Physics Faculty

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Byrd, Mark, Professor, Physics, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 1999; 2003. Theoretical Quantum Computation and Quantum Error Correction.

Jayasekera, Thushari, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advisor, Physics, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, Norman, 2005; 2011. Engineering Electron Structure, Electron Transport, and Heat Transport in Low-Dimensional Nanostructures for Device Applications.

Lee, Bumsu, Assistant Professor, Physics, Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2012; 2019. Quantum Optics and Experimental Condensed Matter Physics for Solid-State Quantum Materials.

Mazumdar, Dipanjan, Associate Professor, Physics, Ph.D., Brown University, 2008; 2014. Condensed Matter Experiment, Materials Physics, Electronic Properties of Novel Materials and Heterostructures, Emphasis on Exploring the Interplay Between Spin, Charge, Lattice and Orbital Degrees of Freedom.

Sivakumar, Poopalasingam, Assistant Professor, Physics, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2009; 2015. Soft Condensed Matter Experiments, Biophysics, Laser Spectroscopy and Optical Physics of Biomolecules.

Talapatra, Saikat, Professor and Chair of Physics, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 2002; 2007. Condensed Matter Experiment, Materials Physics, Nanoscale Materials and Structures, Electronics and Photo Electronics, Energy Storage/Conversion in Nanomaterials, Interdisciplinary Nanotechnology.

Emeriti Faculty

Ali, Naushad, Professor, Emeritus, Physics, Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1984. 

Cutnell, John D., Professor, Emeritus, Physics, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1967.

Gruber, Bruno J., Professor, Emeritus, Physics, Ph.D., University of Vienna, Austria, 1962.

Henneberger, Walter C., Professor, Emeritus, Physics, Ph.D., Gottingen University, Germany, 1959.

Johnson, Kenneth W., Professor, Emeritus, Physics, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1967.

Malhotra, Vivak, Professor, Emeritus, Physics, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1978.

Masden, J. Thomas, Associate Professor, Emeritus, Physics, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1983.

Migone, Aldo, Professor, Emeritus, Physics, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1984. 

Sanders, Frank C., Associate Professor, Emeritus, Physics, Ph.D., University of Texas, 1968.