People

Faculty

Paul Canfield
- Distinguished Professor
- Condensed Matter
canfield@iastate.edu
Chunhui Chen
- Professor
- High Energy
cchen23@iastate.edu
James Cochran
- Professor
- High Energy
jimc@iastate.edu
Jim Evans
- Professor
- Condensed Matter
- Assistant Department Chair
jevans@iastate.edu
Zhe Fei
- Associate Professor
- Condensed Matter
zfei@iastate.edu
Rebecca Flint
- Associate Professor
- Condensed Matter
flint@iastate.edu
Yuji Furukawa
- Professor
- Condensed Matter
furu@iastate.edu
John Hauptman
- Professor
- High Energy
hauptman@iastate.edu
Thomas Iadecola
- Assistant Professor
- Condensed Matter
iadecola@iastate.edu
Adam Kaminski
- Professor
- Condensed Matter
adamkam@iastate.edu
Steven Kawaler
- Distinguished Professor
- Astronomy
sdk@iastate.edu
Charles Kerton
- Associate Professor
- Astronomy
kerton@iastate.edu
Frank Krennrich
- Professor and Department Chair
- Particle Astrophysics - High Energy
krennich@iastate.edu
Robert McQueeney
- Professor
- Condensed Matter
rmcqueen@iastate.edu
Soeren Prell
- Professor
- High Energy
prell@iastate.edu
Ruslan Prozorov
- Professor
- Condensed Matter
prozorov@iastate.edu
Raquel Ribeiro
- Associate Professor
- Condensed Matter
ribeiro@iastate.edu
Marzia Rosati
- Professor
- Nuclear
mrosati@iastate.edu
Beate Schmittmann
- Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Professor
- Condensed Matter
schmittb@iastate.edu
Srimoyee Sen
- Assistant Professor
- Nuclear
srimoyee@iastate.edu
Jacob Simon
- Assistant Professor
- Astronomy
jbsimon@iastate.edu
Alex Travesset
- Professor
- Soft Condensed Matter
- Nanoscience
- All things nanoparticles
trvsst@iastate.edu
Michael Tringides
- Professor
- Condensed Matter
mctringi@iastate.edu
Kirill Tuchin
- Professor
- Nuclear
tuchin@iastate.edu
James Vary
- Professor
- Nuclear
jvary@iastate.edu
Jigang Wang
- Professor
- Condensed Matter
jgwang@iastate.edu
Amanda Weinstein
- Associate Professor
- Astronomy
- High Energy
amandajw@iastate.edu
Matthew Wetstein
- Associate Professor
- High Energy
wetstein@iastate.edu

Research Term Faculty

Vladimir Antropov
- Adjunct Professor
- Condensed Matter
antropov@iastate.edu
Rana Biswas
- Adjunct Professor
- Condensed Matter
biswasr@iastate.edu
Sergey Bud'ko
- Adjunct Professor
- Condensed Matter
budko@iastate.edu
Thomas Koschny
- Adjunct Professor
- Condensed Matter
koschny@iastate.edu
Pieter Maris
- Research Professor
- Nuclear
pmaris@iastate.edu
Makariy Tanatar
- Adjunct Associate Professor
- Condensed Matter
tanatar@iastate.edu
Ben Ueland
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Condensed Matter
bgueland@iastate.edu
David Vaknin
- Adjunct Professor
- Condensed Matter
vaknin@iastate.edu
Cai-Zhuang Wang
- Adjunct Professor
- Condensed Matter
wangcz@iastate.edu
Yongxin Yao
- Adjunct Associate Professor
- Scientist III
ykent@iastate.edu
Feng Zhang
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Condensed Matter
fzhang@iastate.edu

Teaching Term Faculty

Lekha Adhikari
- Associate Teaching Professor
adhikari@iastate.edu
David Atwood
- Associate Teaching Professor
- High Energy
atwood@iastate.edu
Adriana Bernhard
- Lecturer
rindi@iastate.edu
Jeff Boman
- Assistant Teaching Professor
jpboman@iastate.edu
Helen Fretwell
- Teaching Professor
fretwell@iastate.edu
Anatoli Frishman
- Assistant Teaching Professor
frishman@iastate.edu
Paula Herrera-Siklody
- Teaching Professor
siklody@iastate.edu
James Zabel
- Associate Teaching Professor
jrzabel@iastate.edu
Angela Zalucha
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- Astronomy
azalucha@iastate.edu

