Faculty
Professors
| Name | Rank | Phone | Office | Research Area(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Adams | Roy Paul Daniels Professor | 225-578-6847 | padams2@lsu.edu | 229-C Nicholson | Condensed Matter Physics |
| Xiaojian Bai | Assistant Professor | 225-578-2029 | xbai@lsu.edu | 210-F Nicholson | Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
| Jeffery Blackmon | Russell B. Long Professor | 225-578-1195 | blackmon@lsu.edu | 202-K Nicholson | Experimental Nuclear Physics |
| Tabetha Boyajian | Associate Professor | 225-578-1161 | boyajian@lsu.edu | 233-A Nicholson | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Dana Browne | Professor Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs |
225-578-6843 | dbrowne@lsu.edu | 219 Nicholson | Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics |
| Eric Burns | Associate Professor | 225-578-2741 | ericburns@lsu.edu | 351 Nicholson | Astrophysics |
| Ahana Chakraborty | Assistant Professor | 225-578-0578 | ahanachakraborty@lsu.edu | 210C Nicholson | Theoretical condensed matter physics and quantum information science |
| Manos Chatzopoulos | Associate Professor | 225-578-2907 | chatzopoulos@lsu.edu | 243-A Nicholson | Theoretical Astrophysics |
| Thomas Corbitt | Professor | 225-578-4779 | tcorbitt@lsu.edu | 271-C Nicholson | Experimental Gravitational Wave Physics |
| Catherine Deibel | Lorraine and Leon August Professor Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs |
225-578-4950 | deibel@lsu.edu | 218-B Nicholson | Experimental Nuclear Physics |
| Joyoni Dey | Associate Professor | 225-578-4289 | deyj@lsu.edu | 459-A Nicholson | Medical Imaging, Image Reconstruction and System Design |
| Jerry Draayer | Roy P. Daniels Professor | 225-578-6844 | draayer@lsu.edu | 221-E Nicholson | Nuclear Theory/Computational Physics |
| Mette Gaarde | Boyd Professor Les and Dot Broussard Alumni Professor |
225-578-0889 | mgaarde1@lsu.edu | 215-B Nicholson | Theoretical Atomic and Optical Physics |
| Joseph Giaime | Professor | 225-578-5794 | jgiaim1@lsu.edu | 271-A Nicholson | Experimental General Relativity |
| Gabriela González | Boyd Professor | 225-578-0468 | gonzalez@lsu.edu | 271-B Nicholson | Experimental General Relativity |
| Natalie Hinkel | Assistant Professor | 225-578-7806 | nhinkel@lsu.edu | 251 Nicholson | Planetary Astrophysics |
| Robert Hynes | Professor | 225-578-7459 | rhynes@lsu.edu | 247-A Nicholson | Multiwavelength Observational Astronomy |
| Thomas Kutter | Professor | 225-578-8310 | kutter@lsu.edu | 220-C Nicholson | Experimental High Energy Physics |
| Kristina Launey | Associate Professor | 225-578-0351 | klauney@lsu.edu | 211-B Nicholson | Theoretical Nuclear Physics/Quantum Computing |
| Hwang Lee | Associate Professor | 225-578-2365 | hwlee@lsu.edu | 451 Nicholson | Quantum Optics/Quantum Information Processing |
| Omar Magana-Loaiza | Associate Professor | 225-578-5851 | maganaloaiza@lsu.edu | 269 Nicholson | Optical Physics, Quantum Optics, and Quantum Information Science |
| Scott Marley | Associate Professor | 225-578-6842 | smarley@lsu.edu | 221-B Nicholson | Experimental Nuclear Physics |
| Kenneth "Kip" Matthews | Dr. Charles M. Smith Distinguished Professor Director, Medical Physics |
225-578-2740 | kipmatth@lsu.edu | 459-B Nicholson | Medical Imaging Physics |
| Francois Mauger | Assistant Professor | fmauger@lsu.edu | 210-E Nicholson | Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics | |
| Alexis Mercenne | Assistant Professor | 225-578-8278 | amercenne@lsu.edu | 211-C Nicholson | Theoretical Nuclear Physics |
| Marta Missiaggia | Assistant Professor | 225-578-3006 | Marta.Missiaggia@lsu.edu | 459-A Nicholson | Radiation Physics, Microdosimetry and Biophysical Modeling |
| Michela Negro | Assistant Professor | 225-578-1488 | michelanegro@lsu.edu | 359-A Nicholson | Astrophysics |
| Prosper Ngabonziza | Assistant Professor | 225-578-0640 | pngabonziza@lsu.edu | 210-D Nicholson | Experimental Condensed Matter and Material Physics |
| Matthew Penny | Assistant Professor | 225-578-7711 | penny1@lsu.edu | 261-A Nicholson Hall | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Jorge Pullin | Professor and Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics | 225-578-0464 | pullin@lsu.edu | 241-C Nicholson | General Relativity and Quantum Gravity Quantum mechanics, strong emergence and ontological non-reducibility |
| A. Ravi P. Rau | Alumni Professor | 225-578-6841 | ravirau@lsu.edu | 223 Nicholson | Atomic Theory |
