Steven Ruggiero

Professor Emeritus Steven Ruggiero is a condensed-matter physicist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Notre Dame's College of Science. His research program bridges traditional condensed-matter physics and biological physics.

Current investigations focus on graphene as a model system for studying electronic noise phenomena and superconductivity in quasi-two-dimensional materials. In biological physics, his group developed light transmission spectroscopy to study nanoparticles in suspension, enabling analysis of proteins, bacteria, viruses, and DNA detection using nanobeads.

No recent publications or awards information is available in the provided materials. His laboratory continues to advance instrumentation for nanoscale biophysical analysis.