Faculty

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Name and Title	Contact Information
Philip Adams Roy Paul Daniels Professor Ph.D., 1986 - Rutgers University Condensed Matter Physics	225-578-6847 padams2@lsu.edu 229-C Nicholson
Ivan Agullo Professor Ph.D., 2009 - University of Valencia Gravity Theory	225-578-0016 agullo@lsu.edu 241-B Nicholson
Xiaojian Bai Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2019 - Georgia Institute of Technology Experimental Condensed Matter Physics	225-578-2029 xbai@lsu.edu 210-F Nicholson
Jeffery Blackmon Russell B. Long Professor, Department Chair Ph.D., 1994 - University of North Carolina Experimental Nuclear Physics	225-578-1195 blackmon@lsu.edu 202-K Nicholson
Tabetha Boyajian Associate Professor Ph.D., 2009 - Georgia State University Astronomy & Astrophysics	225-578-1161 boyajian@lsu.edu 233-A Nicholson
Dana Browne Professor, Department Associate Chair Ph.D., 1982 - Stanford University Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics	225-578-6843 dbrowne@lsu.edu 219 Nicholson
Eric Burns Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2017 - University of Alabama, Huntsville Astrophysics	225-578-2741 ericburns@lsu.edu 351 Nicholson
Ahana Chakraborty Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2019 - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India Theoretical condensed matter physics and quantum information science	225-578-0578 ahanachakraborty@lsu.edu 210C Nicholson
Manos Chatzopoulos Associate Professor Ph.D., 2013 - University of Texas at Austin Theoretical Astrophysics	225-578-2907 chatzopoulos@lsu.edu 243-A Nicholson
Thomas Corbitt Professor Ph.D., 2008 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Experimental Gravitational Wave Physics	225-578-4779 tcorbitt@lsu.edu 271-C Nicholson
Catherine Deibel Professor Ph.D., 2008 - Yale University Experimental Nuclear Physics	225-578-4950 deibel@lsu.edu 218-B Nicholson
Joyoni Dey (She/Her/Hers) Associate Professor Ph.D.,1999 - Carnegie Mellon University Medical Imaging, Image Reconstruction and System Design	225-578-4289 deyj@lsu.edu 459-A Nicholson
Peter Diener Research Assistant Professor Ph.D., 1997 - University of Copenhagen General Relativity and Gravitation	225-578-6880 diener@cct.lsu.edu 1079 Digital Media Center 241E Nicholson
Jerry Draayer Roy P. Daniels Professor Ph.D., 1968 - Iowa State University Nuclear Theory/Computational Physics	225-578-6844 draayer@lsu.edu 221-E Nicholson
Mette Gaarde (She/Her) Les and Dot Broussard Alumni Professor Ph.D., 1997 - University of Copenhagen, Denmark Theoretical Atomic and Optical Physics	225-578-0889 mgaarde1@lsu.edu 215-B Nicholson
Joseph Giaime Professor Ph.D., 1995 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Experimental General Relativity	225-578-5794 jgiaim1@lsu.edu 271-A Nicholson
Gabriela González (She/Her/Ella) Boyd Professor Ph.D., 1995 - Syracuse University Experimental General Relativity	225-578-0468 gonzalez@lsu.edu 271-B Nicholson
Natalie Hinkel Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2012 - Arizona State University Astronomy & Astrophysics	225-578-7806 nhinkel@lsu.edu 261-B Nicholson
Robert Hynes Professor Ph.D., 1999 - The Open University Multiwavelength Observational Astronomy	225-578-7459 rhynes@lsu.edu 247-A Nicholson
Richard Kurtz Professor, Director of CAMD Ph.D., 1983 - Yale University Experimental Solid State Physics	225-578-4029 rlkurtz@lsu.edu 217-C Nicholson
Thomas Kutter Professor Ph.D., 1999 - The University of Heidelberg Experimental High Energy Physics	225-578-8310 kutter@lsu.edu 220-C Nicholson
Kristina Launey Associate Professor Ph.D., 2003 - Louisiana State University Theoretical Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics	225-578-0351 klauney@lsu.edu 211-B Nicholson
Hwang Lee Associate Professor Ph.D., 1998 - Texas A&M University Quantum Optics/Quantum Information Processing	225-578-2365 hwlee@lsu.edu 451 Nicholson
