Department of Physics and Astronomy

Xunming Deng Professor, Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1990
Materials science, thin films, photovoltaics

Randall Ellingson Professor and PVIC Chair, Ph.D. Cornell University, 1994
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy, photophysics of semiconductor nanocrystals, nanocrystalline films

Michael J. Heben Professor and McMaster Chair, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1990
Nanoscience, materials for energy conversion and storage

Sanjay V. Khare Professor, Ph.D. University of Maryland, 1996
Theoretical condensed matter physics, materials science

Nikolas Podraza Department Chair and Professor; NEG Endowed Chair of Silicate Science, Ph.D. University of Toledo, 2008
Condensed Matter, Photovoltaics

Yanfa Yan Professor and Ohio Research Scholar Chair, Ph.D. Wuhan University, 1993
Materials science, Condensed Matter, Photovoltaics

Jacques G. Amar, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Temple University, 1985
Theoretical condensed matter physics, materials science, surface physics

Robert Collins Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Harvard University, 1982
Condensed matter physics, optical properties of solids and thin solid films

Alvin D. Compaan Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1971
Condensed matter physics, materials science, photovoltaics

Bo Gao, Professor Emeritus, Ph. D. University Lincoln-Nebraska, 1989
Light-atom interactions, Bose-Einstein condensation, multibody interactions

Victor Karpov Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1979
Theoretical condensed matter physics, photovoltaics

Scott Lee, Professor, Ph.D. 1983, University of Cincinnati
Biophysics, High-pressure Physics