Physics Department Faculty

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Professors

James D.Franson
   jfranson@umbc.edu
Professor; Quantum Optics
L. Michael Hayden
   hayden@umbc.edu
Professor and Departmental Chair; Electro-optic properties of polymers, nonlinear optics, terahertz science
Raymond M. Hoff
   hoff@umbc.edu
Professor and Director of Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology; Atmospheric physics, LIDAR, air quality, optical properties of gases & aerosols.
Anthony Johnson
   amj@umbc.edu
Professor and Director of Center for Advanced Studies in Photonics Research (CASPR); Photonics, fast optical phenomena
Philip J. Rous
   rous@umbc.edu
Professor; Theoretical physics; surfaces, interfaces and nanostructures
Morton H. Rubin
   rubin@umbc.edu
Professor; Theoretical physics, quantum theory, quantum and nonlinear optics
Yanhua Shih
   shih@umbc.edu
Professor; Nonlinear and quantum optics, laser physics
L. Larrabee Strow
   strow@umbc.edu
Professor; Infrared molecular spectroscopy, atmospheric physics
Geoffrey P. Summers
   gsummers@umbc.edu
Professor and Dean of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences; Solid state physics, radiation effects in semiconductors, space solar cells

Associate Professors

Ian M. George
   ian.george@umbc.edu
Associate Professor and Director of the Joint Center for Astrophysics; X-ray astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei, quasars, photoionized gas
Mark Henriksen
   henrikse@umbc.edu
Associate Professor; Galaxy clusters, galaxy evolution, data mining
Ivan Kramer
   kramer@umbc.edu
Associate Professor; Theoretical physics, mathematical modelling techniques
J. Vanderlei Martins
   martins@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
Associate Professor; Physical properties of aerosols, biomass burning
Wallace McMillan
   mcmillan@umbc.edu
Associate Professor; Atmospheric physics
Todd B. Pittman
   todd.pittman@umbc.edu
Associate Professor; Quantum Optics
Robert C. Reno
   reno@umbc.edu
Associate Professor; Electron and atomic force microscopy, properties of materials
Lynn Sparling
   sparling@umbc.edu
Associate Professor; Atmospheric physics modeling
Laszlo Takacs
   takacs@umbc.edu
Associate Professor; Structure and properties of materials, mechanical alloying
T. Jane Turner
   turner@lucretia.gsfc.nasa.gov
Associate Professor; X-ray astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei
Terrance Worchesky
   worchesk@umbc.edu
Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Applied Physics; Electro-optic effects in III-V semiconductors
En-Shinn Wu
   ewu@umbc.edu
Associate Professor; Optics and laser physics, phase transitions

Assistant Professors

Theodosia Gougousi
   gougousi@umbc.edu

Assistant Professor; Plasma enhanced thin film deposition processes; surface and interface properties of metal and metal-oxide thin films

Lecturers & Instructors

Eric Anderson
    andersoe@umbc.edu
Lecturer
Lili Cui
    lili@umbc.edu
Lecturer; Physics Education Research

Affiliated Research Professors

Volker Beckmann
   beckmann@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Assistant Professor [JCA]; γ-ray observations of Active Galactic Nuclei and γ-ray bursts
David Davis
   ddavis@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Associate Professor [JCA]; X-ray astronomy,groups and clusters of galaxies
Markos Georganopoulos
   markos@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Assistant Professor [JCA]; Relativistic Jets in Quasars, Microquasars, γ-ray Bursts, Non-thermal Radiation Mechanisms
Prasan Kundu
   kundu@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Associate Professor;
Arlin Krueger
   akrueger@umbc.edu
Research Professor; Satellite remote sensing of ozone and aerosols
Kevin McCann
   Kevin.McCann@umbc.edu
Research Associate Professor; LIDAR, atmospheric physics, atomic and molecularcollisions
Amita Mehta
   amita@radar.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Assistant Professor; Atmospheric water vapor retrievals, monsoon studies
William Olson
   olson@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Associate Professor; Cloud microphysics, microwave, radar, and infrared observations and modelling
Lazaros Oreopoulos
   lazaros@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Assistant Professor; Cloud optical properties; 3-D radiative transfer
Erricos Pavlis
   epavlis@JCET.umbc.edu
Research Associate Professor; Geodesy spaceborne gravity observations
Eric S. Perlman
   perlman@jca.umbc.edu
Research Associate Professor [JCA]; X-ray astronomy, astrophysical jets, large area surveys, X-ray, γ-ray backgrounds
Miodrag Rancic
   mmrancic@ciga.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Associate Professor; Nummerical modeling of the atmosphere, atmospheric & climate dynamics, High-performance computing
Omar Torres
   torres@tparty.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Associate Professor; Ultraviolet radiative transfer modeling, retrieval of aerosol properties
Tamás Várnai
   varnai@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Assistant Professor; Cloud optical properties

Adjunct Professors

Robert F. Cahalan
    Robert.F.Cahalan@nasa.gov
Adjunct Professor & Head of NASA/GSFC Climate and Radiation Branch; Climate modeling, radiative transfer, remote sensing, multi-angle LIDAR
Belay B. Demoz
   belay.b.demoz@nasa.gov
Research Associate Professor; Lidar, mesoscale meteorology
Alexis Finoguenov
   alexis@xray.mpe.mpg.de
Adjunct Assistant Professor [JCA]; Clusters of Galaxies
Mike Krainak
   {unknown}
Adjunct Professor;
Alexander Marshak
   marshak@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
Adjunct Professor; Radiative transfer in the atmosphere and vegetation
Amir Najmi
   {unknown}
Adjunct Professor;
Steven Platnick
   platnick@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov
Adjunct Professor; Cloud physics, remote sensing
Joe Sedlak
   {unknown}
Adjunct Professor;
Joel A. Sinksy
   R1J2sinsk@aol.com
Adjunct Professor; Undersea acoustics, physics education
Harry Winsor
   hwinsor@umbc.edu
Adjunct Professor; Nanotechnology

Professors Emeriti

S. Harvey Melfi
   {unknown}
Professor
Joseph Mulligan
   {unknown}
Professor
Robert L. Rasera
   rasera@umbc.edu
Associate Chair; Perturbed angular correlation, spectroscopy, structure of materials


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