Physics at Amherst College

15 faculty and 0 courses in Physics at Amherst College.

Faculty

• Kate Follette, Associate Professor of Astronomy h-index 34
  I use large ground-based telescopes equipped with a technology called adaptive optics that “de-twinkles” stars so that I can search their environs for young exoplanets (planets around other stars) and circumstellar disks (the disks of gas a
  Notable: “The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey: Giant Planet and Brown Dwarf Demographics from 10 to 100 au” (2019) · 469 citations
• David S. Hall, Paula R. and David J. Avenius 1941 Professor of Physics h-index 32
  Notable: “Vortices in a Bose-Einstein Condensate” (1999) · 1,827 citations
• Larry R. Hunter, Stone Professor of Natural Sciences (Physics) h-index 25
  Notable: “New limits on the electron electric dipole moment from cesium” (1989) · 224 citations
• Robert C. Hilborn, Amanda and Lisa Cross Professor of Physics, Emeritus h-index 23
  Notable: “Peer Instruction: A User's Manual” (1997) · 1,258 citations
• Arthur G. Zajonc, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Physics Emeritus h-index 21
  Selected Publications Professional and Biographical Information Degrees Ph.D., University of Michigan (1976) M.S., University of Michigan (1973) B.S.E., University of Michigan (1971) A.M. (honorary), Amherst College (1991) Teaching Interest
  Notable: “Delayed-choice experiments in quantum interference” (1987) · 180 citations
• Jonathan R. Friedman, Professor of Physics h-index 20
  Selected Publications Sound files Virtual Single-Molecule Magnets March Meeting Session Professional and Biographical Information Degrees Ph.D., City University of New York (1996) B.A., Vassar College (1987) Teaching Interests I teach all s
  Notable: “Macroscopic Measurement of Resonant Magnetization Tunneling in High-Spin Molecules” (1996) · 1,783 citations
• Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi, Assistant Professor of Astronomy h-index 20
  My research focuses on understanding the formation mechanisms of giant planets and brown dwarfs through trends in their population data. Orbital parameters and compositions are fossils of the formation and evolution of a system, and my rese
  Notable: “Temperate Earth-sized planets transiting a nearby ultracool dwarf star” (2016) · 659 citations
• David Hanneke, Professor of Physics; Department Chair of Physics and Astronomy h-index 14
  I enjoy the entire Physics curriculum, but especially the parts where seemingly distinct topics are shown to be intricately related: space meets time, symmetry meets conservation law. In the lab, I use low-energy atomic-physics techniques f
  Notable: “New Measurement of the Electron Magnetic Moment and the Fine Structure Constant” (2008) · 1,128 citations
• Ashley R. Carter, Professor of Physics; Program Chair of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  My lab is interested in studying the mechanical properties of biological molecules or cells. To do this we use techniques in laser optics, microscopy, and biochemistry. Typically, we look at the motion of small micron-sized polystyrene bead
• Bahar Modir, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
• Jagu Jagannathan, Bruce B. Benson '43 and Lucy Wilson Benson Professor of Physics
  My research interests include theoretical particle physics, field theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics. I am a theoretical physicist, and therefore I do not have a lab or do experiments. However, some of the work I have done in e
• Joseph G. Moore, George Lyman Crosby 1896 & Stanley Warfield Crosby Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Environmental Studies (Contributing to Physics)
• Mia de los Reyes, Assistant Professor of Astronomy
  Galaxy formation and evolution, galactic archaeology, star formation, supernovae “Where do we come from?” My research group approaches this question from two very different perspectives. First: where do the constituent particles that make u
• Sean Foster, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
• William A. Loinaz, Mark W. Perry '65 STEM Presidential Teaching Professor of Physics

Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.