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Antoniewicz, Peter R., Professor
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1965
Surface and interface physics, electromagnetic wave propagation, transport properties in solids and liquids.

471-3766 / RLM 7.328 / antoniewicz@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Bengtson, Roger D., Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1968
Experimental plasma physics, plasma spectroscopy.

471-3943 / RLM 12.212 / bengtson@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Berk, Herbert L., Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1964
Plasma confinement theory.

471-1364 / RLM 11.326 / hberk@mail.utexas.edu

Fall 2007 Office Hours: TTH 1:30-3pm
Bohm, Arno, Professor
Ph.D., Freie Universitaet Berlin, 1962
Particle phenomena in terms of algebraic and group-theoretical methods, mathematics of quantum physics.

471-5291 / RLM 9.324A / bohm@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: M 12-1pm, TH 1-2pm

Chelikowsky, James, W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr., Chair in Computational Materials Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1975
Computational Materials Science, Solid State Physics.

232-9083 / ACE 4.324 / jrc@ices.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Chiu, Charles, Distinguished Teaching Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1966
Theoretical particle physics, structure of hadrons, phenomenology in high energy collision phenomena, laser-plasma physics, acoustic agglomeration.

471-1707 / RLM 10.206 / chiu@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: MW 12:50-1:30pm or by appt

Coker, W. Rory, Professor
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1966
Nuclear reaction theory, medium energy nuclear reactions and scattering.

471-5194 / RLM 8.312 / coker@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

de Lozanne, Alejandro, Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1982
Scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic/magnetic force microscopy, nanostructures, thin films and devices, high temperature superconductors, colossal magnetoresistance materials.

471-6108 / RLM 13.204 / lozanne@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: W 8-10am

Demkov, Alex, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1995
Condensed matter theory; physics of electronic materials, surfaces and interfaces; thin films and devices; novel materials; quantum transport.

471-8560 / RLM 13.206 / demkov@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: W 2-4pm

de Wette, Frederik W., Trull Centennial Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Ultrecht (The Netherlands), 1959
Former research areas: Theoretical studies of crystal surfaces and thin films, lattice dynamics of high-temperature superconductors.

471-7417 / RLM 14.314 / dewette@physics.utexas.edu
Office Hours: no longer maintains office hours

Dewitt-Morette, Cecile, Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor Emerita
Doctorat d'Etat, Paris (France), 1947
General relativity, mathematical physics, Feynman path integrals.

471-1052 / RLM 9.220A / cdewitt@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Dicus, Duane A., Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1968.
Field theory of strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions, astrophysical implications of the weak force.

471-5430 / RLM 9.204A / dicus@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Distler, Jacques, Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1987
High energy theory, mathematical physics, and string theory.

471-2950 / RLM 9.218A / distler@golem.ph.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Ditmire, Todd, Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1995
Intense Ultrafast Laser Interactions, AMO, Experimentalist.

471-3296 / RLM 12.202 / tditmire@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Downer, Michael C., Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1983
Femtosecond spectroscopy in condensed matter and plasmas, surface nonlinear optics, plasma-based particle accelerators.

471-6054 / RLM 10.320 / downer@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: M 4-5pm, TTH 11-12pm

Drummond, William E., Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1958
Nonlinear plasma theory, collective accelerators.

471-3926 / RLM 11.226 / drummond@hagar.ph.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Erskine, James L., Trull Centennial Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1973
Experimental solid-state physics, thin film magnetism, surface physics, applications of synchrotron radiation.

471-1464 / RLM 13.212 / erskine@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: M 3-4pm, TH 10-11am

Fiete, Gregory A., Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2003
Condensed matter theory

phone tba / office tba / email tba
Office Hours: tba

Fink, Manfred, Professor
(Germany) 1966
Electron diffraction, neutrino physics.

471-6895 / RLM 10.316 / fink@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Fischler, Willy, Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor
Ph.D., Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1976
Field theory, supersymmetry, string theory, quantum cosmology, statistical mechanics.

471-4072 / RLM 9.310A / fischler@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Fitzpatrick, Richard, Professor
Ph.D., University of Sussex, 1988
Magnetohydrodynamic stability; hydrodynamic stability; driven magnetic reconnection; momentum injection into fluids/plasmas via external perturbations.

471-9439 / RLM 11.324 / rfitzp@farside.ph.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Florin, Ernst-Ludwig, Assistant Professor
Ph.D.
Experimentalist, biophysics, cell physics, nonlinear dynamics.

471-6441 / RLM 14.206 / florin@chaos.ph.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Frommhold, Lothar W., Professor
Ph.D., Dr. Habil, Hamburg (Germany), 1964
Atomic and molecular physics.

471-4100 / RLM 10.324 / frommhold@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Gavenda, J. David, Professor Emeritus of Physics and of Education Ph.D., Brown University, 1959
Conduction electrons in metals using ultrasonic and electromagnetic waves.

