Name Area of Emphasis
Guenter Ahlers
Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
Benjamin Aleman
Postdoctoral Fellow
James Allen
Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
Robert Antonucci
Professor
Astrophysics and Cosmology
David Awschalom
Adjunct
Professor
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
Leon Balents
Professor
KITP Permanent Member
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
Rick Barber
Systems and Network Administrator
As a member of Physics Computing Services, provides end-user support for workstations, networks and servers.
Derek Barge
Graduate Student
Paul Barrett
Professor Emeritus
Danielle Bassett
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jonathan BenTov
Graduate Student
David Berenstein
Associate Professor
High Energy Theoretical Physics
June Betancourt
Academic Personnel
Responsible for the management of academic personnel and student affairs units of the Physics department.
Tengiz Bibilashvili
Lecturer
Physics Instruction
Lars Bildsten
Professor
KITP Director
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Omer Blaes
Professor
Chair
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Dirk Bouwmeester
Professor
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
John Bradmiller Feld
Graduate Student
Heidi Bratt
Financial Area Assistant
Provides administrative support in the financial unit including postdoctoral fellowship appointments, visa preparation and processing, extramural accounting and effort reporting.
Daniel Bridges
Laboratory Assistant
Provides support to the lower and upper division Physics instructional laboratories.
Jared Brooks
Graduate Student
Frank Brown
Professor
Biophysics
Tim Brown
Adjunct
LCOGT Scientific Director
Astrophysics and Cosmology
David Caldwell
Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
High Energy Experimental Physics
Gregory Calusine
Graduate Student
Brian Camley
Graduate Student
Claudio Campagnari
Professor
High Energy Experimental Physics
David Cannell
Professor Emeritus
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
Jennifer Cano
Graduate Student
Jean Carlson
Professor
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
Debbie Ceder
Faculty Assistant
Provides administrative support to faculty and their associated research groups.
Michael Champion
Graduate Student
Ru Chen
Graduate Student
David Christle
Graduate Student
Andrew Cleland
Professor
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
Wim van Dam
Associate Professor
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
Tom Danielson
Postdoctoral Fellow
Michael Deal
Building Manager
Responsible for the management of all facilities associated with the Physics department as well as laboratory safety. Serves as liaison to Physical Facilities and Environmental Health & Safety. Oversees department Purchasing, Receiving and Storeroom.
Jean Dill
Undergraduate Advisor
Serves as Undergraduate Advisor, working with students and faculty in all aspects of undergraduate education.
Adam Dishaw
Graduate Student
Greg Dobler
Postdoctoral Fellow
Diana Dragomir
Postdoctoral Fellow
Andrew Dunsworth
Graduate Student
Jeffrey Dutter
Machine Shop Manager
Responsible for the management of the Physics Machine Shop which provides engineering services, consultation, design, fabrication and machining for research and instruction projects.
Eric Dzienkowski
Graduate Student
Douglas Eardley
Professor
Gravitational Physics
Jason Eastman
Postdoctoral Fellow
Corinne Echevarria
Faculty Assistant
Devin Edwards
Graduate Student
Martin Einhorn
Adjunct
KITP Deputy Director
High Energy Theoretical Physics
Robert Eisberg
Professor Emeritus
Ahmed Elbanna
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dominic Else
Graduate Student
Netta Engelhardt
Graduate Student
Jennifer Farrar
Graduate Advisor
Serves as Graduate Advisor, working with students and faculty in all aspects of graduate student education, including admissions.
Ron Ferril
Graduate Student
Sebastian Fischetti
Graduate Student
Matthew Fisher
Professor
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
William Flaherty
Graduate Student
Kristen Flowers
Graduate Student
Amanda Fournier
Graduate Student
Manuel Franco Sevilla
Postdoctoral Fellow
Keith Fratus
Graduate Student
Roger Freedman
Lecturer
Physics Instruction
Jose Fulco
Professor Emeritus
Deborah Fygenson
Associate Professor
Biophysics
James Garrison
Graduate Student
Paul Geffert
Graduate Student
Robert Geller
Lecturer
Physics Instruction
Alex George
Graduate Student
Marian Ghilea
Postdoctoral Fellow
Steven Giddings
Professor
High Energy Theoretical Physics
Frank Golf
Postdoctoral Fellow
Louis Grace
Instructional Lecture Demo Coordinator
Responsible for the coordination, setup and updating of all Physics instructional lecture demonstrations.
