Major Fields of Study and Research

Physical Sciences

	Astrophysics: High energy astrophysics, relativistic plasma astrophysics, supernova explosions, dynamics of stellar systems, observational astronomy, black holes; dark matter and dark energy; cosmic radiation; neutron stars and pulsars, astrophysics of neutrinos.
	Condensed Matter Physics: Mesoscopic physics; semiconductors and submicron devices; high temperature superconductivity; correlated electrons, quantum Hall effect; quantum phase transitions; ultra cold gases, quantum computers.
	Particle Physics: Experiments in world leading accelerators; string theory, elementary particles phenomenology; astroparticles; nuclear physics; atoms and molecules; particle detectors; plasma physics.
	Physics of Complex Systems: Statistical physics and non linear dynamics; hydrodynamics; classical and quantum chaos.
	Biological Physics: Physics of the cell; single molecule experiments; nanodosimetry and digital radiography.
	Optics : Ultra fast devices and nonlinear phenomena; laser cooling; quantum optics, nano optics;  laser physics; quantum information.

Chemical Sciences

	Chemical Sciences
	Biological Physics and Soft Matter
	Environmental Sciences
	Materials & Bio-materials
	Nano Sciences
	Organic Chemistry
	Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics
	Structural and Molecular Biology

Life Sciences

	Molecular Cell Biology (structure, function and regulation of cellular mechanisms, mechanisms of intracellular communication).
	Molecular Genetics (developmental biology, differentiation and apoptosis).
	Biochemistry/Biophysics (Roles of proteins in signaling, trafficking, maintenance of DNA integrity and gene expression).
	Immunology (cellular and humoral responses, autoimmune processes, transplantation, hematopoiesis, tumor immunology).
	Neurobiology (brain research, the links between brain and behavior, regeneration of neural systems).
	Plant Sciences (plant studies in the genome era, development, responses to the environment).
	Biological Regulation (growth and fertility, regulation of normal and malignant processes).
	Bioinformatics (understanding the genome and its implications on gene expression systems).
	Multi-disciplinary studies in the Life Sciences and the Exact Sciences (combining practical work and theoretical analyses in various biological systems).

Mathematics and Computer Science

	Computability, Complexity and Algorithms
	Cryptography
	Combinatorics, Probability and Randomness in Computations
	Semantics, Logic and Verification
	Computer Vision, Robotics and Brain Research
	Bioinformatics, Computational Biology
	Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, Geometry and Representation Theory
	Analysis (Classic and Modern) and its applications
	Scientific Computations and Mathematical Models
	Control, Optimization and Mathematical Economics
	Differential Equations and Dynamic Systems
	Stochastic Processes

Sciences Teaching (research and development in teaching)

	Mathematics
	Chemistry
	Physics
	Life Sciences
	Computer Science
	Earth Science
	Science and Technology for the Middle School