Omar Magana-Loaiza Associate Professor Ph.D., 2016 - University of Rochester Optical Physics, Quantum Optics, and Quantum Information Science	225-578-5851 maganaloaiza@lsu.edu 269 Nicholson
Scott Marley Associate Professor Ph.D., 2012 - Western Michigan University Experimental Nuclear Physics	225-578-6842 smarley@lsu.edu 221-B Nicholson
Kenneth "Kip" Matthews Dr. Charles Smith Distinguished Professor of Medical Physics Ph.D., 1997 - The University of Chicago Medical Imaging Physics	225-578-2740 kipmatth@lsu.edu 459-B Nicholson
Francois Mauger Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2012 - Aix-Marseille University Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics	fmauger@lsu.edu 210-E Nicholson
William McElgin Instructor Ph.D., 2007 - University of Chicago Physics Education	225-578-6912 mcelgin@lsu.edu 275 Nicholson
Alexis Mercenne Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2016 - University of Caen Normandy Theoretical Nuclear Physics	225-578-8278 amercenne@lsu.edu 211-C Nicholson
Juana Moreno Patricia Hewlett Bodin Distinguished Professor Ph.D., 1997 - Rutgers University Computational Material Science	225-578-7586 moreno@lsu.edu 285-A Nicholson
Michela Negro (She/Her/Hers) Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2019 - University of Torino Astrophysics	225-578-1488 michelanegro@lsu.edu 359-A Nicholson
Wayne Newhauser Dr. Charles M. Smith Chair of Medical Physics Ph.D., 1995 - University of Wisconsin Medical and Health Physics/Radiation Physics	225-578-2762 newhauser@lsu.edu 439-B Nicholson
Prosper Ngabonziza Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2016 - University of Twente Esperimental Condensed Matter and Material Physics	225-578-0640 pngabonziza@lsu.edu 210-D Nicholson
Matthew Penny Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2011 - University of Manchester Astronomy and Astrophysics	225-578-7711 penny1@lsu.edu 261-A Nicholson Hall
Jorge Pullin Professor and Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics Ph.D., 1988 - Instituto Balseiro, Argentina General Relativity and Quantum Gravity Quantum mechanics, strong emergence and ontological non-reducibility	225-578-0464 pullin@lsu.edu 241-C Nicholson
A. Ravi P. Rau Alumni Professor Ph.D., 1970 - University of Chicago Atomic Theory	225-578-6841 ravirau@lsu.edu 223 Nicholson
Dubravka Rupnik Instructor Ph.D., 1994 - Louisiana State University Physics Education	225-578-8400 phdubr@lsu.edu 281 Nicholson
Nadra Sakr Instructor Ph.D., 2020 - Louisiana State University Physics	225-578-5311 nsakr1@lsu.edu 341 Nicholson
James Sauls Professor and Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics Ph.D., 1980 - State University of New York, Stony Brook Quantum Theory of Matter, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum information, Sensing & Computing	225-578-0639 sauls@lsu.edu 453 Nicholson
Kenneth Schafer Ball Family Distinguished Professor Ph.D., 1989 - University of Arizona Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics	225-400-2433 kschafer@lsu.edu 222-B Nicholson
Constantin Schrade Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2017 - University of Basel, Switzerland Quantum Information Science and Condensed Matter Theory	cschrade@lsu.edu 447 Nicholson
Daniel Sheehy Professor Ph.D., 2001 - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Theoretical Condensed Matter	225-578-5852 sheehy@lsu.edu 255 Nicholson
William A. Shelton Professor Ph.D., 1989 - University of Cincinnati Material Science	225-578-3069 wshelton@lsu.edu 259 Nicholson
Parampreet Singh Professor Ph.D., 2004 - IUCAA, University of Pune Quantum Gravity, Cosmology	225-578-7513 psingh@lsu.edu 347 Nicholson
Phillip Sprunger Professor Ph.D., 1993 - University of Pennsylvania Experimental Condensed Matter Physics	225-578-1254 phils@lsu.edu 217-B Nicholson
Shane Stadler Professor Ph.D., 1998 - Tulane University Experimental Condensed Matter Physics	225-578-2025 stadler@lsu.edu 229-B Nicholson
