Rutgers University Department of
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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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