Arthur Walker II August 24, 1936 - April 29, 2001 Professor
Jeffrey Willick Oct. 8, 1959 - June 18, 2000 Assistant Professor