Faculty
Curtis Asplund
Assistant Professor
408-924-5272
SCI 322
[email protected]
Specialization: High energy theoretical physics, entanglement entropy and complexity of quantum field theories and black holes, applications of gauge/gravity duality to condensed matter systems
Ramendra Bahuguna
Professor
408-924-5245
SCI 245
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Specialization: Holography, fingerprint sensors
Kassahun Betre
Assistant Professor
408-924-5240
SCI 240
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Specialization: High-energy theory, quantum gravity
Peter Beyersdorf
Professor and Chair
408-924-5236
SCI 148B
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Specialization: Laser physics, precision measurements
Brianne Gutmann
Assistant Professor
408-924-5257
SCI 235
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Specialization: Physics education research
Ranko Heindl
Professor
408-924-5259
SCI 264
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Specialization: Experimental condensed matter physics
Hilary Hurst
Assistant Professor
408-924-5284
SCI 264
[email protected]
Specialization: Condensed matter theory; many-body atomic physics including quantum feedback control,
topological phases
and dissipative quantum systems.
Michael Kaufman
Professor and Dean, College of Science
408-924-4800
ISB
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Specialization: Astrophysics: interstellar medium, infrared/submillimeter observations
Ehsan Khatami
Professor
408-924-5235
SCI 312
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Specialization: Computational condensed matter physics, strongly-correlated electronic systems, quantum machine learning
Thomas Madura
Associate Professor
408-924-5268
SCI 312
[email protected]
Specialization: Astrophysics, astronomy education for blind and visually impaired persons
Cassandra Paul
Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator
408-924-5228
SCI 248
[email protected]
Specialization: Physics education research (PER)
Gina Quan
Associate Professor
408-924-5255
SCI 322
[email protected]
Specialization: Physics education research (PER)
Aaron Romanowsky
Professor
408-924-5225
SCI 308
[email protected]
Specialization: Astrophysics: galaxy formation, dark matter, dynamics
Christopher Smallwood
Associate Professor
408-924-5270
SCI 248
[email protected]
Specialization: Experimental optics and materials spectroscopy
Neil Switz
Professor
408-924-5252
SCI 310
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Specialization: Biophysics and optics; primarily optical imaging and fluorescence techniques applied to medical diagnostics.
Kenneth Wharton
Professor
SCI 235
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Specialization: Quantum foundations
Carel Boekema
Professor Emeritus
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Specialization: Magnetism and superconductivity in solids, computational condensed matter physics
Alejandro Garcia
Professor Emeritus
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Specialization: Computational fluid mechanics, statistical mechanics
Patrick Hamill
Professor Emeritus
408-924-5241
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Specialization: Atmospheric physics, aerosol physics
Brian Holmes
Professor Emeritus
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Specialization: Musical acoustics, sports physics
Monika Kress
Professor Emerita
[email protected]
Specialization: Astrophysics, Data Analytics for STEM Student Success
Lui Lam
Professor Emeritus
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Specialization: Nonlinear physics, liquid crystals
Kiumars Parvin
Professor Emeritus
[email protected]
Specialization: Experimental condensed matter physics
Adjunct Faculty
Natalie Batalha
Adjunct Faculty
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Friedemann Freund
Adjunct Faculty
650-279-8478
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