10 faculty and 0 courses in Physics at Harvard University.
- Cumrun Vafa, Chair, Department of Physics; Timken University Professor h-index 118
String theory; unified fundamental theory of nature.
Notable: “Strings on orbifolds” (1985) · 1,854 citations
- Carlos Argüelles-Delgado, Associate Professor of Physics h-index 64
Neutrino physics using data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory; neutrino mass and mixing.
Notable: “Observation of High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos in Three Years of IceCube Data” (2014) · 1,168 citations
- Jordan Cotler, Assistant Professor of Physics h-index 22
Quantum information science; foundations of statistical mechanics; connections between high-energy physics and condensed matter.
Notable: “Quantum advantage in learning from experiments” (2022) · 510 citations
- Xing Fan, Faculty, Physics h-index 22
Physics beyond the Standard Model through precision measurements using ion traps and molecules; matter-antimatter symmetry tests and axion searches.
Notable: “Cation-doped ZnS catalysts for polysulfide conversion in lithium–sulfur batteries” (2022) · 599 citations
- Eslam Khalaf, Faculty, Physics h-index 21
Condensed matter theory; physics of disorder, topological insulators and semimetals, superconductivity in multi-layer graphene systems.
Notable: “Higher-order topological insulators and superconductors protected by inversion symmetry” (2018) · 538 citations
- Sonia Paban, Faculty, Physics h-index 20
High-energy theory; early universe physics; effects of many active fields during inflation.
Notable: “Constraints on the baryogenesis scale from neutrino masses” (1991) · 204 citations
- Rashmish Mishra, Faculty, Physics h-index 13
Notable: “A generic anti-QCD jet tagger” (2017) · 159 citations
- Stefan Knirck, Faculty, Physics h-index 12
Axion dark matter searches using novel detectors; intersection of particle physics, astrophysics, photonics, and quantum sensing.
Notable: “Broadband Solenoidal Haloscope for Terahertz Axion Detection” (2022) · 136 citations
- Jacob A. Barandes, Senior Preceptor in Physics; Associated Faculty in Philosophy h-index 4
Philosophy of physics; quantum foundations, classical limit, philosophy of spacetime, metaphysics of laws.
Notable: “The Stochastic-Quantum Correspondence” (2023) · 11 citations
- Sunghan Ro, Faculty, Physics
Statistical physics of soft and living matter in and out of equilibrium; collective phenomena in active matter.
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.