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
jevans@iastate.edu
Zhe Fei
- Assistant 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
Robert Jernigan
- Courtesy Professor
- Biological Systems
jernigan@iastate.edu
Duane Johnson
- Affiliate Professor
- Condensed Matter
ddj@iastate.edu
David Johnston
- Distinguished Professor
- Condensed Matter
dcj99@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
John Lajoie
- Professor
- Nuclear
lajoie@iastate.edu
Massimo Marengo
- Professor
- Astronomy
mmarengo@iastate.edu
Robert McQueeney
- Professor
- Condensed Matter
rmcqueen@iastate.edu
Peter Orth
- Associate Professor
- Condensed Matter
porth@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
Mayly Sanchez
- Professor
- High Energy
mayly@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
Joseph Shinar
- Professor
- Condensed Matter
jshinar@iastate.edu
Jacob Simon
- Assistant Professor
- Astronomy
jbsimon@iastate.edu
Sanjeevi Sivasankar
- Affiliate Professor
- Biological Systems
ssivasankar@ucdavis.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
Xuefeng Wang
- Associate Professor
- Biological Systems
xuefeng@iastate.edu
Amanda Weinstein
- Associate Professor
- Astronomy
- High Energy
amandajw@iastate.edu
Matthew Wetstein
- Assistant Professor
- High Energy
wetstein@iastate.edu

Research Term Faculty

Rana Biswas
- Adjunct Professor
- Condensed Matter
biswasr@iastate.edu
Sergey Bud'ko
- Adjunct Professor
- Condensed Matter
budko@iastate.edu
Thomas Koschny
- Adjunct Associate Professor
- Condensed Matter
koschny@iastate.edu
Pieter Maris
- Research Professor
- Nuclear
pmaris@iastate.edu
Makariy Tanatar
- Adjunct Associate Professor
- Condensed Matter
tanatar@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

Teaching Term Faculty

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

Research Staff

Vladimir Antropov
- Scientist
- Condensed Matter
antropov@iastate.edu
Kyuil Cho
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
kcho@iastate.edu
Qingping Ding
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
qpding@iastate.edu
Yong Han
- Research Scientist
- Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Chemical Physics
- Computational Physics and Chemistry
y27h@iastate.edu
Myron Hupalo
- Scientist
- Condensed Matter
hupalo@iastate.edu
Vladimir Kogan
- Senior Physicist
- Condensed Matter
kogan@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
Manh Cuong Nguyen
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
mcnguyen@iastate.edu
Joong Mok Park
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
joongmok@iastate.edu
Benjamin Schrunk
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
bschrunk@iastate.edu
Nianhai Shen
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
nhshen@iastate.edu
John Spence
- Assistant Scientist
- Nuclear
jspence@iastate.edu
Ben Ueland
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
bgueland@iastate.edu
Wenjie Wang
- Associate Scientist
- Condensed Matter
wenjiew@iastate.edu
Zhuo Ye
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
zye@iastate.edu
Feng Zhang
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
fzhang@iastate.edu
Lei Zhang
- Assistant Scientist
- Condensed Matter
lei@iastate.edu

Visiting Staff

Yang Li
- Visiting Scientist
leeyoung@iastate.edu
Huixia Xu
- Visiting Scientist
- Condensed Matter
Peng Yin
- Visiting Scientist
- Nuclear
pengyin@iastate.edu
Chao Zhang
- Visiting Scientist
- Condensed Matter
Jie Zhang
- Visiting Scientist
- Condensed Matter
Wei Zhang
- Visiting Scientist
- Condensed Matter

Staff

Travis Applegate
- Engineer II
travisa@iastate.edu
Valerie Arnold
- Graduate Secretary
varnold@iastate.edu
Stephanie Bates
- Administrative Assistant III
sbates@iastate.edu
Therese Bergman
- Undergraduate Coursework Secretary II
thereseb@iastate.edu
Noah Berkland
- Student IT Technician
las_neb1@iastate.edu
Theresa Birch
- Teaching Lab Coordinator
tbirch@iastate.edu
Alex Boysen
- Student IT Technician
las_aeboysen@iastate.edu
Brad Dahlsten
- Systems Analyst
dahlsten@iastate.edu
Robert Howard
- Research Technician
howardra@iastate.edu
Jessy Jackson
- Account Clerk-LAS
jjcorbin@iastate.edu
Tyler Johnson
- Student IT Technician
physa_tdj1@iastate.edu
Nick Kriegel
- Research Technician
nkriegel@iastate.edu
Morgan LaViolette

