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.

Saori Pastore

Saori Pastore

Associate Chair and Associate Professor of Physics

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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.

Shaffique Adam

Shaffique Adam

Professor of Physics

Dr. Adam's current research explores the complex and surprising ways electrons behave when they are subject to the interplay of quantum mechanics, material imperfections, confined geometries and interactions with other electrons.

Willem H. Dickhoff

Willem H. Dickhoff

​Professor of Physics

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Professor Dickhoff's research concentrates mostly on the solution of the nuclear many-body problem. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in quantum mechanics, nuclear and particle physics.

Brian Rauch

Brian Rauch

Research Associate Professor of Physics

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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.

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Chuanwei Zhang

Wayman Crow Professor of Physics

Dr. Chuanwei Zhang’s research interests include theoretical ultracold atomic gases, quantum information processing, photonics, topological quantum materials, and 2D materials.

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Xi Wang

Assistant Professor of Physics

Xi Wang’s lab utilizes cutting-edge magneto optical and optoelectronic microscopy and spectroscopy to probe and control excitons, electrons, phonons, magnons et al. in quantum materials for applications in quantum simulation and quantum communication.

Committees

Undergraduate Program Committees

Undergraduate Studies Committee: Manel Errando (Chair), Sarah Akin (Secretary), Jim Buckley, Mairin Hynes, Chuanwei Zhang, Shankar Mukherji, Yajie Yuan

Biophysics Intro Committee: Mikhail Tikhonov (Chair), Trevor GrandPre, Shankar Mukherji, Ralf Wessel 

Physics Data Science Major Committee: Yajie Yuan (Chair), Zohar Nussinov, Saori Pastore, Maria Piarulli

Undergraduate Prize Committee: Francesc Ferrer (Chair), Mairin Hynes, Ben de Jonge, Maitreya Kundu

Undergraduate Advising Coordinator: Shaffique Adam


Graduate Program Committees

Graduate Studies Committee: Alex Seidel (Chair & Director), Sarah Akin (Secretary), Wim Dickhoff, Francesc Ferrer, Kater Murch, Saori Pastore, Alex Chen; Graduate Students: Ben de Jonge, Joe Glichowski, Seth Larner, Diego Lopez Gutierrez

Thrust Advising Coordinator: Zohar Nussinov

Graduate Admissions Committee: Tansu Daylan (Chair)Ramanath CowsikBhupal DevJonathan Katz, Li Yang, Dmitry Chichinadze

Graduate Career Committee: Alex Seidel (Chair), Ramanath Cowsik; Graduate Students: Michael Abreu, Ben de Jonge, Mary Iskakova

Undergraduate & Graduate Recruitment Committee: Karthik Ramanathan (Chair), Alex Chen

Graduate Rotations Committee: Shaffique Adam


Departmental Committees

Colloquia Committee: Li Yang (Chair), Trevor GrandPre, Jonathan Katz, Zohar Nussinov, Sheng Ran; Grad Students: Graham Chambers-Wall, Maitreya Kundu, Aaroodd Ujjayini Ramachandran

Computer Committee: Alex Chen (Chair), Yajie Yuan, Sai Iyer; Grad Students: Will Charles, Seth Larner, Martin Luepker, Marion Sudvarg

Faculty Prize Committee: Bhupal Dev (Co-chair), Shaffique Adam (Co-chair), Karthik Ramanathan

Grant / Research 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); Graduate Students: Audrey Coleman (Student-Chair), Michael Abreu, Blake Bal, Graham Chambers-Wall, Ben de Jonge, Morgan Hopkins, Maitreya Kundu, Diego Lopez Gutierrez, Orion Lee, Janna May Angeles, Nathan Whitsett

Postdoc Committee: Chong Zu (Chair), Maria Piarulli, Ralf Wessel

Space Usage Committee: Karthik Ramanathan (Interim Chair), Todd Hardt, Henric Krawczynski, Saori Pastore, Alex Seidel; Graduate Students: Will Charles, Ben de Jonge, Seth Larner

Shop/Cryogenics Committee: Brian Rauch (Chair), Todd Hardt, Erik Henriksen; Graduate Students: Blake Bal, Argen Detoito, Hamta Farrokhi


Other Department Duties


Graduate Student Committees

Graduate Student Mentors: Nicole Osborn (Co-chair), Bryce Wedig (Co-chair), Janna May Angeles, Liam Brodie, Will Charles, Audrey Coleman, Ben de Jonge, Argen Detoito, Hamta Farrokhi, Joe Glichowski, Lucas Graham, Ye Jin Han, Chun Huang, Mary Iskakova, Maitreya Kundu, Orion Lee, Diego Lopez Gutierrez, Shravan Vengalil Menon, Pazit Rabinowitz, Aaroodd Ujjayini Ramachandran, Sabrina Weldon

Graduate Senator: Will Charles

BBQ Committee: Henry Webb (Chair), Dominic Bernardi, Nathan Whitsett

Climate Survey: Pazit Rabinowitz, Martin Luepker

Donuts & Coffee Committee: Zongli Wei, Michael Abreu

Faculty Meeting Representatives: Lucas Graham, Hamta Farrokhi, Seth Larner

Gradsem Committee: Lucas Graham, Martin Luepker, Nick Rackers

MTE Committee: Joe Glichowski, Bryce Wedig, Nathan Whitsett, Shravan Vengalil Menon

Picnic Committee: Michael Abreu, Argen Detoito, Hamta Farrokhi

PiB: Will Charles, Shannon Gould, Lucas Graham, Nathan Whitsett

Research Symposium (WUPRS): Jason Bub (co-chair), Wolfgang Zober (co-chair), Liam Brodie, Maitreya Kundu, Janna May Angeles