Department of Physics and Astronomy
Head: G. V. Rogachev
Graduate Advisors: R. Rapp (Physics and Applied Physics); L. Strigari (Astronomy)
The physics and astronomy curriculum provides classroom and research experience that prepares a graduate student for a career of either research and teaching at a university, or research and development at an industrial or government laboratory. The courses are well suited to graduate students in chemistry, mathematics, geosciences or engineering, as well as those seeking a graduate degree in physics or astronomy.
The faculty members of the department carry out theoretical and experimental research in the following areas: astronomy, atomic and molecular, computational physics, cosmology, high-energy, low-temperature/condensed matter, materials science, nuclear physics, and quantum optics. Laboratories supporting the experimental programs are well-equipped with modern research apparatus. Special support facilities include an astronomical instrumentation laboratory, access to high-performance computing, a variable-energy cyclotron, and many shared campus facilities.
Abanov, Artem G, Associate Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1998
Adsley, Philip, Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of York, 2013
Agnolet, Glenn, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Cornell University, 1983
Allen, Roland E, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 1969
Bassichis, William H, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Case Western Reserve University, 1963
Becker, Katrin, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Bonn, 1994
Belic, Milivoj R, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, The City University of New York, 1980
Belyanin, Alexey A, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Institute of Applied Physics Russian Academy of Sciences, 1995
Borzenets, Ivan, Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Duke University, 2012
Bouhali, Othmane, Research Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Faculte des Sciences, 1999
Brown, Peter, Research Associate Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Pennsylvania State University, 2009
Chin, Siu A, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Stanford University, 1975
Depoy, Darren L, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1987
Dutta, Bhaskar, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Oklahoma State University, 1995
Erukhimova, Tatiana L, Instructional Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1999
Eusebi, Ricardo, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Rochester, 2006
Farooqi, Mohammed, Instructional Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2018
Finkelstein, Alexander, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Laudau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 1972
Ford, Albert L, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 1972
Fries, Rainer J, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Regensburg, Germany, 2001
Holt, Jeremy W, Associate Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Stony Brook University, 2008
Holt, Nathan, Lecturer
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2016
Hu, Baishan, Research Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Peking University, 2017
Huffenberger, Kevin, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Princeton University, 2006
Kamon, Teruki, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Tsukuba, 1986
Kaya, Ali, Instructional Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2001
Kelly, Kevin, Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Northwestern University, 2018
Kennicutt, Robert Charles, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Washington, 1978
Khmelenko, Vladimir, Research Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Institute of Chemical Physics, 1984
Ko, Che-Ming, University Distinguished Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1973
Kocharovskaya, Olga A, Distinguished Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1986
Kocharovsky, Vitaly V, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1986
Kolomenski, Alexandre, Research Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, P N Lebedev Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1980
Kordell, Michael, Lecturer
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Wayne State Univ, 2017
PHD, Wayne State University, 2017
Krolikowski, Wieslaw Z, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1988
Lee, David M, University Distinguished Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Yale University, 1959
Lyuksyutov, Igor F, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Highest Attestation Commission at Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation, 1990
Mahapatra, Rupak K, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Minnesota, 2000
Marshall, Jennifer L, Associate Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Ohio State University, 2006
May, Larry, Instructional Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2015
Melconian, Daniel G, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Simon Fraser University, 2006
Mioduszewski, Saskia, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Tennessee, 1999
Mirabolfathi, Nader, Research Associate Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Paris XI, 2002
Nha, Hyon Cheol, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Seoul National University, 2002
Nodurft, Dawson, Instructional Associate Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2019
Papovich, Casey J, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Johns Hopkins University, 2002
Pokrovsky, Valery, Distinguished Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Tomsk State University, 1957
Pope, Christopher N, Distinguished Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Cambridge, 1980
Rapp, Ralf F, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelma University, Bonn, 1996
Rodriguez Nieva, Joaquin, Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016
Rogachev, Grigory V, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, National Research Centre, 1999
Ross Jr, Joseph H, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986
Safonov, Alexei N, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Florida, 2001
Schuessler, Hans A, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Universitat Heidelberg, 1964
Scully, Marlan O, Distinguished Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Yale University, 1966
Sezgin, Ergin, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1980
Smith, Krista, Associate Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Maryland, 2017
Sokolov, Alexei V, University Distinguished Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Stanford University, 2001
Spilker, Justin, Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Arizona, 2017
Strigari, Louis E, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Ohio State University, 2005
Teizer, Winfried, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, 1998
Toback, David, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Chicago, 1997
Tzortzakis, Stylianos, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Ecole Polytechnique, France, 2001
Walsh, Jonelle L, Associate Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of California at Irvine, 2011
Wang, Lifan, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Science and Technology of China, 1993
Wu, Wenhao, Associate Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Chicago, 1992
Xu, Shenglong, Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Univ of California, San Diego, 2017
PHD, University of California, San Diego, 2017
Youngs, Michael, Instructional Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Michigan State University, 2013
Zheltikov, Alexey M, Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1990
Zubairy, Muhammad S, University Distinguished Professor
Physics & Astronomy
PHD, University of Rochester, 1979