Ka Ming Tam Research Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2008 - Boston University Theoretical/Computational Physics	225-578-4718 kmtam@lsu.edu 237 Nicholson
Colin Turley Instructor Ph.D., 2019 - Penn State Astrophysics	turley1@lsu.edu 361 Nicholson
Martin Tzanov Associate Professor Ph.D., 2005 - University of Pittsburgh Experimental Neutrino Physics	225-578-0554 mtzanov@lsu.edu 220-B Nicholson
Ilya Vekhter Professor Ph.D., 1998 - Brown University Condensed Matter Theory	225-578-0598 vekhter@lsu.edu 253 Nicholson
Hanyu Wei Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2017 - Tsinghua University Experimental Particle Physics	225-578-3605 hwei2@lsu.edu 224 Nicholson
Justin H. Wilson Assistant Professor Ph.D., 2015 - The University of Maryland Condensed Matter Theory and Cold Atoms	225-578-7745 jhwilson@lsu.edu 293 Nicholson
Chenglong You Assistant Research Professor Ph.D., 2019 - Louisiana State University Optical Physics, Quantum Optics, and Quantum Information Science	225-578-4147 cyou2@lsu.edu 228 Nicholson
David Young Professor Ph.D., 1998 - Florida State University Materials Science	225-578-2490 dyoun14@lsu.edu 229-A Nicholson
Nayeli Zuniga-Hansen Instructor Ph.D., 2013 - Southern Illinois University Carbondale	225-578-0019 zunigahansen@lsu.edu 362 Nicholson

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Emeritus Faculty	Contact Info
Lai-Him Chan Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1966 - Harvard University Particle and Quantum Field Theory	225-578-6858 phchan@lsu.edu 337 Nicholson
Michael Cherry Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1978 - University of Chicago High Energy Astrophysics	225-578-8591 cherry@lsu.edu 343-D Nicholson
Geoffrey Clayton Emeritus Ball Family Distinguished Professor Ph.D., 1983 - University of Toronto Astronomy and Astrophysics	225-578-8275 jclayto@lsu.edu
John DiTusa Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1992 - Cornell University Experimental Condensed Matter Physics	ditusa@phys.lsu.edu
Juhan Frank Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1978 - University of Cambridge, England Astronomy & Astrophysics	225-578-6845 jfrank@lsu.edu 251 Nicholson
T. Gregory Guzik Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1980 - University of Chicago Particle Astrophysics	225-578-8597 tgguzik@lsu.edu 326-C Nicholson
William Hamilton Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1963 - Stanford University Experimental General Relativity and Low Temperature Physics	hamilton@phys.lsu.edu 281 Nicholson
Richard Haymaker Professor Ph.D., 1967 - University of California, Berkeley Theoretical HIgh Energy Physics
Kenneth Hogstrom Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1976 - Rice University Medical and Health Physics/Radiation Physics	225-578-0590 hogstrom@lsu.edu 459-D Nicholson
Warren Johnson Professor Ph.D., 1974 - Rutgers University Experimental Low Temperature Physics	225-578- 5854 225-578-5860 wjohns7@lsu.edu 279 Nicholson
James Matthews Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1984 - University of Wisconsin-Madison Experimental Astrophysics and Particle Physics	225-578-8598 jmatth5@lsu.edu 335 Nicholson
William Metcalf Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1974 - California Institute of Technology Experimental High Energy Physics	225-578-8312 metcalf@lsu.edu 218-A Nicholson
Robert O'Connell Boyd Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1962 - University of Notre Dame Quantum Optics, Atomic Physics, Stochastic Physics, General Relativity	225-578-6848 rfoc@lsu.edu 225 Nicholson
Bradley Schaefer Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1983 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Astronomy/Astrophysics	schaefer@lsu.edu 226 Nicholson
Joel Tohline Director Emeritus Alumni Professor Emeritus	225-578-2261 tohline@lsu.edu 264 Nicholson
John Wefel Professor Emeritus Ph.D., 1971 - Washington University-St. Louis Experimental/Theoretical Astrophysics	225-578-8696 jwefel1@lsu.edu