Physics Department Faculty
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phone & e-mail listings
Professors\b>
James D.Franson
jfranson@umbc.edu
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Professor; Quantum Optics
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L. Michael Hayden
hayden@umbc.edu
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Professor and Departmental Chair;
Electro-optic properties of polymers, nonlinear optics, terahertz science
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Raymond M. Hoff
hoff@umbc.edu
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Professor and Director of
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology;
Atmospheric physics, LIDAR, air quality, optical properties of gases & aerosols.
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Anthony Johnson
amj@umbc.edu
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Professor and Director of Center
for Advanced Studies in Photonics Research (CASPR); Photonics, fast optical phenomena
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Philip J. Rous
rous@umbc.edu
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Professor; Theoretical physics; surfaces, interfaces and nanostructures
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Morton H. Rubin
rubin@umbc.edu
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Professor;
Theoretical physics, quantum theory, quantum and nonlinear optics
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Yanhua Shih
shih@umbc.edu
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Professor;
Nonlinear and quantum optics, laser physics
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L. Larrabee Strow
strow@umbc.edu
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Professor;
Infrared molecular spectroscopy, atmospheric physics
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Geoffrey P. Summers
gsummers@umbc.edu
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Professor and Dean of the College of Natural
and Mathematical Sciences;
Solid state physics, radiation effects in semiconductors, space solar cells
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Associate Professors\b>
Ian M. George
ian.george@umbc.edu
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Associate Professor and Director of the
Joint Center for Astrophysics;
X-ray astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei, quasars, photoionized gas
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Mark Henriksen
henrikse@umbc.edu
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Associate Professor; Galaxy clusters, galaxy evolution, data mining
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Ivan Kramer
kramer@umbc.edu
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Associate Professor;
Theoretical physics, mathematical modelling techniques
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J. Vanderlei Martins
martins@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Associate Professor;
Physical properties of aerosols, biomass burning
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Wallace McMillan
mcmillan@umbc.edu
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Associate Professor;
Atmospheric physics
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Todd B. Pittman
todd.pittman@umbc.edu
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Associate Professor;
Quantum Optics
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Robert C. Reno
reno@umbc.edu
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Associate Professor;
Electron and atomic force microscopy, properties of materials
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Lynn Sparling
sparling@umbc.edu
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Associate Professor;
Atmospheric physics modeling
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Laszlo Takacs
takacs@umbc.edu
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Associate Professor;
Structure and properties of materials, mechanical alloying
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T. Jane Turner
turner@lucretia.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Associate Professor;
X-ray astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei
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Terrance Worchesky
worchesk@umbc.edu
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Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Applied Physics;
Electro-optic effects in III-V semiconductors
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En-Shinn Wu
ewu@umbc.edu
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Associate Professor;
Optics and laser physics, phase transitions
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Assistant Professors\b>
Lecturers & Instructors\b>
Affiliated Research Professors\b>
Volker Beckmann
beckmann@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Research Assistant Professor [JCA]; γ-ray observations of Active Galactic Nuclei and γ-ray bursts
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David Davis
ddavis@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Research Associate Professor [JCA];
X-ray astronomy,groups and clusters of galaxies
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Markos Georganopoulos
markos@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Research Assistant Professor [JCA]; Relativistic Jets in Quasars, Microquasars,
γ-ray Bursts, Non-thermal Radiation Mechanisms
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Prasan Kundu
kundu@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Research Associate Professor;
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Arlin Krueger
akrueger@umbc.edu
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Research Professor;
Satellite remote sensing of ozone and aerosols
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Kevin McCann
Kevin.McCann@umbc.edu
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Research Associate Professor;
LIDAR, atmospheric physics, atomic and molecularcollisions
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Amita Mehta
amita@radar.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Research Assistant Professor;
Atmospheric water vapor retrievals, monsoon studies
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William Olson
olson@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Research Associate Professor;
Cloud microphysics, microwave, radar, and infrared observations and modelling
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Lazaros Oreopoulos
lazaros@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Research Assistant Professor;
Cloud optical properties; 3-D radiative transfer
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Erricos Pavlis
epavlis@JCET.umbc.edu
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Research Associate Professor;
Geodesy spaceborne gravity observations
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Eric S. Perlman
perlman@jca.umbc.edu
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Research Associate Professor [JCA];
X-ray astronomy, astrophysical jets, large area surveys, X-ray, γ-ray backgrounds
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Miodrag Rancic
mmrancic@ciga.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Research Associate Professor; Nummerical modeling of the atmosphere, atmospheric & climate dynamics, High-performance computing
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Omar Torres
torres@tparty.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Research Associate Professor;
Ultraviolet radiative transfer modeling, retrieval of aerosol properties
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Tamás Várnai
varnai@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Research Assistant Professor;
Cloud optical properties
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Adjunct Professors\b>
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