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  • Faculty headshot of Paul Oxley.

    Paul Oxley

    Associate Professor, Department Chair
    Areas of Expertise Experimental atomic physics: Ion-atom collision studies, specifically experimental studies of charge transfer collisions with applications to astrophysical and fusion plasma research. Laser spectroscopy of highly-excited atoms for tests of the theory of quantum electrodynamics.
  • Källan Berglund

    Källan Berglund

    Visiting Assistant Professor
    Areas of Expertise Quantum gravity, astrophysics, and physics pedagogy., Quantum-corrected black holes: building spacetime models, investigating their properties, and exploring potential predictions., Physics pedagogy interests include measuring the impact of building inclusive communities in Introductory Physics courses.
  • Headshot of Shreyashi Chakdar.

    Shreyashi Chakdar

    Associate Professor
    Areas of Expertise Theoretical Particle Physics, model building and phenomenology in physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM) including Dark matter, Neutrino, Cosmology, Astroparticle Physics and Effective field theories.
  • Benjamin Kain

    Ben Kain

    Professor
    Areas of Expertise Theoretical particle physics and cosmology -- dark matter; numerical relativity. Theoretical atomic and molecular physics -- ultracold atoms. Bose-Einstein condensation; superfluidity.
  • Klaida Kashuri

    Klaida Kashuri

    Visiting Assistant Professor
    Areas of Expertise Experimental Biophysics and Physical Chemistry : order-disorder phenomena in condensed matter with a focus in liquid crystal phase transition and complex fluid dynamics within biological systems, ketone assays and nano biosensors for glucose detection.
  • Headshot of Matthew Koss.

    Matthew Koss

    Professor
    Areas of Expertise Experimental condensed matter and materials physics — dendritic growth; kinetics and morphology of solidification; experimentation in "microgravity"
  • Ryan Kozlowski

    Ryan Kozlowski

    Assistant Professor
    Areas of Expertise Experimental soft matter physics — impact, flow, and jamming of granular materials.
  • Tomohiko Narita

    Tomohiko Narita

    Associate Professor, Dean for the Class of 2029
    Areas of Expertise Experimental astrophysics — observations of low-mass X-ray binaries; development of X-ray satellite instrumentation.
  • Headshot of Timothy Roach.

    Timothy Roach

    Professor, Engineering Program Advisor
    Areas of Expertise Experimental atomic physics — laser manipulation of ultracold atoms; high-precision atomic spectroscopy.