Schools
Williams College
Williamstown, MA·Private
2 labs on PI Pages. It spends $7M a year on research.
- Students
- 2,326: 2,270 undergraduates, 56 graduate
- Faculty
- 309 full-time
- Campus
- Highly residential
Labs here
Benjamin Augenbraun
Physics
Measure the electronic, vibrational, rotational, and hyperfine (nuclear spin) structure of molecules pairing copper, silver, or gold with lead, using laser spectroscopy to see which wavelengths of light they absorb.
Michael Hudak
Earth & Environmental Science
Measure nitrogen, hydrogen, and noble gas abundances in exposed lower crustal and upper mantle rocks of the Jurassic Talkeetna arc, Alaska, to estimate how much volatile material the lower arc crust stores.
Where its research money goes
A year of research spending, from the NSF survey every research university fills in.
Life sciences$3M
Outside science$2M
Physical sciences$835K
Social sciences$670K
Earth sciences$420K
Psychology$258K