she/they
- Student Receptionist
physa_morgan23@iastate.edu
Benjamin Noack
- Academic Advisor II
benoack@iastate.edu
Kecia Place-Fencl
- Teaching Lab Coordinator
keciapf@iastate.edu
Julie Roseman
- Program Coordinator II - LAS
jroseman@iastate.edu
Max Van de Wille
- Student Employee
physa_maxv1@iastate.edu
Maxwell Wilson
- Student IT Technician
las_maw1@iastate.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers

Sayantan Auddy
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Astronomy
sauddy@iastate.edu
Matteo Buzzegoli
- Postdoc Research Associate
mbuzz@iastate.edu
Daniel Carrera
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Astronomy
carrera@iastate.edu
Weijie Du
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Nuclear
duweigy@iastate.edu
Yimei Fang
- Postdoc Research Associate
ymfang@iastate.edu
Vincent Fischer
- Postdoc Research Associate
- High Energy
vfischer@iastate.edu
Elena Gati
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
egati@iastate.edu
Niladri Gomes
- Postdoc Research Associate
niladri@iastate.edu
Richard Hugo Kim
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
rkim@iastate.edu
Yevhen Kushnirenko
- Postdoc Research Associate
yevhenk@iastate.edu
King Chun Lai
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
kclai@iastate.edu
Bo Liu
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- High Energy
boliu@iastate.edu
Santanu Pakhira
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
spakhira@iastate.edu
Kaushik Pal
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Biological Systems
kaushik@iastate.edu
Milap Patel
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Nuclear
mrpind@iastate.edu
Navaneeth Poonthottathil
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- High Energy
pnav@iastate.edu
Victor Quito
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
vquito@iastate.edu
Simon Riberolles
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
simonr@iastate.edu
Tyler Slade
- Postdoc Research Associate
slade@iastate.edu
Emrah Tiras
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- High Energy
etiras@iastate.edu
Thais Trevisan
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Condensed Matter
thais@iastate.edu
Ying Tu
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Biological Systems
yingtu@iastate.edu
Ejiro Umaka
- Postdoc Research Associate
eumaka@iastate.edu
Venkatesh Veeraraghavan
- Postdoc Research Associate
- High Energy
venkat@iastate.edu
Karl Warburton
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- High Energy
karlwarb@iastate.edu
Julia Wildeboer
- Postdoc Research Associate
jwildeb@iastate.edu
Keisuke Yoshihara
- Postdoc Research Associate
- High Energy
ykeisuke@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Devi Ambika
- Graduate Student
deviva@iastate.edu
Noah Applegate
- Graduate Student
nja1@iastate.edu
Jacob Austin
- Graduate Student
jaustin2@iastate.edu
Joyal Babu
- Graduate Student
joyal@iastate.edu
Zach Bailey
- Graduate Student
zbailey@iastate.edu
Rabindra Bhattarai
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
rabindra@iastate.edu
Anwesha Biswas
- Graduate Student
anwesha@iastate.edu
Andrea Boord
- Graduate Student
dre@iastate.edu
Noah Brenny
- Graduate Student
nbrenny@iastate.edu
I-Chi Chen
- Graduate Student
ichen@iastate.edu
Shen Chen
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
schenad@iastate.edu
Di Cheng
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
dcheng@iastate.edu
Yuanchen Chi
- Graduate Student
ychi@iastate.edu
Alisha Chromey
- Graduate Student
- Astronomy
achrmy@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
Jaishi Dhurba
- Graduate Student
jaishi@iastate.edu
Steven Doran
- Graduate Student
doran@iastate.edu
Erik Dykstra
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
edykstra@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
Sunil Ghimire
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
ghimire@iastate.edu
Avik Ghosh
- Graduate Student
avikg@iastate.edu
Samuel Haeuser
- Graduate Student
shaeuser@iastate.edu
Joseph Hall
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
joehall@iastate.edu
Tianxiong Han
- Graduate Student
than@iastate.edu
Jeremy Hansen
- Graduate Student
jchansen@iastate.edu
Seth Heerschap
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
