Welcome to the LABORATORY OF ASTROPHYSICS AND SURFACE SCIENCE, located in the Physics Building of the Physics Department of Syracuse University .

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Our main research project is the study of physical and chemical processes occurring in the interstellar medium. We use tools that we have employed in the research of properties of solid surfaces (atom-surface interaction, surface morphology, phase transitions in ultra-thin films, thin film growth). These tools include: atomic/molecular beam techniques, low temperature techniques, ultra-high vacuum techniques, laser spectroscopy (REMPI), LEED/Auger/ and MBE/vapor deposition of solid films.

There are three main directions in our research:


For an introduction to our research, here are the slides from recent presentations: