Department Committees

Department Committees

Executive Committee

Henric Krawczynski

Henric Krawczynski

Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker Distinguished Professor in Physics

​Professor Krawczynski works on experimental and theoretical astroparticle physics. His work aims at revealing the inner workings of astrophysical black holes, and using black hole and neutron star observations for testing the theory of General Relativity and the Standard Model of Particle Physics in regimes not accessible in terrestrial laboratories.

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Saori Pastore

Associate Chair and Associate Professor of Physics

314-935-6276

Professor Pastore's research is focused on understanding how nuclear properties emerge from the underlying nucleonic dynamics, with the broader goal of contributing to ongoing experimental efforts in nuclear physics, fundamental symmetries, and neutrino physics.

Bhupal Dev

Associate Professor of Physics

Professor ​Dev's main research goal is to establish a clear and coherent picture of the new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.

Manel Errando

Manel Errando

Assistant Professor of Physics

314-935-8953

Errando's research is in high-energy astrophysics, studying black holes and active galactic nuclei with gamma-ray and X-ray telescopes. 

Kater Murch

Kater Murch

Charles M. Hohenberg Professor of Physics

314-935-7765

​Professor Murch’s research focuses on the interface of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) and condensed matter physics. Using nano-fabrication techniques to construct superconducting quantum circuits allows his group to probe fundamental questions in quantum mechanics.

Brian Rauch

Research Associate Professor of Physics

Brian Rauch's research focus is in cosmic ray astrophysics. He was involved in ultra-heavy galactic cosmic ray (UHGCR) research with the Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (TIGER) experiment as an undergraduate and graduate student, with SuperTIGER as a postdoc and research scientist, and is now the Principal Investigator (PI) for SuperTIGER-II. 

Alexander Seidel

Alexander Seidel

Professor of Physics​

Professor Seidel is working on the theory of quantum many-body systems in condensed matter physics. His main interests lie in strongly correlated systems, where new phenomena emerge that cannot be understood even at a crude level without properly taking into account the interactions between particles.

Committees

Undergraduate Studies Committee

Chair & Director: Manel Errando

Committee: Tansu Daylan, Mairin Hynes, Shankar Mukherji, Yajie Yuan


Graduate Studies Committee

Chair & Director: Alex Seidel

Committee: Alex Chen, Willem Dickhoff, Francesc Ferrer, Kater Murch, Saori Pastore (ex officio); Graduate Students: Ephraim Gau, Joe GlichowskiSeth Larner, Ben de Jonge


Other Department Committees

Colloquia Committee: Tansu Daylan (Chair), Zohar Nussinov, Sheng Ran; Grad Students: Seth Larner, Libby NewTakuya OkawaShravan Vengalil Menon

Computer Committee: Alex Chen (Chair), Yajie Yuan, Sai Iyer; Grad Students: Jason Bub, Bryce Wedig

Study and Work Culture Committee: Erik Henriksen (Chair), Sarah AkinMerita Haxhia, Mairin Hynes, Augusto Medeiros da Rosa, Adam Coleman, Wolfgang Zober, Argen Detoito, Diego Lopez GutierrezMary Iskakova, Nicole Osborn

Ed Jaynes Fellowship Committee: Sheng Ran (Chair), Alex ChenMaria PiarulliChong ZuChristopher CappielloEkrem Esmer

MTE CommitteeAlex Seidel (Chair)Mairin HynesAugusto Medeiros da RosaFrancesc Ferrer; Grad StudentsBryce WedigJoe Glichowski

Grant Committee: Chuanwei Zhang (Chair), Jim Buckley, Henric Krawczynski, Kater Murch, Saori Pastore, Li Yang 

Junior Faculty Development Committee: Willem Dickhoff (Chair), Erik Henriksen 

Outreach Committee: Chong Zu (Chair), Audrey Coleman

Space Committee: Mark Alford (Chair), Saori Pastore, Henric Krawczynski, Alex Seidel, Todd HardtAbhay Vidwans, Bryce Wedig, Argen DetoitoAudrey Coleman

Shop/Cryogenics Committee: Brian Rauch (Chair), Erik Henriksen, Shannon GouldNicole Rodriguez, Todd Hardt

Faculty Prize Committee: Bhupal Dev (Chair), Ramanath Cowsik, Shaffique Adam, Trevor GrandPre, Karthik Ramanathan


Other Department Duties