Two physics faculty among new CAS professors

David Ceperley and Laura Greene, physics, are among the ten professors at Illinois beginning their appointments this fall as professors in the Center for Advanced Study – one of the highest forms of recognition the campus bestows on faculty members for outstanding scholarship.

David Ceperley

Ceperley, a professor of physics, is a staff scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, a researcher at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, and at the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory. His research interests include theoretical condensed matter physics and computational physics. Ceperly’s techniques have been used to predict the behavior of matter.

Laura Greene

Greene is a Swanlund Professor of physics and a researcher at the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory. As a leading experimentalist in the physics of novel materials, Greene has performed pioneering experiments that elucidate how the electronic properties of low- and high-temperature superconductors interface with other materials. She is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

CAS professors, which number 27 with the recent additions, are drawn from throughout the campus. They continue to serve as full members of their home departments, while participating in a variety of formal and informal activities organized by the center, and also advising on the center’s future programs and direction.