Rutgers University Department of Physics and
Astronomy
2019-20 Handbook for Physics and Astronomy Graduate Students
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The Graduate Faculty and Their Research
Graduate catalog list of Physics and Astronomy faculty members may be found here.Members of the Graduate Faculty
Andrei, Eva Y.
Ph.D. Rutgers, 1980.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Andrei, Natan
Ph.D. Princeton, 1979.
Theoretical elementary particle/condensed matter physics.
Baker, Andrew
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2000.
Observational astrophysics.
Banks, Thomas
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1973.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Bartynski, Robert
Chair of the Department
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1986.
Experimental surface science physics.
Batson, Philip Edward
Ph.D. Cornell, 1976
Experimental surface science physics.
Bhanot, Gyan V.
Ph.D. Cornell, 1979
Systems Biology, Cancer and Population Genetics
Blumberg, Gersh
Ph.D. Estonian Academy of Sciences, 1987
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Brooks, Alyson M.
Ph.D. Washington, 2008.
Computational astrophysics.
Buckley, Matthew
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2008.
Theoretical particle astrophysics.
Burkhart, Blakesley
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2014.
Computational astrophysics.
Case, David A.
Ph.D. Harvard,
1977.
Theoretical chemistry of biomolecules.
Chakalian, Jak
Claud Lovelace Endowed Chair in Experimental Physics
Ph.D. Univeristy of British Columbia,
2002.
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
Chou, John Paul
Ph.D. Harvard, 2008.
Experimental high-energy physics.
Cizewski, Jolie A.
Ph.D. State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1978.
Experimental nuclear physics.
Cochran, Geraldine
Ph.D. Florida International University, 2013.
Physics and Astronomy Education Research.
Cohen, Morrel
Ph.D. University of
California, Berkeley, 1952.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Coleman, Piers
Ph.D. Princeton, 1984.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Croft, Mark
Ph.D. Rochester, 1977.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Diaconescu, Duiliu-Emanuel
Ph.D. Rutgers, 1998.
Theoretical particle physics.
Etkina, Eugenia
Ph.D. Moscow State Pedagogical Institute, 1997
Physics and Astronomy Education Research.
Falkowski, Paul G.
Ph.D. British Columbia (Canada), 1975.
Biogeochemical cycles; evolution; astrobiology.
Feldman, Leonard
Ph.D. Rutgers, 1967.
Experimental condensed matter 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
Gawiser, Eric
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1999.
Observational astrophysics, cosmology.
Gershenson, Michael E.
Ph.D. Institute of Radio
Engineering and Electronics, Moscow, 1982.
Experimental condensed-matter physics.
Gershtein, Yuri
Ph.D. Moscow Institute
for Physics and Technology, 1996
Experimental particle physics.
Gilman, Ronald
Associate Chair, Graduate Program Director
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1985.
Experimental nuclear physics.
Goldin, Gerald
Ph.D. Princeton, 1969.
Mathematical physics and quantum theory, Mathematical learning.
Goldstein, Sheldon
Ph.D. Yeshiva, 1973.
Statistical mechanics, mathematical physics, Foundations of quantum mechanics.
Gustafsson, Torgny
D.Sc., Chalmers University
of Technology, 1973.
Experimental surface physics.
Halkiadakis, Eva
Ph.D. Rutgers, 2001.
Experimental elementary particle physics
Haule, Kristjan
Ph.D. Ljubljana (Slovenia),
2002.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Hinch, B. Jane
Ph.D. Cambridge, 1987
Surface studies using atomic and molecular scattering
Hughes, John
Ph.D. Columbia, 1984.
Astrophysics
Jha, Saurabh
Ph.D. Harvard, 2002.
Observational cosmology.
Keeton, Charles
Ph.D. Harvard, 1998
Theoretical and observational astrophysics.
Khiabanian, Hossein
Ph.D. Brown, 2007
Computational biology and cancer genomics.
Kiryukhin, Valery
Ph.D. Princeton, 1977.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Kloet, Willem M.
Ph.D. Utrecht (Netherlands), 1973.
Theoretical nuclear physics.
Koller, Noémie B. (Emeritus)
Ph.D. Columbia, 1958.
Experimental nuclear physics.
Kotliar, B. Gabriel
Ph.D. Princeton,
1983.
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Lath, Amitabh
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1994.
Experimental high-energy physics.
Lebowitz, Joel
George William Hill Professor of Mathematics and Physics
Ph.D. Syracuse, 1956.
Statistical mechanics of equilibrium and non equilibrium systems, mathematical
physics.
Lee, Sang-Hyuk
Ph.D. New York University, 2007.
Single-molecule biophysics / biophotonics.
Lukyanov, Sergei
Ph.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics (Moscow), 1989.
Quantum field theory and statistical mechanics.
Mastbaum, Andrew
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 2016.
Experimental elementary particle physics; neutrino physics.
Matilsky, Terry A.
Ph.D. Princeton,
1971.
Experimental astrophysics.
McQuinn, Kristen
Ph.D. University of Minnesota.
Observational astrophysics.
Moore, Gregory
Ph.D. Harvard, 1985.
Theoretical high-energy physics.
Morozov, Alexandre
Ph.D. University of Washington, 2003
Biophysics
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.
Oh, Seongshik (Sean)
Ph.D. University of Illinois, 2003.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Olson, Wilma K.
Ph.D. Stanford, 1971.
Biophysics.
Pixley, Jedediah
Ph.D. Rice, 2014.
Artificial quantum and topological matter with strongly correlated electrons.
Podzorov, Vitaly
Ph.D. Rutgers, 2002.
Experimental condensed matter 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
Undergraduate Program Director and Associate Chair
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 1981.
Experimental nuclear physics.
Salur, Sevil
Ph.D. Yale, 2006.
Expeimental Nuclear Physics.
Schnetzer, Stephen R.
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1981.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Sengupta, Anirvan
Ph.D. Bombay (India), 1994
Biophysics
Shapiro, Joel
Ph.D. Cornell, 1967.
Theoretical elementary particle physics and computer-aided Physics tutorials.
Shih, David
Ph.D. Princeton, 2006.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Shinbrot, Troy
Ph.D. Maryland, 1992.
Computational bioengineering; biomedical imaging.
Soffer, Avraham
Ph.D. Tel Aviv, 1984.
Theory of partial differential evolution equations; Schrodinger operators and scattering theory; general mathematical physics
Somalwar, Sunil
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1988.
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Somerville, Rachel
George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Chair in
Astrophysics
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, 1997.
Theoretical astrophysics
Thomas, Scott
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 1993.
Theoretical elementary particle physics.
Tikoo, Sonia
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 2014.
Earth and planetary science.
Vanderbilt, David
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1981.
Theoretical condensed matter and surface physics.
Wu, Weida
Ph.D. Princeton, 2004.
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Yuzbashyan, Emil
Ph.D. Princeton, 2004
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Zamick, Larry
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1961.
Theoretical nuclear physics.
Zimmermann, Frank M.
Ph.D. Cornell, 1995.
Experimental surface science physics
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