471-3201 / RLM 13.328 / gavenda@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Gentle, Kenneth W. Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966
Plasma confinement and heating.

471-7581 / RLM 12.330 / k.gentle@mail.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Gleeson, Austin M., Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1965
Field theory of strong interactions and the physics of superdense matter, high energy acoustic sources.

471-4450 / RLM 9.212A / gleeson@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Griffy, Thomas A., Professor Emeritus
Ph.D, Rice University, 1961
Theoretical medium/high energy physics, underwater acoustics.

471-1053 / RLM 7.316 / griffy@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Hazeltine, Richard D., Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1968
Plasma physics. Resume | Publications

471-4307 / RLM 11.304 / rdh@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: TW 2-3:30pm

Heinzen, Daniel J., Fondren Foundation Centennial Chair Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988
Experimental quantum and atom optics.

471-3960 / RLM 10.211 / heinzen@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Hoffmann, Gerald W., Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1971
Experimental medium and high energy physics and chemistry.

471-1769 / RLM 10.308 / hoffmann@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: TTH 3-4pm

Horton, Jr., Wendell, Professor
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1967
Plasma physics, fusion devices and space plasma, nonlinear theory.

471-1594 / RLM 11.320 / horton@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: W 1:30-3pm, TH 1:30-3pm

Kaplunovsky, Vadim, Professor
Ph.D., Tel-Aviv University, 1983
Field theory, supersymmetry, string theory.

471-7773 / RLM 9.304 / vadim@bolvan.ph.utexas.edu
Spring 2007 Office Hours: Th 3-4:15p

Keto, John W., Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1972
Reactions and radiative processes of excited atoms and molecules, laser spectroscopy, high power lasers, clusters and nanoparticles.

471-5029 / RLM 10.210 / keto@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: WF 1-2pm

Klein, Joshua, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1994
Neutrino physics and astrophysics, gravity, cosmology.

471-1193 / RLM 10.220 / jrk@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Kleinman, Leonard, Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1960
Density functional theory; pseudopotential theory; molecular dynamics; ab initio calculations of the electronic, magnetic, and physical properties of solids, surfaces, and liquids.

471-3215 / RLM 13.220 / kleinman@mail.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: M 2-3pm, F 5-6pm

Kopp, Sacha, Associate Professor
Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 1994
Experimental HEP, CP violation, Weak decays of Heavy Quarks, Neutrino Oscillations.

471-0461 / RLM 10.214 / kopp@hep.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Lang, Karol, Professor
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1985
Experimental high energy physics, rare decays, neutrino interactions, particle detectors.

471-3528 / RLM 10.208 / lang@hep.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: T 12:30-1:30pm or by appt.

Li, Xiaoqin (Elaine), Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2003
ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy in condensed matter, quantum dynamics and control in nanostructures, experimentalist

471-2063 / 471-1005 (fax) / RLM 13.324 / RLM 2.418 (lab) / elaineli@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

MacDonald, Allan H., Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair Professor Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1978
Condensed matter theory.

232-9113 / RLM 13.328 / macd@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: W 5-7pm or by appt.

Marder, Michael P., Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1986
Mechanics of Solids, Condensed Matter Theory.

471-3612 / RLM 14.212 / marder@chaos.ph.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Markert, Christina, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt (Germany), 2001
Relativistic heavy ion physics

471-8834 / RLM 10.305 / cmarkert@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: T 5-6pm, W 3-4pm

Markert, John T., Professor, Department Chairman
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1987
Magnetism and superconductivity in oxides and heavy fermion systems, high temperature superconductivity, high pressure research, magnetic resonance microscopy, spin dynamics, magentic domain dynamics.

471-1039 / RLM 13.314 / markert@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Matzner, Richard A., Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1967
General relativity and cosmology, kinetic theory, black hole physics, gravitational radiation. Lead PI on the Binary Black Hole Grand Challenge Project.

471-5062 / RLM 9.208 / matzner2@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: W 10:30am-1:30pm

McCormick, William D., Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Duke University, 1959
Nonlinear dynamics, waves and complex dynamics in chemical reaction-diffusion systems, experimental condensed matter physics.

471-7413 / RLM 14.202 / wdm@chaos.ph.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Moore, C. Fred, Professor
Ph.D., Florida State University, 1964
Experimental medium energy meson-nucleus physics and chemistry.

471-8877 / RLM 10.311 / moore@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2007 Office Hours: TTh 11-12

Morrison, Philip J., Professor
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1979
Basic nonlinear plasma dynamics, Hamiltonian dynamics of few and infinite degree-of-freedom systems, fluid mechanics.

471-1527 / RLM 11.314 / morrison@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: W 3-5:30pm

Niu, Qian, Trull Centennial Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, 1985
Condensed matter theory: quantum hall effect, nanostructures and quantum devices, quasi-periodic systems, vortex dynamics.

471-7879 / RLM 13.308 / niu@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: TTH 11am-12pm

Nolle, A. Wilson, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947
Musical-instrument physics, underwater acoustics, visoelastic phenomena, fluid oscillations.