Research Staff

Daniel Carrera
- Research Scientist
- Astronomy
carrera@iastate.edu
Yong Han
- Research Scientist
- Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Chemical Physics
- Computational Physics and Chemistry
y27h@iastate.edu
Richard Hugo Kim
- Scientist
- Condensed Matter
rkim@iastate.edu
Vladimir Kogan
- Senior Physicist
- Condensed Matter
kogan@iastate.edu
Marek Kolmer
- Ames Laboratory Scientist II
mkolmer@iastate.edu
Nils Krumnack
- Scientist
- High Energy
krumnack@iastate.edu
Alexandre Lebedev
- Assistant Scientist
- Nuclear
lebedev@iastate.edu
Yongbin Lee
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
yblee@iastate.edu
Liang Luo
- Associate Scientist
- Condensed Matter
liangluo@iastate.edu
Joong Mok Park
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
joongmok@iastate.edu
Benjamin Schrunk
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
bschrunk@iastate.edu
Wenjie Wang
- Associate Scientist
- Condensed Matter
wenjiew@iastate.edu
Zhuo Ye
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
zye@iastate.edu
Lei Zhang
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
lei@iastate.edu

Visiting Staff

Mengyao Huang
- Visiting Scientist
- Nuclear
mengyaoh@iastate.edu
Yang Li
- Visiting Scientist
leeyoung@iastate.edu
Peng Yin
- Visiting Scientist
- Nuclear
pengyin@iastate.edu

Staff

Travis Applegate
- Engineer II
travisa@iastate.edu
Valerie Arnold
- Graduate Secretary
varnold@iastate.edu
Melissa Cook
- Administrative Assistant III
mbfcook1@iastate.edu
Brad Dahlsten
- Systems Analyst
dahlsten@iastate.edu
Tabendang Ekpombang
- Student Administrative Assistant
physa_tabe21@iastate.edu
Robert Howard
- Research Technician
howardra@iastate.edu
Jessy Jackson
- Account Clerk-LAS
jjcorbin@iastate.edu
Cindy Kirabo
- Student Administrative Assistant
physa_ckirabo@iastate.edu
Sandeeptha Madan Gopal

she/her
- Student IT Technician
las_sandee13@iastate.edu
Theresa McLeod-Hughes
- Teaching Lab Coordinator
tbirch@iastate.edu
Ian Nelson
- Student IT Technician
las_iannels@iastate.edu
Benjamin Noack
- Academic Advisor II
benoack@iastate.edu
Reagan Osgood
- Undergraduate Coursework Secretary
rosgood@iastate.edu
Kecia Place-Fencl
- Teaching Lab Coordinator
keciapf@iastate.edu
Julie Roseman
- Program Coordinator II - LAS
jroseman@iastate.edu
Rachel Szafranski
- Student Administrative Assistant
physa_rszaf@iastate.edu
Wave Tiong
- Student IT Technician
las_towave@iastate.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers

Derek Anderson

he/him
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Nuclear
dmawxc@iastate.edu
Marvin Ascencio Sosa
- Postdoc Research Associate
mascenci@iastate.edu
Fernando Assis Garcia
- Postdoc Research Associate
fagarcia@iastate.edu
Matteo Buzzegoli
- Postdoc Research Associate
mbuzz@iastate.edu
Shen Chen
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
schenad@iastate.edu
Di Cheng
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
dcheng@iastate.edu
Bing Cheng
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
bcheng2@iastate.edu
Seema Choudhury
- Postdoc Research Associate
- High Energy
cseema@iastate.edu
Joao Carlos De Andrade Getelina
- Postdoc Research Associate
getelina@iastate.edu
Weijie Du
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Nuclear
duweigy@iastate.edu
Sijith Edayath
- Postdoc Research Associate
sedayath@iastate.edu
Charles Hughes
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Nuclear
chughes2@iastate.edu
Shuyuan Huyan
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
shuyan@iastate.edu
Muhammad Imran
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
imran@iastate.edu
Kamal Joshi
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
krjoshi@iastate.edu
Aleksei Khindanov
- Postdoc Research Associate
akhin@iastate.edu
Yevhen Kushnirenko
- Postdoc Research Associate
yevhenk@iastate.edu
Fei Li
- Postdoc Research Associate
feili@iastate.edu
Chen-Te Ma
- Postdoc Research Associate
ctma@iastate.edu
Ryan McKenzie
- Postdoc Research Associate
rmck@iastate.edu
Martin Mootz
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
mootz@iastate.edu
Antonio Carlos Oliveira da Silva
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Nuclear
ao3@iastate.edu
Santanu Pakhira
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
spakhira@iastate.edu
Navaneeth Poonthottathil
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- High Energy
pnav@iastate.edu
Aashish Sapkota
- Spedding Postdoctoral Fellow
- Condensed Matter
asapkota@iastate.edu
Tyler Slade
- Postdoc Research Associate
slade@iastate.edu
Semeon Valgushev
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Nuclear
semeonv@iastate.edu
Michele Veronesi
- Postdoc Research Associate
- High Energy
veronesi@iastate.edu
Charlotte Wood

