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Michael L. Roukes

Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Bioengineering
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1978; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1985. Associate Professor, Caltech, 1992-96; Professor, 1996-2011; Abbey Professor, 2011-17; Roshek Professor, 2018-; Director, Kavli Nanoscience Institute, 2004-06; Co-Director, 2008-2013.

Research interests: nanobiotechnology, nanotechnology, nanoscale physics, nanoscale and molecular mechanics

Overview

Professor Roukes's research focuses on nanobiotechnology, nanotechnology, nanoscale physics, nanoscale and molecular mechanics.

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New Fingerprint Mass Spectrometry Method Paves the Way to Solving the Proteome
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KNI Welcomes New Co-Directors
Professor Roukes Honored by the French Republic
Weighing Molecules One at a Time
Accelerating Nanoscience out of the Laboratory and into the Marketplace
Professor Roukes Receives NIH Director's Pioneer Award
Michael Roukes and Akshay Naik Create First Nanoscale Mass Spectrometer
LaHaye, Schwab, and Roukes Develop New Tool to Search for Quantum Effects
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Publications

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Related Courses

2023-24
Ph/APh/EE/BE 118 ab – Physics of Measurement
Ph/APh/EE 118 c – Physics of Measurement: Moonbounce and Beyond - Microwave Scattering for Communications and Metrology
2022-23
Ph/APh/EE/BE 118 ab – Physics of Measurement
2020-21
Ph/APh/EE/BE 118 abc – Physics of Measurement