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REU Sites: Physics

This listing will change as new REU Site awards are made. Sites will be added to or removed from this list as decisions are made on those proposals. Most Physics REU Sites provide opportunities spanning the full range of research of the indicated departments or laboratories, and include both experimental and theoretical activities. Some Sites focus on research in a particular sub-field or in a more specialized laboratory or facility. Others offer projects in related fields like astronomy and astrophysics, or in interdisciplinary areas like materials science or biophysics. Interested students can use the keyword search feature to identify those sites with projects in a particular area, or can simply explore each Site’s web pages to learn more about these programs. Physics students are also encouraged to consider REU Sites in related fields, including Materials Research, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, and Geosciences, which often have components of research of interest to physicists.

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REU Sites
Site Information Site Location Contact Information Additional Information
Alabama A&M University
Physics REU at AAMU
Department of Physics
Normal, Alabama
Primary: Dr. Padjama Guggila
(256) 372-8141
padmaja.guggilla@aamu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Materials Science, Optics and Space Science
Physics REU at AAMUAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Materials Research
University of Arizona
REU Site: Summer Bridge Program in Experimental Physics
Department of Physics
Tucson, Arizona
Primary: Professor Srinivas Manne
(520) 626-5305
smanne@physics.arizona.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics and Applied Physics
REU Site: Summer Bridge Program in Experimental PhysicsAbstract of Award
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Primary: Reeta Vyas
(479) 575-6569
physreu@uark.edu
Secondary: Surendra Singh
physreu@uark.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: nanoscale materials, condensed matter, biophysics, photonics, lasers, and quantum optics
Comments: Additional activities include Field Trip, Seminars, Ethics Course, Electronics and Machine Shop Workshops, Dinner and Dialog, etc.
Summer Research Program in Physics at the University of ArkansasAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Physics
California Institute of Technology
REU Site: Gravitational Wave Search in the LIGO Project
Department of Physics
Pasadena, California
Primary: Dr. Alan J. Weinstein
(626) 395-2216
ajw@caltech.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Gravitational Radiation, Astrophysical sources, Precision Measurements, Laser Interferometry, Optical systems, Electronics, Servo Controls, complex Mechanical Systems, data analysis techniques.
REU Site: Gravitational Wave Search in the LIGO ProjectAbstract of Award
University of California Merced
REU Site: Physics Research at UC Merced
Department of Physics
Merced, California
Primary: Dr. Brian C. Utter
(540) 292-8487
brianutter@ucmerced.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics, including projects in biophysics; condensed matter and solar science; atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum optics; nonlinear dynamics; soft condensed matter; and astrophysics
REU Site: Physics Research at UC MercedAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Materials Research
Menlo Park, California
Primary: Dr. Gregory Faris
(650) 387-0807
gfaris@numentus.net
Research Topics/Keywords: Atomic, Molecualar Physics and Biological Physics
REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Atomic, Molecular and Biological PhysicsAbstract of Award
University of California, Santa Barbara
REU Site: Summer Research in Physics and Astronomy at UC Santa Barbara
Department of Physics
Santa Barbara, California
Primary: Dr. Sathya Guruswamy
(805) 893-5204
sathya.guruswamy@ccs.ucsb.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy/Astrophysics, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Biophysics/Physics of Living Systems, Condensed Matter Physics, Gravity, Elementary Particle Physics
REU Site: Summer Research in Physics and Astronomy at UC Santa BarbaraAbstract of Award
University of California, Davis
REU Site: UC Davis Physics and Astronomy
Department of Physics
Davis, California
Primary: Dr. Rena Zieve
(530) 574-8874
reu@london.ucdavis.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Biological Physics, Complex Systems, Nuclear Physics, High Energy Physics and Astrophysics
REU Site: UC Davis Physics and AstronomyAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Materials Research
University of Colorado, Boulder
REU Site: Physics/JILA
Department of Physics
Boulder, Colorado
Primary: Dr. Michael Litos
(303) 492-6453
reuphys@colorado.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics
REU Site: Physics/JILAAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD)
Howard University
REU Site in Physics at Howard University
Deaprtment of Physics
Washington, District Of Columbia
Primary: Dr. Prabhakar Misra
(202) 806-6251
pmisra@howard.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Optics and Laser Spectroscopy
REU Site in Physics at Howard UniversityAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Materials Research, STEM Education
Catholic University
REU Site: Physics Research in the Nation's Capital
Department of Physics
Washington, DC, District Of Columbia
Primary: Dr. Tanja Horn
(202) 319-5326
hornt@cua.edu
Secondary: Dr. I.L. Pegg
(202) 319-6700
ianp@vsl.cua.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Nuclear and Particle Physics experiment and theory, detectors in Nuclear and Particle Physics and Materials Science
REU Site: Physics Research in the Nation's CapitalAbstract of Award
University of Florida
International REU Site for Gravitational Physics
Department of Physics
Gainesville, Florida
Primary: Dr. Paul Fulda
(352) 392-1444
paulfulda@ufl.edu
Secondary: Dr. Peter Wass
(352) 392-6746
pwass@ufl.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Gravitational Wave Physics
Comments: International collaborators with Hannover, Paris, Japan, Italy, Australia and UK
International REU Site for Gravitational PhysicsAbstract of Award
Coral Gables, Florida
Primary: Dr. Olga Korotkova
(305) 284-4222
korotkova@physics.miami.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics (primary), Biology, Engineering and Computer Science.
