His research in physics has focused on string theory, QFT, and fluid dynamics, while his work in oceanography and ocean engineering have focused on high-precision optical sensing and imaging and on low-cost scalable instrumentation.
Adams earned degrees in physics from Harvard College, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University before joining the faculty of the MIT Department of Physics in 2008.
[1] Adams opened the Future Ocean Lab at MIT in January 2017, and became a Visiting Investigator at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 2018.
Adams is an avid sailplane pilot, cave diver, and father of two boys.
[2] His introductory lectures on Quantum Mechanics are freely available via MIT OpenCourseWare and have been viewed more than 10 million times.