sethheer@iastate.edu
Chuankun Huang
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
huangck@iastate.edu
Mengyao Huang
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
mengyaoh@iastate.edu
Farhan Islam
- Graduate Student
farhan@iastate.edu
Shreeram Jawadekar
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
shreeram@iastate.edu
Kamal Joshi
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
krjoshi@iastate.edu
Shuaiyan Kang
- Graduate Student
- High Energy
skang@iastate.edu
Avinash Khatri
- Graduate Student
avkhatri@iastate.edu
Ramesh Koirala
- Graduate Student
- Biological Systems
rkoirala@iastate.edu
Milan Kornjaca
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
milank@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
Brinda Kuthanazhi
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
brindak@iastate.edu
Nicholas Larose
- Graduate Student
nrlarose@iastate.edu
Kyungchan Lee
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
kclee@iastate.edu
Hyung-Cheol Lee
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
hlee1@iastate.edu
Yongpan Li
- Graduate Student
yongpan@iastate.edu
Zhuoqi Li
- Graduate Student
zqli@iastate.edu
Bing Li
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
bingli@iastate.edu
Jeonghoon Lim
- Graduate Student
jhlim@iastate.edu
Zhaoyu Liu
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
zyliu@iastate.edu
Matthew Lockner
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
mlockner@iastate.edu
Yilong Luan
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
ylluan@iastate.edu
Elizabeth Macias
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
emacias@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
Sayan Mitra
- Graduate Student
sayan97@iastate.edu
Joseph Mullen
- Graduate Student
- Astronomy
jpmullen@iastate.edu
Ana-Marija Nedic
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
amnedic@iastate.edu
Evan O'Leary
- Graduate Student
ecoleary@iastate.edu
Soham Pal
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
soham@iastate.edu
Irina Plaks
- Graduate Student
iplaks@iastate.edu
Klée Pollock
- Graduate Student
kleep@iastate.edu
Andrew Priest
- Graduate Student
- Biological Systems
avpriest@iastate.edu
Yihua Qiang
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
yhqiang@iastate.edu
Khusboo Rana
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
krana@iastate.edu
David Rea
- Graduate Student
drea1@iastate.edu
Jonathan Runchey
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
jrunchey@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
Matthew Small
- Graduate Student
masmall@iastate.edu
Boqun Song
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
bqsong@iastate.edu
Evan Stewart
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
emstew@iastate.edu
Xiaoyi Su
- Graduate Student
xiaoyisu@iastate.edu
Erik Timmons
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
erikt@iastate.edu
Luis Valenzuela Cazares
- Graduate Student
luisval@iastate.edu
Chirag Vaswani
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
chiragv@iastate.edu
Nandagopal Vijayakumar
- Graduate Student
nvmg@iastate.edu
Evan Walker
- Graduate Student
ewalker2@iastate.edu
John Wilde
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
jmwilde@iastate.edu
Joshua Wolanyk
- Graduate Student
- Condensed Matter
jwolanyk@iastate.edu
Jian Wu
- Graduate Student
- Astronomy
jianwu@iastate.edu
Mingyu Xu
- Condensed Matter
mxu26@iastate.edu
Mitchell Yenawine
- Graduate Student
yenawine@iastate.edu
Yunxiao Zhai
- Graduate Student
- High Energy
zhai@iastate.edu
Minghui Zhao
- Graduate Student
- Nuclear
mhzhao@iastate.edu

Emeritus Faculty

E. Walter Anderson
- Emeritus Professor
- High Energy
anderson@iastate.edu
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
finnemore@aol.com
Alex Firestone
- Emeritus Faculty
- 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
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
Jianwei Qiu
- Professor Emeritus
- Nuclear
jwq@iastate.edu
Eli Rosenberg
- Professer Emeritus
- High Energy
redmount@iastate.edu
Costas Soukoulis
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Condensed Matter
soukouli@iastate.edu
John Stanford
- Professor Emeritus
Costas Stassis
- Emeritus Faculty
- Condensed Matter
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