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2005-06 Handbook for Physics and Astronomy Graduate Students

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The Graduate Faculty and Their Research

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Abrahams, Elihu (Emeritus)
Ph.D., University of California, 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 surface science physics.
Bergman, Douglas
Ph.D. Yale, 1997
Astroparticle 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. (Emeritus)
Ph.D., Harvard, 1953.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Chabal, Yves
Ph.D. Cornell, 1980
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Chandra, Premala
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Cheong, Sang-Wook,
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1989.
Experimental condensed matter physics and material science
Cizewski, Jolie A.
Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1978.
Vice Dean, Graduate School
Experimental nuclear physics.
Coleman, Piers
Ph.D., Princeton, 1984.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Croft, Mark
Ph.D., Rochester, 1977.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Devlin, Thomas
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1961.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Diaconescu, Duiliu-Emanuel
Ph.D. Rutgers, 1998.
Elementary particle physics.
Douglas, Michael
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1988.
Theoretical particle physics.
Friedan, Daniel
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1980.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Garfunkel,Eric
Ph.D. University of 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.
Chair of the Department
Experimental nuclear physics.
Goldstein, Sheldon
Ph.D., Yeshiva, 1973.
Statistical mechanics, mathematical physics
Foundations of quantum mechanics.
Gustafsson, Torgny
D.Sc., Chalmers University of Technology, 1973.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Experimental surface physics.
Haule, Kristjan
Ph.D. Ljubljana (Slovenia), 2002.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Harrington, David
Ph.D., Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1961.
Theoretical nuclear physics.
Hinch, B. Jane
Ph.D., Cambridge, 1987
Surface studies using atomic and molecular scattering
Horton, George K.
Ph.D., Birmingham, 1949.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Hughes, John
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1984.
Observational astronomy
Ioffe, Lev
Ph.D., Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics (Russia), 1985.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Joseph, Charles L.
Ph.D. Colorado, 1985.
Observational astronomy and detector development
Kalelkar, Mohan S.
Ph.D., Columbia, 1975.
Undergraduate Coordinator and Associate Chair
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Keeton, Charles
Ph.D., Harvard, 1998
Theoretical and observational astrophysics.
Kiryukhin, Valery
Ph.D., Princeton, 1977.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Kloet, Willem M.
Ph.D., Utrecht (Netherlands), 1973.
Theoretical nuclear physics.
Kojima, Haruo
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1972.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Koller, Noémie B.
Ph.D., Columbia, 1958.
Experimental nuclear physics.
Kotliar, B. Gabriel
Ph.D., Princeton, 1983.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Kruse, Theodore H. (Emeritus)
Ph.D. Columbia, 1959
Experimental Nuclear 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.
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 (Emeritus)
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), 1989.
Quantum field theory and statistical mechanics.
Madey, Theodore
Ph.D., Notre Dame, 1963.
Director, Surface Modification and Interface Dynamics Lab.
Experimental surface science physics
Matilsky, Terry A.
Ph.D., Princeton, 1971.
Experimental astrophysics.
Mekjian, Aram
Ph.D., Maryland, 1968.
Theoretical nuclear physics.
Moore, Gregory
Ph.D., Harvard, 1985.
Theoretical high-energy physics.
Murnick, Daniel E.
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966.
Experimental nuclear and atomic physics.
Neuberger, Herbert
Ph.D., Tel Aviv, 1979.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Olsen, Wilma K.
Ph.D. Stanford, 1971.
Experimental surface science.
Plano, Richard J. (Emeritus)
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., University of Texas at Austin, 1981.
Graduate Program Director and Associate Chair
Experimental nuclear physics.
Robbins, Alan (Emeritus)
Ph.D. Yale, 1956.
Experimental nuclear physics.
Ruckenstein, Andrei E.
Ph.D., Cornell, 1984.
Theoretical condensed matter physics and biophysics.
Sak, Joseph (Emeritus)
Ph.D., Institute of Solid-State Physics (Czechoslovakia), 1968.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Schnetzer, Stephen R.
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1981.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Sellwood, Jeremy
Ph.D. Manchester Univ.(U.K.), 1977.
Theoretical Astrophysics.
Sengupta, Anirvan
Ph.D. Bombay (India), 1994
Biophysics
Shapiro, Joel
Ph.D., Cornell, 1967.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Sigel, George H.
Ph.D., Georgetown, 1968.
Experimental materials science.
Somalwar, Sunil
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1988.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Thomas, Scott
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1993.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Thomson, Gordon
Ph.D., Harvard, 1972.
Astroparticle physics..
Vanderbilt, David
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981.
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Theoretical surface physics.
Van Heuvelen, Alan
Ph.D. University of Colorado, 1963.
Physics and astronomy education research.
Walstedt, Russell E.
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1961.
Experimental condensed matter physics
Watts, Terence
Ph.D., Yale, 1963.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Williams, Theodore B.
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1974.
Experimental astrophysics.
Yuzbashyan, Emil
Ph.D. Princeton, 2004
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
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

Cohen, Morrell
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1952.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.

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