• Stuart Brown investigates the roles of dimensionality, electronic correlations, and disorder in the properties of electronic materials. Most of the systems we study are quasi-one dimensional or quasi-two dimensional crystals, and in some cases powders.
• Sudip Chakravarty's research interest involves quantum theory of collective behavior of electronic systems. He is interested in theories of high temperature superconductivity, dissipative quantum systems, quantum phase transition and criticality, localization transition in interacting systems, and the concept of von Neumann entropy in quantum phase transitions.
• Christopher Gutiérrez investigates the quantum properties of low-dimensional materials using atomically-resolved scanning probe and momentum-resolved photoemission experiments.
• Karoly Holczer studies experimental condensed matter physics, organic conductors and superconductors, and electron paramagnetic resonance.
• HongWen Jiang focuses on experiments on the interactions between electrons and magnetic fields in various quantum Hall systems and electron localization phenomena.
• Anshul Kogar studies highly nonlinear effects with ultrafast probes of materials.
• Ni Ni focuses on the characterization of physical properties and structures of materials through thermodynamic, transport, X-ray and neutron measurements, with an emphasis on the design, synthesis, and crystal growth of new materials.
• B. Chris Regan's long term goals include a better understanding of the overlap between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics, and the construction of a model system for the investigation of clean energy harvesting. Areas of expertise include carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanofabrication and in situ transmission electron microscopy.
• Rahul Roy's work is in the field of condensed matter theory, which is devoted to the study of systems with many particles where quantum effects are important. A particular theme of his research is the study of topological phases and other topological aspects of condensed matter.
• Qianhui Shi studies quantum phases of matter built from 2D van der Waals materials. Main research approaches include the designing and fabrication of novel device structures, quantum transport and capacitance measurements at low temperatures and high magnetic fields.
• Yaroslav Tserovnyak studies quantum transport and nonequilibrium dynamics in low-dimensional electron systems, with a focus on spin and topology.

Emeritus:

• George Grüner Electron states of matter, applied nanotechnology
• Gary A. Williams Acoustics and Low-Temperature Physics

• Katsushi Arisaka's prime interest is to understand the origin of the Universe, life and consciousness altogether by yet-to-be-discovered physics laws. In particular he is interested in how the Universe evolved at its earliest stage.
• Dolores Bozovic focuses on problems at the interface between physics and sensory neuroscience.
• Robijn Bruinsma's current work concerns the application of theoretical physics and numerical modeling to molecular biology.
• Alexander Levine studies a variety of problems in the field of soft condensed matter and biophysics.
• Mayank Mehta studies fundamental questions in neurophysics.
• Jianwei (John) Miao’s research interests lie in the interplay of physics, materials science, nanoscience, and biology. He has developed groundbreaking physical methods for high-resolution 3D imaging of nanoscale materials and biological specimens.
• Seth Putterman investigates the non-linear physics of off-equilibrium motion, including sonoluminescence from molten salts, cavitation within gel-like materials, theory and experiment aimed at defining the intermediate model of tribo-x-ray emission, enhanced neutron emission from dense plasma focusing, and ion-acoustic modes of long-lived dense plasmas.
• Joseph Rudnick researches a variety of problems in condensed matter physics, with primary interests in the general field of statistical mechanics.
• Shenshen Wang focuses on biophysical systems where collective responses emerge from a large and structured collection of interacting components. Two systems of main focus are the adaptive immune system and active matter, a condensed matter system comprised of numerous self-driven subunits.
• Giovanni Zocchi focuses on the physics of macromolecules such as proteins and DNA.

• Michalis Bachtis is focused in the energy frontier of particle physics where, along with his other UCLA colleagues, he participates in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
• Robert Cousins devotes essentially all of his research time to the CMS Experiment at CERN in Geneva, along with other colleagues in the UCLA CMS Group.
• Jay Hauser researches elementary particle physics at the CMS experiment at CERN.
• Rene Ong's research focuses on the astrophysics of the high-energy Universe, as revealed by gamma rays and cosmic rays, and on the quest to understand the nature of dark matter.
• David Saltzberg's research is conducted at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. He has built detectors and electronics for muon detection for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector. He is analyzing the data, looking for new physics in events with two Higgs bosons.
• Alvine Kamaha is a researcher and educator in Theoretical and Experimental physics. She is passionate about Astroparticle Physics (Neutrino Physics and Dark Matter searches) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education and outreach geared towards the younger generation and visible minorities in STEM.

