Rate My Professor Caleb Cook

As a theoretical physicist, his research has explored topics including the electron hydrodynamics of ultra-pure, low-symmetry metals and the physics behind the structural coloration of beetles and butterflies. His publications include “Electron hydrodynamics with a polygonal Fermi surface” (2019), “Theory of chirped photonic crystals in biological broadband reflectors” (2016), and “Viscometry of electron fluids from symmetry” (2021). Cook joined the Brandeis faculty in fall 2025.