Physical

Our Physical research covers a wide range of systems. Experimental and theoretical work features nanomaterials and devices, biophysical chemistry, atmospheric and environmental chemistry, the use of high resolution rovibronic spectra to characterize transition states, single molecule and single quantum dot spectroscopy, and condensed phase molecular dynamics.

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Associate Professor Alex Shalek (left) is seen in his E25 lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thu., July 14, 2022. Shalek is the Pfizer-Laubach Career Development Associate Professor at MIT, a Core Member of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), an Associate Professor of Chemistry, an Extramural Member of The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, an Institute Member of the Broad Institute, an Associate Member of the Ragon Institute, an Assistant in Immunology at MGH, and an Instructor in Health Sciences and Technology at HMS. According to his MIT bio, Shalek's research "is directed towards the creation and implementation of new approaches to elucidate cellular and molecular features that inform tissue-level function and dysfunction across the spectrum of human health and disease."

Alex Shalek named director of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science

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Jeremiah Johnson and Heather Kulik among the winners of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2024 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize

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Sam Peng named 2024 Beckman Young Investigator

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