she/her
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Prize Postdoctoral Fellow
cwood12@iastate.edu
Weiyi Xia
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
weiyixia@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Yasameen Almsari
- Graduate Student
yalmsari@iastate.edu
Devi Ambika
- Graduate Student
deviva@iastate.edu
Noah Applegate
- Graduate Student
nja1@iastate.edu
Zach Bailey
- Graduate Student
zbailey@iastate.edu
Anwesha Biswas
- Graduate Student
anwesha@iastate.edu
Andrea Boord
- Graduate Student
dre@iastate.edu
Noah Brenny
- Graduate Student
nbrenny@iastate.edu
Eli Brunner-Huber
- Graduate Student
eliwbh@iastate.edu
Randall Chan
- Graduate Assistant
rkchan@iastate.edu
I-Chi Chen
- Graduate Student
ichen@iastate.edu
Mehraj Chhetri
- Graduate Student
mchhetri@iastate.edu
Yuanchen Chi
- Graduate Student
ychi@iastate.edu
Ian Chong
- Graduate Student
ianchong@iastate.edu
Ian Clark
- Graduate Student
irclark@iastate.edu
Atreyee Das
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
datreyee@iastate.edu
Amlan Datta
- Graduate Student
adatta@iastate.edu
Abigail Davenport
- Graduate Student
adavenp@iastate.edu
Dongxu Di
- Graduate Student
dongxud@iastate.edu
Steven Doran
- Graduate Student
doran@iastate.edu
Andrew Eaton
- Graduate Student
aeaton@iastate.edu
Joseph Eix
- Graduate Student
jeix@iastate.edu
Miranda Elkins
- Graduate Student
- High Energy
mjelkins@iastate.edu
Yue Feng
- Graduate Student
yuef@iastate.edu
Valeria Fioroni
- Graduate Student
vfioroni@iastate.edu
Naduni Gamage Erathna
- Graduate Student
naduni@iastate.edu
Sunil Ghimire
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
ghimire@iastate.edu
Avik Ghosh
- Graduate Student
avikg@iastate.edu
Ishan Goel
- Graduate Student
igoel@iastate.edu
Anthony Grant
- Graduate Student
atgrant@iastate.edu
Samuel Haeuser
- Graduate Student
shaeuser@iastate.edu
Weston Hall
- Graduate Student
wmhall@iastate.edu
Tianxiong Han
- Graduate Student
than@iastate.edu
Jeremy Hansen
- Graduate Student
jchansen@iastate.edu
Chuankun Huang
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
huangck@iastate.edu
Farhan Islam
- Graduate Student
farhan@iastate.edu
Dhurba Jaishi
- Graduate Student
jaishi@iastate.edu
Shreeram Jawadekar
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
shreeram@iastate.edu
Liyana Jayasekara
- Graduate Student
gevindu@iastate.edu
Shuaiyan Kang
- Graduate Student
- High Energy
skang@iastate.edu
Avinash Khatri
- Graduate Student
avkhatri@iastate.edu
Elizabeth Krenkel
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
ekrenkel@iastate.edu
Jonathan Kroth
- Graduate Student
jdkroth@iastate.edu
Sushma Kumari
- Graduate Student
sus1996@iastate.edu
Nicholas Larose
- Graduate Student
nrlarose@iastate.edu
Zhuoqi Li
- Graduate Student
zqli@iastate.edu
Jeonghoon Lim
- Graduate Student
- Ph.D. candidate in Astrophysics
jhlim@iastate.edu
Matthew Lockner
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
mlockner@iastate.edu
Isaac Lopez
- Graduate Student
idlopez@iastate.edu
Suvadip Mandal
- Graduate Student
suvadip@iastate.edu
Maria Martinez Casales
- Graduate Student
- High Energy
mcasales@iastate.edu
Ryan McCarty
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
rmccarty@iastate.edu
Zachary Miller
- Graduate Student
zamydm@iastate.edu
Sayan Mitra
- Graduate Student
sayan97@iastate.edu
Bicky Singh Moirangthem
- Graduate Student
bickyms@iastate.edu
Adil Mubarak
- Graduate Student
amubarak@iastate.edu
Pedro Nieto Marin
- Graduate Student
nieto@iastate.edu
Evan O'Leary
- Graduate Student
ecoleary@iastate.edu
Samuel Ogundeji
- Graduate Student
samdeji@iastate.edu
Irina Plaks
- Graduate Student
iplaks@iastate.edu
Klée Pollock
- Graduate Student
kleep@iastate.edu
Yihua Qiang
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
yhqiang@iastate.edu
Md Khaledur Rahman
- Graduate Student
khaled@iastate.edu
Harry Rankin
- Graduate Student
hrankin@iastate.edu
Roshan Rathnayaka
- Graduate Student
roshan88@iastate.edu
David Rea
- Graduate Student
drea1@iastate.edu
Sebastian Sanchez-Falero
- Graduate Student
- High Energy
sfsanche@iastate.edu
Shiplu Sarker
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
ssarker@iastate.edu
Jason Saroni
- Graduate Student
jsaroni@iastate.edu
Juan Schmidt
- Graduate Student
juans2@iastate.edu
Mamoon Sharaf
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
msharaf@iastate.edu
Lars Sivertsen
- Graduate Student
lars@iastate.edu
Boqun Song
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
bqsong@iastate.edu
Xiaoyi Su
- Graduate Student
xiaoyisu@iastate.edu
Wei-Shen Tee
- Graduate Student
wstee@iastate.edu
Erik Timmons
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
erikt@iastate.edu
Nandagopal Vijayakumar
- Graduate Student
nvmg@iastate.edu
Minghui Zhao
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
mhzhao@iastate.edu

