Joshua Adams directs a physics laboratory at a research university in Ithaca, New York. He teaches graduate statistical mechanics and investigates the electronic and magnetic properties of novel solid-state materials. His research group designs experiments to measure how quantum interactions emerge at extremely low temperatures, examining phase shifts in layered crystalline systems. Adams received an undergraduate degree in physics before finishing doctoral studies in the discipline. His academic projects center on advanced experimental methods used to observe collective electron behavior in structured atomic lattices.