Faculty
This section provides some background information and contact information for people associated with the Department of Physics. For information on faculty members, affiliated faculty members, departmental staff, or advisory board members, please use these links or select from the links listed on the left.
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Alina Alb, Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Tulane University (2004)Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics
Nicholas J. Altiero, Ph.D.
Professor, Dean (School of Science and Engineering)
Ph.D., University of Michigan (1974)Field of Research: Computational Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, and Biomechanics
Douglas B. Chrisey, Ph.D.
Professor, Jung Chair of Materials Engineering
Ph.D., University of Virginia (1987)Field of Research: Materials Engineering
Ulrike Diebold, Ph.D.Research Professor
Ph.D., Technische Universitaet Wien (1990)Field of Research: Surface Science
David L. Ederer, Ph.D.Emeritus Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University (1963)Field of Research: Experimental Solid State Physics
Matthew Escarra, Ph.D.Assistant Professor (starting July 2013)
Ph.D., Princeton University (2011)Field of Research: Photonic Materials and Devices
Norman HorwitzProfessor of Practice
BME, University of PittsburghField of Research: Industrial Engineering
Lev Kaplan, Ph.D.Associate Professor (Associate Department Chair)
Ph.D., Harvard University (1996)Field of Research: Quantum Chaos
James M. MacLaren, Ph.D.Professor, Dean (Newcomb-Tulane College)
Ph.D., Imperial College, London (1986)Field of Research: Theoretical Solid State Physics
Zhiqiang Mao, Ph.D.
Professor (Department Chair), Nicholas J. Altiero Professor in Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Science and Technology of China (1992)Field of Research: Low Temperature Condensed Matter Physics
James H. McGuire, Ph.D.
Professor, Murchison-Mallory Professor of Physics
Ph.D., Northeastern (1969)Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic Physics & Physics Instruction
Guy V. Norton, Ph.D.Professor of practice
Ph.D., Tulane University (1990)Field of Research: Theoretical Acoustic Scattering
John P. Perdew, Ph.D.Professor (Graduate Advisor)
Ph.D., Cornell University (1971)Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory
Robert D. Purrington, Ph.D.Emeritus Professor
Ph.D., Texas A&M (1966)Field of Research: Nuclear Physics & History of Physics
Wayne F. Reed, Ph.D.Professor (Undergraduate Advisor)
Ph.D., Clarkson (1984)Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics
Adrienn Ruzsinszky, Ph.D.Assistant research Professor
Ph.D., Budapest University of Technology and Economics (2004)Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory
Michelle Hewlett Sanchez, Ph.D.
Professor of Practice/Assistant Director of K-12 STEM Outreach
Ph.D., Stanford University (2011)Field of Research: Paralinguistic speech problems including emotion recognition and suicide risk and depression detection
Timothy M. Schuler, Ph.D.Professor of Practice
Ph.D., Tulane University (2004)Field of Research: Experimental Solid State Physics & Physics Instruction
Khazhgery "Jerry" Shakov, Ph.D.Senior Professor of Practice
Ph.D., Tulane University (2004)Field of Research: Quantum Control & Physics Instruction
Diyar Talbayev, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Stony Brook University (2004)Field of Research: Condensed Matter & Optical Spectroscopy
Jianmin Tao, Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Tulane University (2002)Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory
Frank Tipler, Ph.D.Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland (1976)Field of Research: Relativity & Cosmology
Jiang Wei, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington-Seattle (2010)Field of Research: Nanodevice Physics
Fred Wietfeldt, Ph.D.Professor
Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley (1994)Field of Research: Experimental Nuclear Physics
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