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Faculty 
Glenn Bateman
Research Professor
Ph.D. (Princeton, 1970)
Theoretical and computational plasma physics.
417 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5733,glb4@lehigh.edu
Ivan Biaggio
Associate Professor
Ph.D. (ETH (Switzerland), 1993)
Experimental solid state physics, nonlinear optics
415 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-4916,biaggio@lehigh.edu
Garold Borse  
Professor Emeritus 
Ph.D. (Virginia, 1966) 
Nuclear theory. Investigation of anomalous properties of spherical-vibrational nuclei using the techniques of boson expansion. 
413 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3903, gjb2@lehigh.edu 
Gary G. DeLeo  
Professor 
Ph.D. (Connecticut, 1979) 
Theoretical solid state physics. Electronic structure of deep-level defects in semiconductors using molecular orbital theory and molecular dynamics. 
216 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3930, lgd0@lehigh.edu 
Volkmar Dierolf
Professor and Chair
Ph.D. (Utah, 1992)
Solid state physics and integrated optics.
209 Fairchild and 214 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3915,vod2@lehigh.edu
Robert T. Folk  
Professor 
Ph.D. (Lehigh, 1958) 
Theory of very light nuclei. Elastic properties of solids. 

406 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3908, rtf1@lehigh.edu 
W. Beall Fowler  
Professor Emeritus 
Ph.D. (Rochester, 1963) 
Theoretical solid state physics. Calculations of electronic properties of defects in insulators and semiconductors using molecular orbital theory. Theory of defects near oxide-semiconductor interfaces. 

207 Fairchild, (610) 758-3947, wbf0@lehigh.edu 
James D. Gunton  
Professor 
Ph.D. (Stanford, 1967) 
Theoretical statistical physics. Kinetics of first-order phase transitions and the development of order from disorder. Pattern formation in nonlinear nonequilibrium systems. 
418 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3959, jdg4@lehigh.edu 
A. Peet Hickman  
Professor 
Ph.D. (Rice, 1973) 
Theoretical atomic and molecular physics. Quantum mechanical calculations of atom-atom collisions important in the atmosphere. Molecular dynamics calculations of collisions involving carbon fullerenes. 

404 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3917, aph2@lehigh.edu 
John P. Huennekens  
Professor 
Ph.D. (Colorado, 1982) 
Experimental atomic and molecular physics. Studies of collisional processes in atomic vapors including excitation transfer, energy pooling, velocity-changing collisions, and line broadening. 

411 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3926, jph7@lehigh.edu 
Alvin S. Kanofsky  
Professor 
Ph.D. (Pennsylvania, 1966) 
High-energy experimental physics. 

410 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3911, ask0@lehigh.edu 
Yong W. Kim  
Professor 
Ph.D. (Michigan, 1968) 
Experimental atomic and statistical physics. Interaction of high-power lasers with plasmas and plasmas. Self-organized criticality and 1/f dynamics in granular media. 

403 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3922, ywk0@lehigh.edu 
Arnold H. Kritz  
Professor 
Ph.D. (Yale, 1961) 
Theoretical and computational plasma physics. Studies of heating and transport effects in magnetically confined toroidal plasmas. Research is closely related to experiments at major fusion laboratories. 

402 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5136, ahk3@lehigh.edu 
Jerome Licini  
Associate Professor 
Ph.D. (M.I.T., 1987) 
Experimental solid state physics. Quantum transport behavior of electrons. Conduction in ultra-small silicon MOSFETs and gallium-arsenide devices at low temperature and high magnetic field. 

408 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5137, jcl3@lehigh.edu
 
George E. McCluskey, Jr.    
Professor 
Ph.D. (Pennsylvania, 1965) 
Binary stars. Space astronomy. 

409 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3721, cgm0@lehigh.edu 
M. Virginia McSwain  
Assistant Professor 
Ph.D. (Georgia State, 2004) 
Observational astronomy and astrophysics. Optical spectroscopy and photometry of massive stars, X-ray binaries, and Be stars.  

