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2000-01 Handbook for Physics and Astronomy Graduate Students

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The Graduate Faculty and Their Research

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Abrahams, Elihu
Ph.D., University of CA, Berkeley, 1952.
Bernard Serin Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Andrei, Eva Y.
Ph.D., Rutgers, 1980.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Andrei, Natan
Ph.D., Princeton, 1979.
Theoretical elementary particle/condensed matter physics.
Banks, Thomas
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Bartynski, Robert
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1986.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Bronzan, John B.
Ph.D., Princeton, 1963.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Burke, Kieron J.
Ph.D., University of California (Santa Barbara), 1989.
Theoretical condensed matter, surface, and chemical physics.
Carr, Herman Y.
Ph.D., Harvard, 1953.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Cheong, Sang-Wook,
Ph.D. California (Los Angeles), 1989.
Experimental condensed matter physics and material science
Cizewski, Jolie A.
Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1978.
Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Program
Experimental nuclear physics.
Coleman, Piers
Ph.D., Princeton, 1984.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Conway, John
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1987.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Cote, Patrick,
Ph.D., McMaster University, Canada, 1994.
Observational astronomy and astrophysics.
Croft, Mark
Ph.D., Rochester, 1977.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Devlin, Thomas
Ph.D., University of CA, Berkeley, 1961.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Douglas, Michael
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1988.
Theoretical particle physics.
Ferrarese, Laura
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1996.
Observational astronomy and astrophysics.
Friedan, Daniel
Ph.D., University of CA, Berkeley, 1980.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Garfunkel,Eric
Ph.D. California (Berkeley), 1983.
Experimental surface science
Gershenson, Michael E.
Ph.D., Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics (Moscow), 1982.
Experimental condensed-matter physics.
Gilman, Ronald
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1985.
Experimental nuclear physics.
Glashausser, Charles
Ph.D., Princeton, 1966.
Experimental nuclear physics.
Goldstein, Sheldon
Ph.D., Yeshiva.
Statistical mechanics, mathematical physics
Foundations of quantum mechanics.
Gustafsson, Torgny
D.Sc., Chalmers University of Technology, 1973.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Experimental surface physics.
Harrington, David
Ph.D., Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1961.
Theoretical nuclear physics.
Hinch, B. Jane
Ph.D. Cambridge
Surface studies using atomic and molecular scattering
Horava, Petr
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences (Prague) 1991.
Theoretical high energy physics.
Horton, George K.
Ph.D., Birmingham, 1949.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Hughes, John
Ph.D., California (Los Angeles) 1984.
Observational astronomy
Ioffe, Lev
Ph.D., Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics (Russia), 1985.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Jimenez, Raul
Ph.D., University of Copenhagen, 1995.
Theoretical astronomy and astrophysics.
Joseph, Charles L.
Ph.D. Colorado, 1985.
Observational astronomy and detector development
Kalelkar, Mohan S.
Ph.D., Columbia, 1975.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Kiryukhin, Valery
Ph.D., Princeton.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Kloet, Willem M.
Ph.D., Utrecht (Netherlands), 1973.
Theoretical nuclear physics.
Kojima, Haruo
Ph.D., UCLA, 1972.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Koller, Noémie B.
Ph.D., Columbia, 1958.
Associate Dean, FAS
Experimental nuclear physics.
Kosowsky, Arthur
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1994.
Theoretical Astrophysics
Kotliar, B. Gabriel
Ph.D., Princeton, 1983.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Langreth, David C.
Ph.D., Illinois, 1964.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Lath, Amitabh
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994.
Experimental high-energy physics.
Leath, Paul L.
Ph.D., Missouri-Columbia, 1966.
Chair of the Department
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Lebowitz, Joel
Ph.D., Syracuse, 1956.
George William Hill Professor of Mathematics and Physics
Theoretical statistical mechanics, math physics.
Lindenfeld, Peter
Ph.D., Columbia, 1954.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Lovelace, Claud
B.S., Cape Town (South Africa), 1954.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Lukyanov, Sergei
Ph.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics (Moscow).
Quantum field theory and statistical mechanics.
Madey, Theodore
Ph.D., Notre Dame, 1963.
Director, Surface Modification and Interface Dynamics Lab.
Experimental surface science physics
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Matilsky, Terry A.
Ph.D., Princeton, 1971.
Experimental astrophysics.
Mekjian, Aram
Ph.D., Maryland, 1968.
Theoretical nuclear physics.
Merritt, David R.
Ph.D., Princeton, 1982.
Theoretical astrophysics.
Millis, Andrew J.
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics.
Moore, Gregory
Ph.D., Harvard, 1985.
Theoretical high-energy physics.
Murnick, Daniel E.
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Experimental nuclear and atomic physics
Neuberger, Herbert
Ph.D., Tel Aviv, 1979.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Pifer, Joe H.
Ph.D., Illinois, 1966.
Undergraduate Coordinator and Associate Chair
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Plano, Richard J.
Ph.D., Chicago, 1956.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Pryor, Carlton
Ph.D., Harvard, 1982.
Experimental astrophysics.
Rabe, Karin
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987.
Theoretical condensed matter and surface physics.
Ransome, Ronald
Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 1981.
Experimental nuclear physics.
Ruckenstein, Andrei E.
Ph.D., Cornell, 1984.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Sak, Joseph
Ph.D., Institute of Solid-State Physics (Czechoslovakia), 1968.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Schnetzer, Stephen R.
Ph.D., University of CA, Berkeley, 1981.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Seiberg, Nathan
Ph.D., Weizmann, 1980.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Sellwood, Jeremy
Ph.D. Manchester Univ.(U.K.), 1977.
Theoretical Astrophysics.
Shapiro, Joel
Ph.D., Cornell, 1967.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Shaw, Earl D.
Ph.D., University of CA, Berkeley, 1969.
Experimental laser physics
Somalwar, Sunil
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1988.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Stephen, Michael
D.Phil., Oxford (England), 1955.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Thomson, Gordon
Ph.D., Harvard, 1972.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Vanderbilt, David
Ph.D., MIT, 1981.
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Theoretical surface physics.
Walstedt, Russell E.
Ph.D. California (Berkeley), 1961.
Experimental condensed matter physics
Watts, Terence
Ph.D., Yale, 1963.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Williams, Theodore B.
Ph.D., Caltech, 1974.
Experimental astrophysics.
Zamick, Larry
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961.
Theoretical nuclear physics.
Zamolodchikov, Alexander
Ph.D., Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Moscow) 1978.
Theoretical Particle Physics.
Zapolsky, Harold S.
Ph.D., Cornell, 1962.
Theoretical astrophysics.
Zimmermann, Frank M.
Ph.D., Cornell, 1995.
Experimental surface science physics

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty

Goldin, Gerald, Ph.D.
Princeton, 1969.
Mathematical physics.
Nishikawa, Ken-Ichi
Ph.D., Nagoya University, 1981.
Theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics.
Sigel, George H., Jr.
Ph.D., Georgetown, 1968.
Experimental materials science.

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