Physics Department New Members Since 2002


  • Dr. Doreen Wackeroth (2002), PhD University of Karlsruhe; high energy theory, Standard Model phenomenology

  • Dr. Xuedong Hu (2002), PhD University of Michigan; condensed matter theory, quantum computing.

  • Dr. William Kinney (2003), PhD University of Colorado; cosmology and particle astrophysics.

  • Dr. Jong Han (2003), PhD Ohio State University; condensed matter theory, quantum transport.

  • Dr. Hao Zeng (2004), PhD University of Nebraska; condensed matter experiment, magnetism.

  • Dr. Avtandyl Kharchilava (2005), PhD Tbilisi State University; high energy experiment, D0 and CMS collaboration.

  • Dr. Ia Iashvili (2005), PhD Humboldt University.; high energy experiment, D0 and CMS collaboration.

  • Dr. Peihong Zhang (2005), PhD Pennsylvania State University; condensed matter theory, electronic structure theory, nanomaterials.

  • Dr. Igor Zutic (2005), PhD University of Minnesota; condensed matter theory, spintronics.

  • Dr. Jorge Jose (2005, Vice President for Research), PhD Universida Autonoma Nacional de Mexico; condensed matter theory, neuroscience

  • Dr. Karl Ecklund (2006), PhD Stanford University; high energy experiment, CMS collaboration.

  • Dr. Arnd Pralle (2006), PhD EMBL, Heidelberg; experimental biophysics, membrane processes.

  • Dr. Sambandamurthy Ganapathy (2006), PhD Indian Institute of Science; experimental condensed matter, physics of nanostructures.

  • Dr. Dejan Stojkovic (2007), PhD Case Western Reserve Universitity; General Relativity, Particle Physics, Field Theory, Cosmology.

  • Dr. Wenjun Zheng (2007), PhD Stanford Univ.; Biophysics, Bioinformatics.

  • Dr. Gottfried Strasser (2007), PhD University of Innsbruck (Austria); Optelectronic devices, semiconductor technology, nano science