Melissa Graham
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jason Gran
Graduate Student
David Gross
Professor
KITP Permanent Member
High Energy Theoretical Physics
Sathya Guruswamy
Lecturer
Physics Instruction
Carl Gwinn
Professor
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Elisabeth Gwinn
Professor
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
Jenna Hagemeier
Graduate Student
Sandra Hammonds
Financial Manager
Responsible for the management of the financial unit of the Physics department which includes accounting, contract & grant proposal and administration, payroll and personnel management, and department recharges.
Helen Hansma
Researcher
Paul Hansma
Professor Emeritus
Biophysics
James Hartle
Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
Gravitational Physics
Gavin Hartnett
Graduate Student
Scott Haselschwardt
Graduate Student
Richard Haynie
Graduate Student
Alan Heeger
Professor
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
Sebastian Hoenig
Postdoctoral Fellow
Daniel Hone
Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
Gary Horowitz
Professor
Gravitational Physics
Andy Howell
Adjunct
LCOGT Staff Scientist
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Greg Huber
Adjunct
KITP Deputy Director
Biological Physics
Joseph Incandela
Professor
High Energy Experimental Physics
Nabil Iqbal
Postdoctoral Fellow
Vincent Jaccarino
Professor Emeritus
Amy Jacobs
Personnel Analyst
Responsible for all personnel and payroll activities for the Department of Physics.
Ania Jayich
Assistant Professor
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
Michael Johnson
Graduate Student
Tucker Jones
Postdoctoral Fellow
Brendan Keller
Graduate Student
Brandon Kelly
Postdoctoral Fellow
Younghyun Kim
Graduate Student
Walter Kohn
Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
Dmytro Kovalski
Postdoctoral Fellow
Steve Kreyer
Development Technician
Provides technician support to various projects at CERN.
Kevin Kuns
Graduate Student
Suzanne Kyre
Senior Development Engineer
Responsible for engineering design, fabrication and installation of experiments for the High Energy Physics group
James Langer
Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
Vyacheslav (Slava) Lebedev
Postdoctoral Fellow
Kenneth Lee
Graduate Student
Lap-yan Leung
Computer System Manager, HEP
Responsible for the computing, networking and related systems of the High Energy Physics group
Everett Lipman
Associate Professor
Experimental Biological Physics
Steven Lowette
Postdoctoral Fellow
Philip Lubin
Professor
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Andreas Ludwig
Professor
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
Ricardo Magana-Villalba
Postdoctoral Fellow
Guido Magazzu
Researcher
Design and development of Integrated Circuits and FPGA based control and data acquisition systems for applications in High Energy Physics experiments.
Ramsey Majzoub
Graduate Student
Daniel Malinow
Graduate Student
Madhav Mani
Postdoctoral Fellow
Donald Marolf
Professor
Gravitational Physics
Crystal Martin
Professor
Astrophysics and Cosmology
John Martinis
Professor
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
Benjamin Mazin
Assistant Professor
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Nickolas McColl
Graduate Student
Lynnette McCoy
Contract and Grant Analyst
Serves as the Extramural Funds Analyst works with faculty and researchers on contract and grant proposal preparation and pre- through post-award administration.
Dustin McIntosh
Graduate Student
Claire McLellan
Graduate Student
Eric Mefford
Graduate Student
Peter Meinhold
Researcher
Ryan Mishmash
Graduate Student
Benjamin Monreal
Assistant Professor
High Energy Experimental Physics
Eun Gook Moon
Postdoctoral Fellow
Kevin Moore
Graduate Student
David Morrison
Professor
Mathematical Physics
Rollin Morrison
Professor Emeritus
High Energy Experimental Physics
Alex Morriss-Andrews
Graduate Student
Sam Mullin
Graduate Student
Bryan Myers
Graduate Student
Chetan Nayak
Professor
Microsoft Station Q
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
Harry Nelson
Professor
Vice Chair
High Energy Experimental Physics
Hieu Nguyen
Graduate Student
Anna Nierenberg
Graduate Student
Peter O'Malley
Graduate Student
Hugh O'Neill
Lecturer
Alumni
Peng Oh
Associate Professor
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Daniel Ouellette
Graduate Student
Anna Pancoast
Graduate Student
Guy Patterson
Student Machine Shop Supervisor
As a machinist, works with faculty and researchers to design and fabricate apparatus. Manages the student machine shop and instructs on use of tools, equipment and safety.
