Mohamed A. Diagne
Oakes Ames Professor of Physics, Chair of Physics/Astronomy/Geophysics Department
Free-space optical communication • Semiconductor device physics with emphasis on lasers and detectors • Plasmonic structures for gas and liquid sensing • Bio-imagers for optogenetic applications
Beverly A. Chomiak
Senior Lecturer in Geology, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies
Economic geology and geochemistry • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Alex Gianninas
Lecturer in Astronomy
Fundamental parameters of white dwarfs • Pulsating white dwarfs • Extremely low-mass (ELM) white dwarf binaries as gravitational wave sources • Model atmospheres
Daniel Maser
Assistant Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Geophysics
Nonlinear optics • Fiber lasers • Laser spectroscopy • Precision measurement
Michael Seifert
Associate Professor of Physics
General relativity • Particle physics • Classical field theory • Lorentz symmetry
Douglas M. Thompson
Rosemary Park Professor of Geoscience and Environmental Studies , Suzi Oppenheimer '56 Faculty Director of the Office of Sustainability, Director of Environmental Studies Program
Geomorphology • Hydrology • Hazards • Geology • Geography • Civil engineering
Michael Weinstein
Senior Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy
First-year physics ("studio") • Introductory astronomy lectures and labs
Leslie Brown
Associate Professor Emeritus of Physics
BVRI CCD photometry of active galactic nuclei and variable stars • Astronomy education and public outreach • Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) of active galactic nuclei • Space heritage and off-world cultural resources
Arlan Mantz
Oakes Ames Professor Emeritus of Physics
Study of the temperature dependence of molecular absorption line widths and shapes using tunable lasers
Michael N. Monce
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Atomic and molecular physics • Ion-molecule collisions • Ion-atom collisions
Thomas Ammirati
Professor Emeritus of Physics
David Fenton
Professor Emeritus of Physics