Faculty Research Interests

ASTROPHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

Lawrence Anderson-Huang, Professor, Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, 1977, Astrophysics

Jon Bjorkman, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1992, Astrophysics, stellar winds

Karen Bjorkman, Professor, Ph.D. University of Colorado, 1989, Circumstellar disks, polarimetry, and stellar winds

Bernard Bopp, Professor, Ph.D. University of Texas, 1973, Stellar surface phenomena, Teaching methodology

Rupali Chandar, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 2000, Stellar populations, star and galaxy formation and evolution

Steven Federman, Professor, Ph.D. New York University, 1979, Interstellar matter

Philip James, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1966, Planetary Astronomy

Nancy Morrison, Professor, Ph.D. University of Hawaii, 1975, Stellar spectroscopy: massive stars

S. Thomas Megeath, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Cornell University, 1993, Planet and star formation

John-David T. Smith, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Cornell University, 2001, Infrared astronomy, extra-galactic star formation

Adolf Witt, Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1967, Interstellar matter, spectroscopy of nanoparticles

ATOMIC PHYSICS

Song Cheng Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Nebraska, 1991, Ion-atom/molecule collisions

Larry Curtis Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Director THIA Laboratory, Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1963, Structure of Highly excited molecules and atoms

David Ellis Professor of Physics Emeritus, Ph.D. Cornell, 1964, Theoretical atomic structure and spectroscopy

Bo Gao, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1989, Light-atom interactions, Bose-Einstein condensation, multibody interactions

Thomas Kvale Professor, Ph.D. University of Missouri-Rolla, 1984, Ion-atom/molecule collisions

Richard Schectman Professor, Emeritus Superannuate, Ph.D. Cornell, 1962, Measurement of astrophysical spectra

Constantine Theodosiou, Professor, Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1977, atomic structure, Rydberg states, radiative transitions and photoionization

BIOPHYSICS & MEDICAL PHYSICS

Thomas Kvale Professor, Ph.D. University of Missouri-Rolla, 1984, Ion-atom/molecule collisions

Scott Lee, Professor, Ph.D. 1983, University of Cincinnati, Biophysics, High-pressure Physics

James Palmer, Professor, M.S. 1972, University of Florida, Health Physics, Cervical Biomechanics

Michael Dennis, Adjunct Associate Professor (Health Sciences Campus), Ph.D. 1979, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Medical Physics, Radiology

Ralph Dobelbower, Adjunct Professor (Health Sciences Campus), M.D., Ph.D., Medical Physics, Radiation Therapy

John J. Feldmaier, Adjunct Professor (Health Sciences Campus), D.O. 1979, Medical Physics, Radiation Oncology

E. Ishmael Parsai, Adjunct Associate Professor (Health Sciences Campus), Ph.D., Medical Physics, Radiation Oncology

CONDENSED MATTER, MATERIALS SCIENCE & PHOTOVOLTAICS

Jacques G. Amar, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Temple University, 1985, Materials science, thin films, surface physics

Robert Collins NEG Professor of Silicate and Materials Science, Ph.D. Harvard University, 1982, Condensed matter physics, optical properties of solids and thin solid films

Alvin D. Compaan Professor and Chair, Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1971, Condensed matter physics, materials science, photovoltaics

Xunming Deng Professor, Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1990, Materials science, thin films, photovoltaics

Victor Karpov Professor, Ph.D. Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1979, Theoretical condensed matter physics, photovoltaics

Sanjay V. Khare Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Maryland, 1996, Theoretical condensed matter physics, materials science

Scott Lee, Professor, Ph.D. 1983, University of Cincinnati, Biophysics, High-pressure Physics

R. Alejandra Lukaszew Associate Professor, Ph.D. Wayne State University, 1996, Applied physics/thin films

Sylvain Marsillac Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Nantes, 1996, Materials science/thin films

PHOTONICS & NONLINEAR OPTICS

Brian Bagley, Professor, Ph.D. Harvard University, 1968, optical waveguides, integrated optics, materials science

Robert Deck, Professor of Physics Emeritus, Ph.D. Notre Dame, 1961, nonlinear optics, quantum theory