Gregory Peairs
Graduate Student
Stanton Peale
Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Brian Pepper
Graduate Student
Erik Perkins
Graduate Student
Philip Pincus
Professor
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
Robert Pizzi
Instructional Lab Manager
Responsible for the management, coordination and supervision of lower and upper division instructional laboratories, including lecture demonstrations.
Joseph Polchinski
Professor
KITP Permanent Member
High Energy Theoretical Physics
David Prine
Purchasing Manager
Responsible for the operation of the Physics Purchasing and Receiving units.
Elijah Quetin
Graduate Student
Shankari Rajagopal
Graduate Student
Connor Randall
Staff Research Associate
Lab Manager for the Hansma Research Group
Doug Rehn
Assistant Development Engineer
As a machinist, works with faculty and researchers to design and fabricate apparatus.
Jeffrey Richman
Professor
High Energy Experimental Physics
Francesc Roig
Senior Lecturer Emeritus
Physics Instruction
Karina Roitman
Graduate Student
Wayne Rosing
Senior Fellows
LCOGT Technical Director & President
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Roberto Rossin
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ishai Rubin
Graduate Student
Cyrus Safinya
Professor
Biophysics
Daniel Sank
Graduate Student
Jorge Santos
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lucile Savary
Graduate Student
Raymond Sawyer
Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
Douglas Scalapino
Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
Glenn Schiferl
Director, PCS
Responsible for the management of Physics Computing Services including networking, installation, troubleshooting and user support. Manages the Voice over IP system.
Kimberly Schlesinger
Graduate Student
Kasper Schmidt
Postdoctoral Fellow
Chris Seaton
Faculty Assistant
Provides administrative support for Dr. Walter Kohn
Andy Segale
Assistant Development Engineer
As a machinist, works with faculty and researchers to design and fabricate apparatus.
Joan-Emma Shea
Professor
Biophysics
Mark Sheckherd
Assistant Development Engineer
As a welder, works with faculty and researchers to design and fabricate apparatus.
Mark Sherwin
Professor
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
Yinbo Shi
Graduate Student
Stacy Shiffler
Graduate Student
Boris Shraiman
Professor
KITP Permanent Member
Biophysics
Jennifer Sirak
Graduate Student
Scott Smith
Senior Clerk
Provides general assistance to the Physics Machine Shop and Material Management unit.
Alessandro Sonnenfeld
Graduate Student
Mark Srednicki
Professor
High Energy Theoretical Physics
Daniel Stack
Storeroom Manager
Responsible for the operation of the Physics Storeroom as well as building keys and doorcodes.
Mario Stipcevic
Researcher
David Stuart
Professor
High Energy Experimental Physics
Robert Sugar
Professor Emeritus
Research Professor
High Energy Theoretical Physics
James Sully
Graduate Student
Donald Suntrup
Graduate Student
Chris Takacs
Graduate Student
Wing To
Graduate Student
Tommaso Treu
Professor
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Shilo Tucker
Academic Business Officer
Responsible for the administrative management of the Physics department.
Gerhard Ulbricht
Postdoctoral Fellow
Amit Vainsencher
Graduate Student
Jatila van der Veen
Researcher
Julian van Eyken
Researcher
William Walker
Professor Emeritus
Aron Wall
Postdoctoral Fellow
Matthew Weaver
Graduate Student
David Weld
Assistant Professor
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
James Wenner
Graduate Student
Christopher West
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dean White
Senior Development Engineer
Serves as Project Manager to the High Energy Physics group.
Theodore White
Graduate Student
Cristina Wilson
Financial Analyst
As a member of the financial unit, manages accounts within the recharge database and assists with accounting, extramural fund administration and payroll.
Pierre Wiltzius
Professor
Dean, MLPS
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics
Jessica Wirts
Faculty Assistant
Provides administrative support to faculty and their associated research groups.
Michael Witherell
Professor
Vice Chancellor, Research
High Energy Experimental Physics
Connor Wolf
Laboratory Helper
Member of Lubin Group laboratory staff
William Wolf
Graduate Student
Cenke Xu
Assistant Professor
Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics
Christopher Yale
Graduate Student
Andrew Yeats
Graduate Student
Catherine Yeh
Graduate Student
Anthony Zee
Professor
High Energy Theoretical Physics
Andrea Zonca
Postdoctoral Fellow