• Ernest Abers studies gauge theories, supersymmetry, weak interaction phenomenology.
• Zvi Bern's primary interest is in developing new methods for calculating and understanding scattering amplitudes. He is especially interested in applications to LHC physics and to maximally supersymmetric gauge and gravity theories.
• Eric D'Hoker focuses on quantum field theory and string theory, with applications to particle physics, and occasionally to condensed matter physics and mathematics.
• Thomas Dumitrescu's research spans many aspects of quantum field theory, including applications to particle and condensed matter physics, as well as supersymmetry, string theory, and mathematical physics. He is particularly interested in developing new theoretical tools for analyzing strongly-coupled quantum field theories, which are beyond the reach of conventional perturbation theory.
• Sergio Ferrara's main research interests are in modern theories of gravitation and unification of fundamental interactions through the principle of symmetries.
• Robert Finkelstein has been applying quantum groups to investigate weak deformations of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory.
• Christian Fronsdal's research involves investigations in general relativity, hydrodynamics, and thermodynamics.
• Michael Gutperle's research is focused on theoretical particle physics, quantum gravity and string theory.
• Per Kraus works on problems involving quantum field theory, string theory, classical and quantum gravity. These frequently involve black holes and the AdS/CFT correspondence.
• Terry Tomboulis' current interests are focused on nonperturbative aspects of field theory such as the infrared behavior of QCD and the phenomenon of quark confinement.

• Graciela Gelmini has been working on astro-particle physics, especially in the problem of dark matter, where she has studied different dark matter particle candidates. She is also interested in different aspects of the physics of neutrinos.
• Alexander Kusenko works on a broad range of topics in elementary particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
• Roberto Peccei has been mainly working on B and K physics, in particular the physics of heavy quark decays, B meson mixing, and CP violation. He has been also interested in various aspects of electroweak interactions and dynamical mass generation.
• Terry Tomboulis' current interests are focused on nonperturbative aspects of field theory such as the infrared behavior of QCD and the phenomenon of quark confinement.

• Huan Huang study the properties of the QCD matter at extremely high energy density and temperature and investigate the QCD spin structure functions of the proton.
• Zhongbo Kang's interests are primarily in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and strong interaction, and their applications in high energy nuclear and particle physics, with main research efforts in QCD structure of the nucleon, QCD collider physics, and heavy ion physics.
• Chun Wa Wong's interests include nuclear forces and nuclear properties, quark and Skyrmion models of hadrons, and cross sections for Pomeron exchange and dibaryon production.

• Troy Carter's research involves experiments in laboratory plasmas and seeks to understand phenomena relevant to magnetic confinement fusion energy and to astrophysical plasmas.
• Neal A. Crocker is involved in cutting edge fusion research at multiple fusion research facilities both in the US and around the world.
• Walter Gekelman studies microscopic phenomena on the fast electron time scales (e.g., electron plasma waves, cyclotron radiation) to the slow time scales characteristic of plasma transport driven by drift‐wave turbulence and long wavelength magnetic fluctuations.
• George Morales pursues research in plasma physics, nonlinear waves, heating of thermonuclear fusion plasmas, ionosphere modification, laboratory simulation of space phenomena, and non-diffusive transport.
• Pietro Musumeci researches laser technology to provide high quality, ultra-short particle beams from compact accelerators.
• Warren Mori develops and uses state-of-the-art simulation tools to study laser and beam interactions in high energy density plasmas.
• Christoph Niemann studies high energy density plasmas.
• James Rosenzweig's studies includes the creation of ultra-fast, high-brightness electron beams; the application of such beams to advanced accelerators using lasers and/or plasmas; the creation of new types of light sources, such as free-electron lasers and inverse-Compton scattering sources based on high brightness electron beams.
• Derek Schaeffer researches experiments and numerical simulations of strongly-driven magnetized plasma interactions relevant to astrophysical systems, inertial fusion energy, and high-energy-density plasmas, with emphasis on novel diagnostic techniques.

• Josh Samani's doctoral research was in high-energy physics and centered on aspects of holography -- the AdS/CFT correspondence in particular.