Department Directory — Branton Campbell

Branton Campbell

Professor

Contact

Preferred Contact: branton@byu.edu

Fall 2026 Schedule

Title	Time	Days	Room	Building
Physics 220	9:00a - 9:50a 3:00p - 3:50p	MWF MWF	206 128	MARB MARB
Physics 220	9:00a - 9:50a 3:00p - 3:50p	MWF MWF	206 127	MARB MARB
Physics 220	9:00a - 9:50a 3:00p - 3:50p	MWF MWF	206 123	MARB MARB
Physics 220	9:00a - 9:50a 4:00p - 4:50p	MWF MWF	206 129	MARB MARB
Physics 220	9:00a - 9:50a 4:00p - 4:50p	MWF MWF	206 122	MARB MARB
Physics 220	9:00a - 9:50a 5:00p - 5:50p	MWF MWF	206 122	MARB MARB
Physics 318	10:00a - 10:50a	MWF	C247	ESC
Devotional	11 am	Tu		MC
Colloquium	4 pm	W	C215	ESC
Faculty Meeting (some weeks)	11 am	Th	N288	ESC

Research

Specialty: Materials physics and structure property relationships (Experimental/Theoretical/Computational)

Professional Bio

I apply state-of-the-art theoretical, experimental, and computational techniques to study local and long-range structures in a variety of complex solids, including fast-ion conductors, ferroelectric relaxors, high-temperature superconductors, and colossal magnetoresistive manganites, where nanoscale structural features influence macroscopic physical properties. This includes the development of symmetry-mode analysis (through the tools of the ISOTROPY Software Suite.

Professor (2014-present)
BYU, Physics and Astronomy
Fulbright Scholar/Visiting Professor (2014-2015)
Durham University, Chemistry, Durham, UK
Associate Professor (2008-2014)
BYU, Physics and Astronomy
Assistant Professor (2002-2008)
BYU, Physics and Astronomy
Post-Doctoral Research Associate (1999-2002)
Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Science Division
Ph.D., Materials Science (1999)
U. California at Santa Barbara, Materials Science
M.A., Physics (1995)
U. California at Santa Barbara, Physics
B.S. Magna Cum Laude, Physics and Mathematics (1993)
BYU, Physics and Astronomy
BYU, Mathematics