Faculty

Alina Alb, Research Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Tulane University (2004)

Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics

 

Ulrike Diebold, Professor

Yahoo! Founder Chair in Science and Engineering

Ph.D., Technische Universitaet Wien (1990)

Field of Research: Surface Science

 

David L. Ederer, Emeritus Professor

Ph.D., Cornell University (1963)

Field of Research: Experimental Solid State Physics

 

Lev Kaplan, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Harvard University (1996)

Field of Research: Quantum Chaos

 

James M. MacLaren, Professor (Interim Dean - SLA)

Ph.D., Imperial College, London (1986)

Field of Research: Theoretical Solid State Physics

 

Zhiqiang Mao, Professor

Ph.D., University of Science and Technology of China (1992)

Field of Research: Low Temperature Condensed Matter Physics

 

James H. McGuire, Professor (Department Chair)

Murchison-Mallory Professor of Physics

Ph.D., Northeastern (1969)

Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic Physics & Physics Instruction

 

Guy Norton, Adjunct Professor

Ph.D., Tulane University (1990)

Field of Research: Theoretical Acoustic Scattering

 

John P. Perdew, Professor (Graduate Advisor)

Ph.D., Cornell University (1971)

Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory

 

Lawrence Pratt, Adjunct Professor (Professor of Chemical Engineering)

Herman and George R. Brown Professor of Chemical Engineering

Ph.D., University of Illinois (1977)

Field of Research: Thermodynamics & Statistical Thermodynamics

 

R. Daniel Purrington, Professor

Ph.D., Texas A&M (1966)

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics & History of Physics

 

Wayne F. Reed, Professor (Undergraduate Advisor)

Ph.D., Clarkson (1984)

Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics

 

George Rosensteel, Professor

Ph.D., Toronto (1975)

Field of Research: Mathematical Physics

 

Adrienn Ruzsinszky, Adjunct Professor

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Field of Research: ????

 

Timothy M. Schuler, Professor of the Practice

Ph.D., Tulane University (2004)

Field of Research: Experimental Solid State Physics & Physics Instruction

 

Khazhgery "Jerry" Shakov, Professor of the Practice

Ph.D., Tulane University (2004)

Field of Research: Quantum Control & Physics Instruction

 

Frank Tipler, Professor

Ph.D., University of Maryland (1976)

Field of Research: Relativity & Cosmology

 

Fred Wietfeldt, Professor

Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley (1994)

Field of Research: Experimental Nuclear Phyiscs

 

Björn Zimmermann, Visiting Assistant Professor

Dr. rer. nat., Technical University of Berlin, Berlin (2000)

Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic & Molecular Physics