REU Site: Championing Physics in Multicultural Miami: Dismantling Barriers for New Research PerspectivesAbstract of Award
Miami University
REU Site: Physics at Miami University
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Coral Gables, Florida
Primary: Dr. Shazrene Mohamed
(305) 284-7120
sxm2463@miami.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics, Biology, Engineering and Sciences
REU Site: Physics at Miami UniversityAbstract of Award
Georgia Institute of Technology
REU Site: Broadening Participation and Resiliency in Physics
Physics Department
Atlanta, Georgia
Primary: Jennifer Curtis
(404) 432-0170
jennifer.curtis@physics.gatech.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Atomic molecular physics, optical physics, condensed matter physics, biophysics, astrophysics
REU Site: Broadening Participation and Resiliency in PhysicsAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Physics
Atlanta, Georgia
Primary: Dr. Keith Oden
(404) 385-0418
keith.oden@cos.gatech.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics
Comments: Ethics component.
REU Site: Broadening Participation in Undergraduate Research in Physics: A Multi-Institutional REU ProgramAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Materials Research
Northwestern University
Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) REU: Astrophysics in its Modern Interdisciplinary Context
Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Physics & Astronomy
Evanston, Illinois
Primary: Dr. Aaron Geller, Program Director
(847) 467-6233
ciera-reu@northwestern.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Galaxy Formation & Evolution, Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Exoplanets, Dark Matter and Dark Energy, Exoplanets, High-Energy Astrophysics, High-Performance Computing.
Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) REU: Astrophysics in its Modern Interdisciplinary ContextAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences, Physics
Urbana, Illinois
Primary: Dr. Irene Lira-Andsager
(217) 333-6186
andsager2@illinois.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Biological Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Astrophysics, High-Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics and Computational Physics
REU Site: Applying the Tools of Physicians to Explore the Macroscopic, Microscopic and Quantum WorldsAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD)
University of Chicago
REU Site: Summer Research Projects in Contemporary Physics
Department of Physics
Chicago, Illinois
Primary: Professor Sidney Nagel
(773) 702-7190
srnagel@uchicago.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: AMO, High Energy, Cosmic-Ray and Astrophysics, General Relativity, Condensed Matter Physics, Non-linear Physics, Biophysics and Topological Physics
REU Site: Summer Research Projects in Contemporary PhysicsAbstract of Award
Purdue University
REU Site: Multidisciplinary Physics at Purdue University
Department of Physics
West Lafayette, Indiana
Primary: Professor Sergei Savikhin
(765) 494-3017
sergei@purdue.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Nanoscience, Astrophysics, Condensed Matter, Biophysics, Medical Physics, Geophysics, Particle Physics, Atomic Physics, Applied Physics, Theoretical Physics, and others.
Comments: Funds RET component.
REU Site: Multidisciplinary Physics at Purdue UniversityAbstract of Award
Indiana University
REU Site: Physics at Indiana University Bloomington
Department of Physics
Bloomington, Indiana
Primary: Professor John Carini
(812) 855-4359
physreu@indiana.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Experimental and theoretical research in Astrophysics, Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, Elementary Particle Physics, Materials Physics Nuclear Physics and Quantum Science.
REU Site: Physics at Indiana University BloomingtonAbstract of Award
NOTRE DAME, Indiana
Primary: Prof. Umesh Garg
(574) 631-7352
garg@nd.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, High-Energy Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, Physics Education
Comments: Research Experiences for Teachers component.
REU/RET Site: Physics REU and RET Programs at the University of Notre DameAbstract of Award
Coe College
REU Site: Spectroscopy at Coe College
Departments of Physics
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Primary: Mrs. Susan Noreuil
(319) 399-8524
snoreuil@coe.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Optics, Glass Physics and Chemistry, Acoustics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Space Optics
Comments: RET Component
REU Site: Spectroscopy at Coe CollegeAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD)
Manhattan, Kansas
Primary: Dr. Loren Greeman
(785) 532-0846
lgreeman@phys.ksu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Laser-Matter Interactions at the Atomic and Nanoscales, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Condensed/Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Elementary Particle Physics and Physics Education Research
REU Site: Physics at Kansas State University - Insteractions of Matter, Light and LearningAbstract of Award
Lawrence, Kansas
Primary: Dr. Hartwin Peelaers
(785) 864-0471
peelers@ku.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, Astrophysicle Physics, High Energy Theory, Condensed Matter Theory and Experimental.
REU Site: University of Kansas Physics and Astronomy Research Experiences for UndergraduatesAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
University of Kentucky
REU Site: Research in Symmetries at the University of Kentucky
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Lexington, Kentucky
Primary: Dr. Christopher Crawford
(859) 421-9612
c.crawford@uky.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Nuclear Physics, Condensed Matter Physics and Astronomy
Comments: EPSCoR funded 1st year.
REU Site: Research in Symmetries at the University of KentuckyAbstract of Award
Louisiana State University
REU Site: Research in Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Primary: Dr. Robert Hynes
(225) 578-7459
rhynes@su.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics (Condensed Matter, Quantum/AMO, Nuclear, High Energy Particle, LIGO, Cosmology, Computational and Medical)
REU Site: Research in Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State UniversityAbstract of Award
Cofunded: Astronomical Sciences
University of Maryland at College Park
REU Site: Training and Research Experiences in Nonlinear Dynamics (TREND)
Department of Physics (IPST)
College Park, Maryland
Primary: Professor Daniel Serrano
(301) 405-6585
dsvolpe@umd.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Nonlinear Dynamics in Physics, Engineering and Mathematics.
REU Site: Training and Research Experiences in Nonlinear Dynamics (TREND)Abstract of Award
Boston, Massachusetts
Primary: Margaret Barch
(617) 358-4853
mbarch@bu.edu
Research Topics/Keywords: Physics
REU Site: Boston University Physics Research Opportunities (BU-PRO)Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Materials Research
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Primary: Professor Michal Zochowski
(734) 647-5552
michalz@umich.edu
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