471-5510 / RLM 8.308 / nolle@mail.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Oakes, Melvin E.L., Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Florida State University, 1964
Plasma heating.

471-3684 / RLM 12.226 / oakes@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Paban, Sonia, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Barcelona, 1988, Physics
Particle Phenomonology and String Theory, Particle Physics, Theory.

471-7773 / RLM 9.208A / paban@zippy.ph.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: T 11-12:15pm or by appt.

Raizen, Mark, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair Professor
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1989
Experimental atom optics.

471-4753 / RLM 14.202 / raizen@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: M 5-6:30pm

Reichl, Linda E., Professor and Associate Dean, CNS
Ph.D., University of Denver, 1969
Quantum chaos, transport theory, nonlinear dynamics, nonequilibrium statistical physics, stochastic theory.

471-7253 / RLM 7.214 / reichl@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Riley, Peter J., Professor and Associate Dean, CNS
Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada, 1962
Experimental medium energy physics with emphasis on nucleon-nucleon and few nucleon interactions.

471-3285 / WCH 224 / riley@mail.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Ritchie, Jack L., Professor
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1983
Experimental high energy physics, rare decays.

471-4488 / RLM 10.202 / ritchie@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: TH 12:30-1:30pm or by appt.

Schieve, William C., Professor
Ph.D., Lehigh University, 1959
Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, quantum optics, stochastic processes.

471-7253 / RLM 7.218 / fschieve@aol.com
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Schwitters, Roy F., Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971
High energy physics, large scale detectors.

471-9962 / RLM 9.320 / schwitters@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: T 11-12pm, W 10:30-12pm

Shepley, Lawrence C., Associate Professor (Retired)
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1965
General relativity, cosmology, and Lagrangian/Hamiltonian theory.

471-9272 / RLM 9.208 / shepley@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Shih, Chih-Kang Ken, Jane and Roland Blumberg Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1988
Nanoscale electronic materials, quantum engineering of metallic nanostructures, fundamental electronic processes in semiconductor quantum dots, nanoscale mechanical properties of soft matters.

471-6603 / RLM 13.318 / shih@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Shubeita, George, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 2002
Experimental Biophysics/Cell Physics, molecular motor proteins.

475-6945/ 471-1558(fax) / RLM 14.306 / shubeita{at}chaos.ph.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Shvets, Gennady, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995
Theory and Simulations: laser-plasma interactions, plasma based accelerators, photonics, nano-plasmonics. Experiment: phonon-assisted nanolithography, compact surface-wave accelerators.

471-7371 / RLM 11.216 / gena@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: TTH 12:30-2pm

Sitz, Greg O., Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1987
Experimental studies of the dynamics of gas-surface interactions.

471-0701 / RLM 10.313 / gositz@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: M 10:30-11:30, T 3:30-4:30pm

Sudarshan, E.C. George, Professor
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1958
Elementary particle physics, quantum optics, quantum field theory, gauge field theories, fibre bundles, classical mechanics, foundations of physics.

471-5229 / RLM 9.328 / sudarshan@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Swift, Jack B., Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1965
Theoretical studies of phase transitions in liquid crystals, nonlinear dynamics, pattern formation.

471-4233 / RLM 14.206 / swift@chaos.ph.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: MW 2-3pm

Swinney, Harry L., Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair Professor
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1968
Nonlinear dynamics, instabilities and pattern formation, chaos, phase transitions.

471-4619 / RLM 14.224 / swinney@chaos.ph.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: W 10-11am, F 11-12pm

Thompson, James C., Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Rice Institute, 1956
Disordered systems, optical properties of surfaces and interfaces, photoemission, Condensed Matter.

471-1153 / RLM 5.208 / thompson@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Tsoi, Maxim, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Konstanz University, 1998
Condensed matter experiment, nanostructures, spintronics.

232-7962 / RLM 13.316 / tsoi@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Turner, Jack S., Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1969
Nonequilibrium statistical and thermal physics, nonlinear dynamics, physics of self-organizing systems, computational physics, computer-based education.

471-7253 / RLM 7.308 / turner@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

Udagawa, Takeshi, Professor
Ph.D., Tokyo University of Education, Japan, 1962
Theoretical nuclear physics, nuclear reactions with emphasis on direct reaction methods, light- and heavy-ion reactions.

471-1984 / RLM 10.222 / udagawa@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: MWF 1-3pm

Weinberg, Steven, Jack S. Josey - Welch Foundation Chair in Science Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1957
Particle physics, unification of fundamental interactions, cosmology.

471-4394 / RLM 9.306A / weinberg@physics.utexas.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: T 11-12pm

Yao, Zhen, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1997
Nanostructures and Mesoscopic Physics, Condensed Matter, Experimentalist.

471-1058 / RLM 13.208 / yao@physics.utexas.edu
Spring 2008 Office Hours: tba

   
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