| Phaedon Avouris | | | | | |
| Jerry Bernholc | Condensed Matter Physics, Analytical Chemistry, Molecular Chemistry | | | 1977 | Sokrates T. Pantelides (grad student) |
| Walter E. Bron | Condensed matter physics | | | | |
| Christopher Abraham Chamberland | Quantum Computing, Quantum error correction, Fault-tolerant quantum error correction | | | | Andrew Cross (collaborator) |
| Praveen Chaudhari | amorphous magnetic materials-that are the basis of erasable, read-write, optical storage technology | | | | |
| Andrew Cross | | | | | |
| Joseph Edward Demuth | | | | | |
| Gerald J. Dolan | Condensed matter physics | | | | |
| Dean Eric Eastman | Condensed Matter Physics | | | | |
| Leo Esaki | solid-state physics | | | | |
| Martin van Exter | experimental physics and optics | | | | Daniel R. Grischkowsky (post-doc) |
| Frank Fu Fang | Semiconductor Physics | | | | |
| Richard L. Garwin | | | | | |
| Tayfun Gokmen | physics of semiconductors | | | | David Mitzi (post-doc) |
| Martin C. Gutzwiller | Theoretical physics | | | | |
| Naomi J. Halas | Nanoengineering, Plasmonics, Nanophotonics | | | 1986 | Daniel R. Grischkowsky (grad student) |
| Tobias Hertel | Physical Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, Optics Physics, Nanomaterials, Carbon Nanotubes, Ultrafast Spectroscopy | | 1996 | 1998 | Phaedon Avouris (post-doc) |
| Franz J. Himpsel | Molecular Physics | | 1977 | 1980 | Dean Eric Eastman (post-doc) |
| Ulrich Höfer | | | 1990 | 1991 | Tony F. Heinz (post-doc) |
| Blake R. Johnson | | | | | |
| Soren Keiding | | | | | Daniel R. Grischkowsky (post-doc) |
| John Robert Kirtley | condensed matter physics, high temperature superconductivity | | | | |
| Rolf William Landauer | Condensed Matter Physics | | | | |
| Norton David Lang | electron gas and molecular electronics | | | | |
| Ralph Linsker | Neuroscience, neural networks | | | | |
| Benoît B. Mandelbrot | mathematics, fractals, economics, information theory, fluid dynamics | | | | |
| James Cleary McGroddy | solid state physics | | | | |
| David McKay | | | | | |
| Bernard S. Meyerson | | | | | |
| Emanuel R. Piore | | | | | |
| Myriam P. Sarachik | Condensed Matter Physics, Molecular Physics, Electricity and Magnetism Physics | | | 1961 | Richard L. Garwin (post-doc) |
| Matthias Scheffler | | | | | Sokrates T. Pantelides (post-doc) |
| Norman Steven Shiren | semi- conductors, crystal theory | | | | |
| Phillip J. Stiles | experimental solid state physics | | | | |
| Jerry D Tersoff | theory of nanowire growth and nanoscale effects in heteroepitaxy | | | | |
| Rudolf M Tromp | structure and growth of surfaces and interfaces, surface phase transitions, modifications of crystal growth by organic and inorganic monolayers ('surfactants'), and the development of novel experimental techniques and methods | | | | |
| Chang-chyi Tsuei | Condensed matter physics | | | | |
| Martin Wolf | | | | 1993 | Tony F. Heinz (research scientist) |
| Theodore J. Yoder | | | | | |