Faculty

Anderson, Eric

Teaching Professor

Undergraduate Program Director

Physics 320

andersoe@umbc.edu

410-455-5823

Anzà, Fabio

Assistant Professor

Physics 413

Complex Quantum Systems

fanza@umbc.edu

410-455-2450

Ataca, Can

Associate Professor

Graduate Program Director – Physics

Physics, Room 315

STEAM Lab

ataca@umbc.edu

410-455-2821

Barbosa, Henrique

Associate Professor

Graduate Program Director – Atmospheric Physics

Physics 416

Barbosa Group

hbarbosa@umbc.edu

410-455-1248

Cui, Lili

Teaching Professor

Physics 321

lili@umbc.edu

 410-455-2535

Deffner, Sebastian

Associate Professor

Chair of Admissions, Physics Graduate Program

Physics 311

Quantum Thermodynamics Group

deffner@umbc.edu

410-455-1972

Demoz, Belay

Professor

Associate Director of GESTARII

Physics 427

Demoz Group

bdemoz@umbc.edu

410-455-2715

Diederich, Geoffrey

Assistant Professor

Office: Physics 412

Diederich Lab: Physics 406C & D

gdieder2@umbc.edu

410-455-1458

Foord, Adi

Assistant Professor

Physics 316

Foord Research Group

foord@umbc.edu

410-455-1856

Georganopoulos, Markos

Associate Professor

Physics 409

Meyer/Georganopoulos Research Group

georgano@umbc.edu

410-455-8149

Gonzales, Daniel

Assistant Teaching Professor

Physics 324

dpgonzales@umbc.edu

410-455-1943

Goolsby-Cole, Cody

Associate Teaching Professor

Physics 323

cagc@umbc.edu

410-455-1981

Gougousi, Theodosia

Professor

Office: Physics 317

Materials Physics Lab: Physics 334B

gougousi@umbc.edu

410-455-6874

Henriksen, Mark

Associate Professor

Physics 404

Henriksen Astrophysics Group

henrikse@umbc.edu

410-455-1980

Johnson, Anthony

Professor

Director of CASPR

TRC Building, Room 029

Kestner, Jason

Professor

Associate Chair

Physics 217

Kestner Group

jkestner@umbc.edu

410-455-2597

Martins, J. Vanderlei

Professor

Office: Physics 429

Earth and Space Institute: Physics 006A, 304B & 405

Meyer, Eileen

Professor

Physics 312

Meyer/Georganopoulos Research Group

meyer@umbc.edu

410-455-2534

Owen, Benjamin

Professor

Physics 426

bjowen@umbc.edu

410-455-1951

Pelton, Matthew

Professor

Department Chair

Office: Physics 218

Laboratory for Optical Studies of Nanoscale Physics: Physics 306B

mpelton@umbc.edu

Office: 410-455-2532

Lab: 410-455-3068

Pittman, Todd

Professor

Office: Physics 318

Quantum Information Group: Physics 304C & D

todd.pittman@umbc.edu
410-455-8114

Rocha Lima, Adriana

Assistant Professor

Office: Physics 425

Laboratory for Atmospheric Studies and Particle Light Interaction: Physics 406A

limadri1@umbc.edu

410-455-6231

Senichev, Alexander

Assistant Professor

Office: Physics 309

Lab: Physics 306C & 307

Shih, Yanhua

Professor

Office: Physics 310

Quantum Optics Laboratory: Physics 010 & 011

shih@umbc.edu

410-455-2558

Suárez-Forero, Daniel

Assistant Professor

Office: Physics 410

Quantum Optics of Correlated Materials: Physics 406B

suarez@umbc.edu

Zhai, Pengwang

Professor

Chair of Admissions, Atmospheric Physics Graduate Program

Physics 313

Atmospheric and Ocean Optics Group

pwzhai@umbc.edu

410-455-3682

Zhang, Zhibo

Professor

Director of GPHI

Physics 418

Aerosol, Cloud, Radiation-Observation and Simulation (ACROS) Group

zhibo.zhang@umbc.edu

410-455-6315

Craig, Susanne

Affiliate Professor

GESTAR II

McBride, Brent

Affiliate Assistant Professor

Earth Space Institute

Song, Qianqian

Affiliate Assistant Professor

GESTAR II

Zhang, Haocheng

Affiliate Assistant Professor

CSST

Borda, Roberto

Assistant Research Scientist

GESTAR II

Cieslak, Dominik

Engineer

GESTAR II

DeSouza-Machado, Sergio

Associate Research Scientist

Office: Physics 430

GESTAR II

sergio@umbc.edu

410-455-1944

Kalsi, Tara

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Mentor: Dr. Sebastian Deffner

Physics 411

Quantum Thermodynamics Group

tkalsi@umbc.edu

Oda, Yasuo

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Mentor: Dr. Jason Kestner

Physics 408

Kestner Group

Rajbhandari, Binod

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Owen

Physics 423

Varnai, Tamas

Research Professor

NASA/GSFC

GESTAR II

varnai@umbc.edu

301-614-6408

Xu, Xiaoguang (Richard)

Research Associate Professor

Physics 328

GESTAR II

Cole, Dan

Adjunct Professor

US Army Research Office

daniel.p.cole.civ@army.mil

Sparks, William

Adjunct Professor

SETI Institute

wsparks@seti.org

wbsparks@umbc.edu

Franson, James

Professor Emeritus

Physics 314

Quantum Information Group

jfranson@umbc.edu

410-455-8115

Hayden, L. Michael

Professor Emeritus

Hoff, Raymond

Professor Emeritus

Kramer, Ivan

Associate Professor Emeritus

McCann, Kevin

Associate Professor Emeritus

Melfi, Harvey

Professor Emeritus

Reno, Robert

Associate Professor Emeritus

Rubin, Morton

Professor Emeritus

Strow, L. Larrabee

Physics Professor Emeritus

Currently a Senior Research Scientist with GESTAR II

strow@umbc.edu

Summers, Geoffrey

Professor Emeritus

Turner, T. Jane

Professor Emeritus

Worchesky, Terrance

Associate Professor Emeritus

Wu, En-Shinn

Associate Professor Emeritus