Student-Faculty Research
	At Williams physics students work closely with faculty on a variety of research projects. Every summer the department hires several students to work in our experimental laboratories and on theoretical projects. Seniors may elect to do honors thesis projects that typically begin the summer before the senior year and culminate in a written thesis at the end of April. We are particularly proud that Williams physics majors won the LeRoy Apker Award in 1999, 2002, and 2004. This national award is the highest honor for physics research by an undergraduate student in the United States. Williams students have won more Apker Awards in the past decade than students from any other non-Ph.D.-granting institution. Among Ph.D.-granting institutions, only Princeton has matched Williams' record. The following list shows the current research interests of the faculty and their students.
	Biological Physics Professor Daniel Aalberts
	Nonlinear Dynamics in Modelocked Lasers Professor Sarah Bolton
	Laser Spectroscopy of Simple Atoms and Molecules Professor Kevin Jones
	Self-Assembly and Holographic Optical Trapping Professor Ward Lopes
	Parity Violation and Atomic Structure Measurements in Thallium Professor Tiku Majumder
	Physics of Short Pulses in Optical Fibers Professor Jefferson Strait
	Quantum Computing and Artificial Solids Professor Frederick Strauch
	Particle Physics Beyond the Standard Model Professor David Tucker-Smith
	Quantum Information Theory Professor Bill Wooters