Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy

Pegor Aynajian, Associate Professor

PhD, University of Stuttgart, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

Specialty: Superconductivity and emerging quantum phenomena in strongly correlated electrons systems

Eric J. Cotts, Professor

BA, Cornell University; MS, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Affiliated: Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC); Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Condensed matter physics; interfacial phenomena

Ana Laura Elías Arriaga, Assistant Professor Affiliated: Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE), 

Alexey Kolmogorov, Professor

MS, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Affiliated: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS); Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Computational materials physics; development of energy materials from first principles; machine learning and evolutionary optimization

Michael J. Lawler, Associate Professor

BS, Queen's University; PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Specialty: Condensed matter physics

Wei-Cheng Lee, Associate Professor

BS, MS, National Taiwan University; PhD, University of Texas at Austin

Specialty: Condensed matter physics

Stephen L. Levy, Associate Professor

BS, University of Richmond; PhD, University of California at Santa Barbara

Affiliated: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Biofilms Research Center (BBRC); Center for Research in Advanced Sensing Technologies & Environmental Sustainability (CREATES); Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Biophysics and nanofluidics

Zhong Lin, Assistant Professor

PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Affiliated: Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Condensed matter physics

Elena Roxana Margine, Associate Professor

PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Affiliated: Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Computational methods for description and rational design of emerging materials

Jeffrey Mativetsky, Associate Professor

BS, McGill University; MS, McMaster University; PhD, McGill University

Affiliated: Center for Autonomous Solar Power (CASP); Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC); Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Organic electronics flexible electronics, nanomaterials, solar cells, and sensing

Jonathan Nale, Adjunct Lecturer

BS, The College at Brockport (SUNY); MAT, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

 

Charles A. Nelson, Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of Maryland

University Award for Excellence in Research, 1999-2000

Robert L. Pompi, Associate Professor Emeritus

BA, University at Buffalo (SUNY); PhD, Cornell University

Specialty: Condensed matter physics

Bonggu Shim, Professor

BS, Seoul National University; PhD, University of Texas at Austin

Affiliated: Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC)

Specialty: Experimental and theoretical nonlinear optics; AMO; plasma; condensed matter physics

Manuel Smeu, Associate Professor

BSc, Carleton University; MSc, University of Alberta; PhD, McGill University

Affiliated: Center for Autonomous Solar Power (CASP); First-Year Research Immersion (FRI); Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC); Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Computational physics and materials science; batteries; molecular and nano-electronics; mechanical properties of materials

Masatsugu Suzuki, Professor

BS, MS, Yokohama National University; PhD, University of Tokyo

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2009-2010

Specialty: Experimental solid state physics;  properties of semimetals; graphite intercalation compounds; high-tc superconductors and low-dimensional magnetic systems

Itsuko S. Suzuki, Adjunct Lecturer

PhD, Ochanomizu University, Japan

Christopher A. Taylor, Adjunct Lecturer

BA, MS, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

Erik M. Weiler, Adjunct Lecturer

BS, University at Albany (SUNY); MS, PhD, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

Bruce E. White, Professor

BS, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY); MS, PhD, Cornell University

Affiliated: Center for Autonomous Solar Power (CASP); First-Year Research Immersion (FRI); Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE)

Specialty: Condensed matter physics