Bryn Mawr College

Assistant Professor of Physics

James Battat received his bachelor's degree in Physics from Brown University in 2001, where he was inspired to pursue astrophysics. He then earned his Ph. D. from Harvard University in 2008 where he measured the Earth-Moon distance with millimeter precision to test General Relativity. Subsequently, he was a Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT where he worked on the direct detection of dark matter. James joined the faculty at Bryn Mawr in the June of 2011.

His research lies at the intersection of experimental particle physics and astronomy. For more information, please see his research page.

E-mail:jbattat@brynmawr.edu
Office: Park Science Center, Room 345
Telephone: (610) 526 -7846
Fax: (610) 526 - 7469