Emeritus Faculty

E. Walter Anderson
- Professor Emeritus
- High Energy
anderson@iastate.edu
Ferdinando Borsa
- Professor Emeritus
ferdinando.borsa@unipv.it
David Carter-Lewis
- Professor Emeritus
- Astronomy
dalewis@iastate.edu
H. Bert Crawley
- Professor Emeritus
- High Energy
crawley@iastate.edu
Douglas K. Finnemore
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Condensed Matter
finnemoredouglas7@gmail.com
Alex Firestone
- Faculty Emeritus
- High Energy
alexfirest@aol.com
Alan Goldman
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Condensed Matter
goldman@iastate.edu
Bruce Harmon
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Condensed Matter
bnharmon@iastate.edu
John Hill
- Professor Emeritus
- Nuclear
jhill@iastate.edu
Kai-Ming Ho
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Condensed Matter
kmh@iastate.edu
David Johnston
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Condensed Matter
dcj99@iastate.edu
John Lajoie
- Professor Emeritus
- Nuclear
lajoie@iastate.edu
Kenneth Lassila
- Professor Emeritus
- High Energy
klassila@iastate.edu
David Lynch
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Condensed Matter
dlynch@iastate.edu
Craig Ogilvie
- Morrill Professor Emeritus
- Nuclear
cogilvie@iastate.edu
Frank Peterson
- Professor Emeritus
fcp@iastate.edu
Derek Pursey
- Professor Emeritus
Jianwei Qiu
- Professor Emeritus
- Nuclear
jwq@iastate.edu
Eli Rosenberg
- Professor Emeritus
- High Energy
redmount@iastate.edu
Dennis Ross
- Professor Emeritus
dkross@iastate.edu
Joseph Shinar
- Professor Emeritus
- Condensed Matter
jshinar@iastate.edu
Costas Soukoulis
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Condensed Matter
soukouli@iastate.edu
John Stanford
- Professor Emeritus
Curtis Struck
- Professor Emeritus
- Astronomy
curt@iastate.edu
Kerry Whisnant
- Professor Emeritus
- High Energy
whisnant@iastate.edu
Lee Anne Willson
- University Professor Emerita
- Astronomy
lwillson@iastate.edu
Bing-Lin Young
- Professor Emeritus
young@iastate.edu

Noel Thomas
- Student Employee
web_noeljoyt@iastate.edu