Shaffique Adam joins the Department of Physics as a professor. His current research explores the complex and surprising ways electrons behave when subjected to the interplay of quantum mechanics, material imperfections, confined geometries, and interactions with other electrons. He is a recipient of the Singaporean National Research Foundation Fellowship, the National University of Singapore Young Investigator Award, and the Singapore National Research Foundation Investigator Award. Before joining WashU, he was an associate professor at Yale-NUS College and the National University of Singapore. Adam earned his bachelor’s degree at Stanford University and his doctorate at Cornell University.

Karthik Ramanathan joins the Department of Physics as an assistant professor. He is an astroparticle experimentalist hunting for dark matter. Ramanathan is interested in using novel technologies, ideas, and tabletop-type experiments to answer fundamental questions. Prior to joining WashU, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology. Ramanathan earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering science from the University of Toronto, a master’s degree in finance from the London School of Economics, and a master’s and doctorate in physics from the University of Chicago.