Department Chair

Michael Seifert, Associate Professor of Physics, Chair of Physics/Astronomy/Geophysics Department

Michael Seifert

Associate Professor of Physics, Chair of Physics/Astronomy/Geophysics Department

General relativity • Particle physics • Classical field theory • Lorentz symmetry


Faculty

Beverly A. Chomiak, Associate Teaching Professor of Geology, Associate Teaching Professor of Environmental Studies

Beverly A. Chomiak

Associate Teaching Professor of Geology, Associate Teaching Professor of Environmental Studies

Economic geology and geochemistry • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)


Mohamed A. Diagne, Oakes Ames Professor of Physics, Muslim Community Program Director

Mohamed A. Diagne

Oakes Ames Professor of Physics, Muslim Community Program Director

Free-space optical communication • Semiconductor device physics with emphasis on lasers and detectors • Plasmonic structures for gas and liquid sensing • Bio-imagers for optogenetic applications


Alex Gianninas, Assistant Teaching Professor of Astronomy

Alex Gianninas

Assistant Teaching Professor of Astronomy

Fundamental parameters of white dwarfs • Pulsating white dwarfs • Extremely low-mass (ELM) white dwarf binaries as gravitational wave sources • Model atmospheres


Daniel Maser, Assistant Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Geophysics

Daniel Maser

Assistant Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Geophysics

Nonlinear optics • Fiber lasers • Laser spectroscopy • Precision measurement


Douglas M. Thompson, Rosemary Park Professor of Geoscience and Environmental Studies , Suzi Oppenheimer '56 Faculty Director of the Office of Sustainability

Douglas M. Thompson

Rosemary Park Professor of Geoscience and Environmental Studies , Suzi Oppenheimer '56 Faculty Director of the Office of Sustainability, Director of Environmental Studies Program

Geomorphology • Hydrology • Hazards • Geology • Geography • Civil engineering


Michael Weinstein, Associate Teaching Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Michael Weinstein

Associate Teaching Professor of Physics and Astronomy

First-year physics ("studio") • Introductory astronomy lectures and labs



Staff

Dotty Jo Scott

Academic Department Assistant

Leslie Brown, Associate Professor Emeritus of Physics

Leslie Brown

Associate Professor Emeritus of Physics

BVRI CCD photometry of active galactic nuclei and variable stars • Astronomy education and public outreach • Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) of active galactic nuclei • Space heritage and off-world cultural resources


Arlan Mantz, Oakes Ames Professor Emeritus of Physics

Arlan Mantz

Oakes Ames Professor Emeritus of Physics

Study of the temperature dependence of molecular absorption line widths and shapes using tunable lasers


Michael N. Monce, Professor Emeritus of Physics

Michael N. Monce

Professor Emeritus of Physics

Atomic and molecular physics • Ion-molecule collisions • Ion-atom collisions


In Memoriam

Thomas Ammirati

Professor Emeritus of Physics

 

David Fenton

Professor Emeritus of Physics