| James Sauls | Professor and Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics | 225-578-0639 | sauls@lsu.edu | 453 Nicholson | Quantum Theory of Matter, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum information, Sensing & Computing |
| Kenneth Schafer | Boyd Professor Ball Family Distinguished Professor |
225-400-2433 | kschafer@lsu.edu | 222-B Nicholson | Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
| Constantin Schrade | Assistant Professor | cschrade@lsu.edu | 447 Nicholson | Quantum Information Science and Condensed Matter Theory | |
| Daniel Sheehy | Professor | 225-578-5852 | sheehy@lsu.edu | 255 Nicholson | Theoretical Condensed Matter |
| William A. Shelton | Professor | 225-578-3069 | wshelton@lsu.edu | 259 Nicholson | Material Science |
| Parampreet Singh | Ball Family Distinguished Professor Department Chair |
225-578-7283 | psingh@lsu.edu | 202-K Nicholson | Quantum Gravity, Cosmology |
| Phillip Sprunger | E. Ward Plummer Professor | 225-578-1254 | phils@lsu.edu | 217-B Nicholson | Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
| Shane Stadler | Professor | 225-578-2025 | stadler@lsu.edu | 229-B Nicholson | Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
| Martin Tzanov | Associate Professor | 225-578-0554 | mtzanov@lsu.edu | 220-B Nicholson | Experimental Neutrino Physics |
| Ilya Vekhter | Professor | 225-578-0598 | vekhter@lsu.edu | 253 Nicholson | Condensed Matter Theory |
| Hanyu Wei | Assistant Professor | 225-578-3605 | hwei2@lsu.edu | 224 Nicholson | Experimental Particle Physics |
| Justin H. Wilson | Assistant Professor | 225-578-7745 | jhwilson@lsu.edu | 293 Nicholson | Condensed Matter Theory and Cold Atoms |
| David Young | Professor | 225-578-2490 | dyoun14@lsu.edu | 229-A Nicholson | Materials Science |
Research Professors
| Name | Rank | Phone | Office | Research Area(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Diener | Research Assistant Professor | 225-578-6880 | diener@cct.lsu.edu |
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General Relativity and Gravitation |
| Ka Ming Tam | Research Assistant Professor | 225-578-4718 | kmtam@lsu.edu | 237 Nicholson | Theoretical/Computational Physics |
Instructors
| Name | Phone | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sage Ducoing | 225-578-7537 | sducoi1@lsu.edu | 217-C Nicholson |
| William McElgin | 225-578-6912 | mcelgin@lsu.edu | 275 Nicholson |
| Dubravka Rupnik | 225-578-8400 | phdubr@lsu.edu | 279 Nicholson |
| Nadra Sakr | 225-578-5311 | nsakr1@lsu.edu | 341 Nicholson |
| Colin Turley | turley1@lsu.edu | 361 Nicholson | |
| Nayeli Zuniga-Hansen | 225-578-0019 | zunigahansen@lsu.edu | 362 Nicholson |
Emeritus Professors
| Name | Rank | Phone | Office | Research Area(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lai-Him Chan | Professor Emeritus | 225-578-6858 | phchan@lsu.edu | 337 Nicholson | Particle and Quantum Field Theory |
| Michael Cherry | Professor Emeritus | 225-578-8591 | cherry@lsu.edu | 343-D Nicholson | High Energy Astrophysics |
| Geoffrey Clayton | Emeritus Ball Family Distinguished Professor | jclayto@lsu.edu | Astronomy and Astrophysics | ||
| John DiTusa | Professor Emeritus | 225-578-2606 | jditus1@lsu.edu | 202 Nicholson | Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
| Juhan Frank | Professor Emeritus | 225-578-6845 | jfrank@lsu.edu | 226 Nicholson | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Richard Haymaker | Professor | (504) 388-8471 | haymaker@rouge.phys.lsu.edu | 230-A Nicholson Hall | Theoretical HIgh Energy Physics |
| Kenneth Hogstrom | Professor Emeritus | 225-578-0590 | hogstrom@lsu.edu | 459-D Nicholson | Medical and Health Physics/Radiation Physics |
| Warren Johnson | Professor | 225-578-5854 | warren.johnson@phys.lsu.edu | 271-B Nicholson | Experimental Low Temperature Physics |
| Richard Kurtz | Professor Emeritus | 225-578-4029 | rlkurtz@lsu.edu | 217-C Nicholson | Experimental Solid State Physics |
| James Matthews | Professor Emeritus | 225-578-8598 | jmatth5@lsu.edu | 335 Nicholson | Experimental Astrophysics and Particle Physics |
| William Metcalf | Professor Emeritus | 225-578-8312 | metcalf@lsu.edu | 218-A Nicholson | Experimental High Energy Physics |
| Wayne Newhauser | Profesor | 225-578-2762 | newhauser@lsu.edu | 439-B Nicholson | Medical and Health Physics/Radiation Physics |
| Bradley Schaefer | Professor Emeritus | schaefer@lsu.edu | Astronomy & Astrophysics | ||
| Joel Tohline | Director Emeritus | 225-578-6851 | tohline@lsu.edu | 264 Nicholson | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
Adjunct Faculty