Faculty

Full-Time Faculty
Name/Title	Office	Phone	Email
Wylie Ahmed Assistant Professor of Physics Biological Physics and Soft Matter	MH-665A	657-278-2188	[email protected]
Kwang-Ping "Patricia" Cheng Professor of Physics Observational Astronomy and Astrophysics	MH-608	657-278-2551	[email protected]
Greg Childers Associate Professor of Physics Undergraduate Program Coordinator Atomic and Molecular Electron-Reaction Science; Large-Integer Factoring Algorithms	MH-670	657-278-2159	[email protected]
Hal Fearn Professor of Physics Theoretical Quantum Optics, General Relativity, Advanced Propulsion Methods	MH-688	657-278-2767	[email protected]
Leigh Hargreaves Associate Professor of Physics Assessment Coordinator Atomic and Molecular Electron-Reaction Science	MH-654	657-278-2261	[email protected]
Murtadha Khakoo Professor of Physics Former Department Chair 2006-2009 Atomic and Molecular Electron-Reaction Science	MH-665C	657-278-2247	[email protected]
Geoffrey Lovelace Associate Professor of Physics Gravitational Physics	MH-601B	657-278-7501	[email protected]
Gina Passante Associate Professor of Physics	MH-629B	657-278-7403	[email protected]
Anton Peskov Assistant Professor of Physics Soft matter, biophysics, active matter, granular matter			[email protected]
Michael Loverude Professor of Physics Department Vice Chair and Catalyst Center Director Physics Education Research	MH-688	657-278-2270	[email protected]
Jocelyn Read Associate Professor of Physics Gravitational-wave Astrophysics	MH-601A	657-278-3366	[email protected]
Meng (Stephanie) Shen Assistant Professor Computational Physics and Soft Matter			[email protected]
Joshua Smith Professor of Physics Dan Black Director or Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy, Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy Center Gravitational-Wave Astronomy with LIGO	MH-601C	657-278-3716	[email protected]
Nabila Tanjeem Assistant Professor of Physics Soft materials, self-assembly of colloidal particles, shape-changing, active particle systems			[email protected]
Keith Wanser Professor of Physics Fiber- and Quantum-Optical Science, Condensed Matter Physics	MH-661	657-278-2189	[email protected]
Ionel Tifrea Interim Department Chair, Professor of Physics Masters Program Coordinator Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics	MH-665B	657-278-2769	[email protected]

**Part-Time Faculty**
Name/Title	Office	Phone	Email
Alexander Gauf			[email protected]
Mike Dubuque Lecturer	MH-656C	657-278-3600	[email protected]
Gary Kleiban Lecturer	MH-605	657-278-3366	[email protected]
Linda Leonard			[email protected]
Joseph Oliva Lecturer	MH-654	657-278-3600	[email protected]
Tom Pongetti Lecturer	MH-612	657-278-3366	[email protected]
Veronica Lockett-Ruiz	MH-612B		[email protected]

Leigh Hargreaves

Murtadha Khakoo

**Adjunct Faculty**
Name/Title	Office	Phone	Email
Stephen Goode Professor of Mathematics Education B.Sc., University of London M.Math, Ph.D., University of Waterloo	MH-182I	657-278-2538	[email protected]
Jim Woodward Professor of History; Adjunct Professor of Physics Education A.B., Middlebury College, 1964 (Physics) M.S., New York University, 1969 (Physics) Ph.D., University of Denver, 1972 (History)	H-810l, Lab: MH-601	657-278-3167/657-278-3596	[email protected]

**Teaching Assistants**
Name/Title	Office	Phone	Email
Keqin Cai	MH612		[email protected]
Jean-Baptiste Faure	MH612		[email protected]
David Matalon	MH612		[email protected]
Hunter Seyforth	MH612		[email protected]
Courtney White	MH612		[email protected]

Jocelyn Read

Meng (Stephanie) Shen

Joshua Smith

Keith Wanser

Ionel Tifrea

Joseph Oliva

Tom Pongetti

Veronica Lockett-Ruiz