405 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5322, mcswain@lehigh.edu 
Daniel Ou-Yang  
Professor 
Ph.D. (UCLA, 1985) 
Experimental studies of complex fluids such as polymer solutions, colloidal suspensions, and surfactant solutions. Kinetic, structure, and thermodynamics of polymers at liquid-solid interfaces. 

206 Fairchild, (610) 758-3920, hdo0@lehigh.edu 
Shelden H. Radin  
Professor Emeritus 
Ph.D. (Yale, 1963) 
Retired. 

409 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3919, shr0@lehigh.edu 
Jeffrey M. Rickman  
Professor 
Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon, 1984) 
Development of computer simulation methodologies for describing fluids and solids, determination of the elastic properties of defects and the kinetics of phase transformations.  

5 Whitaker Lab, (610) 758-4236, jmr6@lehigh.edu 
Slava V. Rotkin    
Assistant Professor 
Ph.D. (Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1997) 
Physics of nanoscale/molecular devices and nano-bio systems. Multiscale modeling, experimental characterization with atomic resolution.  See www or mirror site.

414 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3904, rotkin@lehigh.edu 
Russell A. Shaffer  
Professor Emeritus 
Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins, 1962) 
Theoretical physics. 

405 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3927, ras3@lehigh.edu 
Michael Stavola  
Professor 
Ph.D. (Rochester, 1980) 
Experimental solid state physics. Vibrational spectroscopy and uniaxial stress techniques are used to study point defects in semiconductors. 

211 Fairchild, (610) 758-3946, mjsa@lehigh.edu 
Jean Toulouse  
Professor 
Ph.D. (Columbia, 1981) 
Experimental solid state physics. Structural and ferroelectric phase transitions is disordered or partially ordered crystals. High Tc superconductivity. Dynamic effects of defect motion in solids. 

208 Fairchild, (610) 758-3960, jt02@lehigh.edu 
Dimitrios Vavylonis   
Assistant Professor 
Ph.D. (Columbia, 2000) 
Theoretical biophysics. Kinetics and thermodynamics of actin filament assembly. Dynamics of the cytoskeleton during cell division.  

407 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3724, vavylonis@lehigh.edu 
George D. Watkins  
Professor Emeritus 
Ph.D. (Harvard, 1952) 
Experimental solid state physics. Studies of point defects in elemental and compound semiconductors. Magnetic resonance and optical spectroscopy in solids. 

209 Fairchild, (610) 758-3961, gdw0@lehigh.edu 

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Staff

Staff  

Cereghetti, Paola

401 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3910, cereghetti@lehigh.edu

Ferencin, Wayne

303A Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3905, wf01@lehigh.edu

Gescek, Pamela

214 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3930, pjn0@lehigh.edu

Glueckstein, Jon

401 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3910, jcg3@lehigh.edu

Gregoris, John

153 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3923, jmg7@lehigh.edu

Groff, Lois

214 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3931, lg00@lehigh.edu

Ha, Chungil

124 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5720, cih209@lehigh.edu

Huang, Chien-Hua

120 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-6596, chh309@lehigh.edu

Lin, Aoxiang

120 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-6596, aol208@lehigh.edu

Liu, Ya

327 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3924

Loomis, John

416 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-4915, jol206@lehigh.edu

Pankin, Akexei

427 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5290, alp3@lehigh.edu

Perez Lopez, Anthony

327 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3924

Rafiq, Tariq

427 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5290, tar207@lehigh.edu

Rankin, Diane

326 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-6541, drr2@lehigh.edu

Veksler, Alex

413 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3903, alv309@lehigh.edu

Veltchev, Iavor

107 Sherman Fairchild Lab, (610 758-4723, itv2@lehigh.edu

Wei, Ming-Tzo (Steve)

