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::  Department Chair Announcements  (updatetd 8.15.2007)

::  Faculty Honors and Awards   (updated 5.7.2009)

::  Faculty Listing by Alphabetical (updated 10.19.2009)

::  Faculty Listing by Academic Title (updated 10.19.2009)

::  Faculty Listing by Research / Specialty Area  (updated 10.19.2009)

::  2009-2010 Faculty Teaching Assignments  (updated 10.19.2009)

::  Freshman Seminar (University Studies) Teaching Assignments (updatetd 4.14.2008)

::  Faculty Handbook (updated 7.8.2008)

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Jason Alicea, Assistant
Professor
·   theoretical elementary particle physics

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Myron Bander,
Research/Emeritus Professor (Ph.D. Columbia University)
·   theoretical condensed matter physics

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Aaron Barth,
Assistant Professor (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley)
·   astrophysics

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Elizabeth Barton,
Assistant Professor (Ph.D. Harvard University)
·    observational cosmology & astrophysics/astronomy

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Steven Barwick,
Professor  (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley)
·   experimental particle astrophysics
Also see:  AMANDA - Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (
http://www.amanda.uci.edu) and
ANITA - 
Antarctic Impulse Transient Antenna (http://www.ps.uci.edu/~anita)

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Gregory A. Benford,
Professor Emeritus (Ph.D. University of California, San Diego)
·   theoretical plasma physics and theoretical astrophysics

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James Bullock,
Associate Professor (Ph.D. University of California Santa Cruz)
·   theoretical astrophysics and cosmology

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David A. Buote,
Associate Professor (Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
·   observational astrophysics and cosmology

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Kieron Burke, Professor (Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara)
·   theoretical condensed matter physics

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David Casper,
Associate Professor (Ph.D. University of Michigan)
·   experimental particle physics

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Gary A. Chanan,
Professor (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley)
·   observational astrophysics

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Liu Chen,
Professor (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley)
·   theoretical plasma physics

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Mu-Chun Chen, Assistant Professor ( Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder)
·   theoretical particle physics

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Alexander Chernyshev, Associate Professor (Ph.D. Russian Academy of Sciences)
·   theoretical condensed matter physics

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Philip Collins,
Assistant Professor (Ph.D. University of Berkeley)
·   experimental condensed matter physics

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Asantha Cooray,
Associate Professor (Ph.D. University of Chicago)
·   theoretical cosmology, astrophysics, and planetary science

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Michael Dennin, Professor (Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara)
·   experimental condensed matter and biological physics

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Igor Dzyaloshinskii,
Professor Emeritus (Ph.D. Institute for Physical Problems, U.S.S.R.)
·   theoretical condensed matter physics

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Jonathan Feng,
Professor (Ph.D. Stanford University)
·   theoretical particle physics and cosmology

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Zachary Fisk,
Distinguished Professor (Ph.D. University of California, San Diego)
·   experimental condensed matter

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Enrico Gratton,
Professor (Ph.D. University of Rome)
·   biomedical engineering and biological physics
  Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics


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Steven Gross,
Associate Professor, Developmental & Cell Biology (Ph.D. U of Texas at Austin)
·   biological physics

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Gultekin Gulsen, Assistant Professor in Residence, Radiological Sci.
·    medical physics and radiological sciences

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Herbert W. Hamber,
Professor (Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara)
·   theoretical elementary particle physics and general relativity

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William W. Heidbrink,
Professor (Ph.D. Princeton University)
·   experimental plasma physics

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Wilson Ho,
Professor of Physics and Chemistry (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania)
·   experimental condensed matter physics

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Herbert Hopster,
Professor (Ph.D. University of Aachen, Federal Rep. of Germany)
·  
experimental condensed matter physics

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Manoj Kaplinghat, 
Assistant Professor (Ph.D. Ohio State University)
·   theoretical cosmology and astrophysics

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David Kirkby,
Professor (Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
·   experimental particle physics

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Ilya Krivorotov,
Assistant Professor (Ph.D. University of Minnesota)
·   experimental condensed matter physics

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Andrew Lankford,
Professor (Ph.D. Yale University)
·   experimental particle physics

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Jon M. Lawrence,
Research/Emeritus Professor (Ph.D. University of Rochester)
·   experimental condensed matter physics

