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Cornell University

CLASSE

CLASSE stands for Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based ScienceS and Education

Carl Franck

Professor

Experimental condensed matter and atomic physics, biological physics and liquid physics


Research

We have been exploiting and developing x-ray techniques to test our understanding of fundamentals of photon - electron interactions in atoms and correlated electron dynamics in solids. 

We are also exploring cooperative behavior in microbial life as well as the intercellular signaling that facilitates it. 

One can find details of our current activities at http://franckgroup.lassp.cornell.edu/ .


Educational Background

A.B, 1974, Harvard College. Ph.D., 1978, Princeton University. Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1977-82. Assistant Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1982-88; Associate Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1988-present. Visiting Professor, Physics, University of Bristol, England, 1991. Member, American Physical Society.