124 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5720, miw206@lehigh.edu

White, Rich

303A Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3967, row0@lehigh.edu

Yusuf, Eddy

413 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3903, edy209@lehigh.edu

Zelinski, Joe

103 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3906, jaz0@lehigh.edu

 

 

 

Graduate Students  

Abraham, Andrew

304 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5139, aja208@lehigh.edu

Aragona, Christina

304 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5139, cha206@lehigh.edu

Ashman, Seth

302 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3963, sta305@lehigh.edu

Beels, Marten

307 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5140, mtb308@lehigh.edu

Bekisli, Figen

306 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3918, fib208@lehigh.edu

Belony, Paul

154 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-4033, pab3@lehigh.edu

Cai, Ling

303 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3901, lic509@lehigh.edu

Cress, Ryan

165 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-6754, rpc208@lehigh.edu

Drake, Tyler

419 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-2497, tgd206@lehigh.edu

Faust, Carl

303 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3937, cef209@lehigh.edu

Han, Peize

303 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3937, peh209@lehigh.edu

Hu, Yi

521 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3929, yih207@lehigh.edu

Ignatova, Tetyana

517 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-2899, tei207@lehigh.edu

Irkhin, Pavel

307 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5140, pai207@lehigh.edu

Jackson, Daniel

107 Sherman Fairchild Lab, (610) 758-4723, dkj207@lehigh.edu

Jones, Joshua

303 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3937, jaj209@lehigh.edu

Junio, Joseph

521 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3929, joj205@lehigh.edu

Kashinski, David

302 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3963, dakc@lehigh.edu

Knorr, Brian

308 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3907, bmk209@lehigh.edu

Lafontaine, Corey

306 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3918, cal308@lehigh.edu

Laporta, Philip

307 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5140, prl205@lehigh.edu

Li, Wei

327 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3924, wel208@lehigh.edu

Lyu, ByungGook

307 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5140, byl205@lehigh.edu

Malenda, Ruth

302 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3963, rfm206@lehigh.edu

Marsh, Amber

304 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5139, anm506@lehigh.edu

McGeehan, Brett

306 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3918, bmm205@lehigh.edu

Nie, Wei

307 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5104, wen208@lehigh.edu

Ojkic, Nikola

419 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-2497, nro207@lehigh.edu

Peng, Chao

101 Sherman Fairchild Lab, (610) 758-3943, chp205@lehigh.edu

Pirbhai, Massooma

303 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3901, map408@lehigh.edu

Poplawsky, Jonathan

325 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5764, jdp207@lehigh.edu

Regmi, Abhishesh

307 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5140, abr206@lehigh.edu

Roettenbacher, Rachael

304 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5139, rmr207@lehigh.edu

Scimeca, Michelle

307 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5140, mis405@lehigh.edu

Smith, Matthew

419 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-2497, mbs207@lehigh.edu

Stempo, Joseph

308 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3907, jrs309@lehigh.edu

Stephens, Jeff

125 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5718, jds304@lehigh.edu

Stone, Greg

325 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5764, gas5@lehigh.edu

Tayo, Benjamin

517 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-2899, bot207@lehigh.edu

Tupa, Peter

303 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3937, pet205@lehigh.edu

Wang, Jingyu

124 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5720, jiw507@lehigh.edu

Wang, Yilei

325 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5764, yiw208@lehigh.edu

Wen, Lanlin

101 Sherman Fairchild Lab, (610) 758-3943, law305@lehigh.edu

Wentz, Cassi

303 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3901, crw209@lehigh.edu

Wolfe, Christopher

302 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3963, cmw205@lehigh.edu

Woodward, Nathaniel

325 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5764, naw205@lehigh.edu

Zhang, Haoxiang

306 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-3918, haz207@lehigh.edu

Zhou, Liangcheng

325 Lewis Lab, (610) 758-5764, liz304@lehigh.edu

                        
                        
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