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Zhihong Lin,
Professor  (Ph.D. Princeton University)
·   plasma physics

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Mark A. Mandelkern,
Professor (Ph.D. Univ. of Calif., Berkeley; M.D. Univ. of Miami)
·   experimental particle and medical physics

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Alexei A. Maradudin,
Research/Emeritus Professor (Ph.D. Univ. of Bristol, England)
·   theoretical condensed matter physics

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Meinhard E. Mayer, Ph.D. Parhon Univ. (Romania),
Research/Emeritus Professor of Physics
& Mathematics
·   mathematical physics and theoretical particle physics

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Roger D. McWilliams, Ph.D. Princeton University, Professor of Physics
·   experimental plasma physics

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Douglas L. Mills,
Research/Emeritus Professor (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley)
·   theoretical condensed matter physics

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William R. Molzon,
Professor (Ph.D. University of Chicago)
·   experimental particle physics

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L. Tugan Muftuler, Assistant Professor, Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine
·   medical physics

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Orhan Nalcioglu,
Professor, Radiological Physics, & Engineering (Ph.D. Univ. of Oregon)
·   medical physics

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Riley Newman,
Research/Emeritus Professor (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley)
·   experimental particle physics and gravitational physics

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William H. Parker,
Professor and Department Chair (Ph.D. Univ, of Penn., )
·   experimental condensed matter physics

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Arvind Rajaraman,
Assistant Professor (Ph.D. Stanford University)
·   theoretical particle physics

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Thorsten Ritz,
Associate Professor (Ph.D. University of Ulm, Germany)
·   theoretical condensed matter and biological physics

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John Rosendahl, Lecturer (M.S. University of California, Irvine)

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Norman Rostoker, Research/Emeritus Professor (D.Sc. Carnegie Institute of Technology)
·  
experimental and plasma physics

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James E. Rutledge,
Professor (Ph.D. University of Illinois)
·   experimental condensed matter physics

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Nathan Rynn,
Professor Emeritus (Ph.D. Stanford University)
·   experimental plasma physics

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Jonas Schultz,
Research/Emeritus Professor (Ph.D. Columbia University)
·   experimental particle physics

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Yuri Shirman, Assistant Professor (Ph.D. UC Santa Cruz)
·   theoretical particle physics

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Dennis J. Silverman,
Professor Emeritus (Ph.D. Stanford University)
·   theoretical elementary particle physics

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 Zuzanna Siwy,
Assistant Professor (Ph.D. (summa cum laude), Silesian Univ. of Tech., Poland)
·   experimental condensed matter and biological physics

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Tammy Smecker-Hane,
Associate Professor (Ph.D. John Hopkins University)
·   observational astrophysics

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Henry W. Sobel,
Professor (Ph.D. Case Institute of Technology)
·   experimental particle physics

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Lydia Su
Assistant Professor in Residence, Radiological Sci. (Ph.D. & M.Sc. UC Irvine)
·   medical physics and radiological sciences

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Peter Taborek,
Professor (Ph.D. California Institute of Technology)
·   experimental condensed matter physics

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Anyes Taffard, Assistant Professor (
Ph.D. Liverpool University, U.K.)
·   experimental particle physics

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Timothy Tait, Assistant Professor

·   experimental particle physics
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Virginia L. Trimble,
Professor (Ph.D. California Institute of Technology)
·   theoretical astronomy, history of science, and scientometrics

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Richard F. Wallis,
Professor Emeritus (Ph.D. Catholic University of America)
·   theoretical condensed matter physics

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Gerard Van Hoven,
Professor Emeritus (Ph.D. Stanford University)
·   theoretical plasma physics and theoretical astrophysics

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Steven White,
Professor (Ph.D. Cornell University)
·   theoretical condensed matter physics

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Daniel Whiteson, Assistant Professor

·   experimental particle physics

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Ruqian Wu, Professor (Ph.D. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica)
·   theoretical condensed matter physics

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Gaurang B. Yodh,
Research/Emeritus Professor (Ph.D. University of Chicago)
·   experimental particle physics and  astrophysics

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Clare Yu, Professor (Ph.D. Princeton University)
·   theoretical condensed matter and biological physics

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For updates/corrections, please contact Alison Lara:  (alison.lara@uci.edu)

(updated 10.19.2009)




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