Faculty
Curtis Asplund
Assistant Professor
408-924-5272
SCI 322
curtis.asplund@sjsu.edu
Specialization: High energy theoretical physics, entanglement entropy and complexity of quantum field theories and black holes, applications of gauge/gravity duality to condensed matter systems
Ramendra Bahuguna
Professor
408-924-5245
SCI 245
ramendra.bahuguna@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Holography, fingerprint sensors
Kassahun Betre
Assistant Professor
408-924-5240
SCI 240
kassahun.betre@sjsu.edu
Specialization: High-energy theory, quantum gravity
Peter Beyersdorf
Professor and Chair
408-924-5236
SCI 148B
peter.beyersdorf@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Laser physics, precision measurements
Alejandro Garcia
Professor
408-924-5244
SCI 245
algarcia@algarcia.org
Specialization: Computational fluid mechanics,
statistical mechanics
Brianne Gutmann
Assistant Professor
408-924-5257
SCI 235
brianne.gutmann@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Physics education research
Ranko Heindl
Professor
408-924-5259
SCI 264
ranko.heindl@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Experimental condensed matter physics
Hilary Hurst
Assistant Professor
408-924-5284
SCI 264
hilary.hurst@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Condensed matter theory; many-body atomic physics including quantum feedback control,
topological phases
and dissipative quantum systems.
Michael Kaufman
Professor and Dean, College of Science
408-924-4800
ISB
michael.kaufman@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Astrophysics: interstellar medium, infrared/submillimeter observations
Ehsan Khatami
Professor
408-924-5235
SCI 312
ehsan.khatami@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Computational condensed matter physics, strongly-correlated electronic systems, quantum machine learning
Thomas Madura
Associate Professor
408-924-5268
SCI 312
thomas.madura@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Astrophysics, astronomy education for blind and visually impaired persons
Cassandra Paul
Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator
408-924-5228
SCI 248
cassandra.paul@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Physics education research (PER)
Gina Quan
Associate Professor
408-924-5255
SCI 322
gina.quan@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Physics education research (PER)
Aaron Romanowsky
Professor
408-924-5225
SCI 308
aaron.romanowsky@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Astrophysics: galaxy formation, dark matter, dynamics
Christopher Smallwood
Associate Professor
408-924-5270
SCI 248
christopher.smallwood@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Experimental optics and materials spectroscopy
Neil Switz
Professor
408-924-5252
SCI 310
neil.switz@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Biophysics and optics; primarily optical imaging and fluorescence techniques applied to medical diagnostics.
Kenneth Wharton
Professor
SCI 235
kenneth.wharton@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Quantum foundations
Carel Boekema
Professor Emeritus
carolus.boekema@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Magnetism and superconductivity in solids, computational condensed matter physics
Patrick Hamill
Professor Emeritus
408-924-5241
patrick.hamill@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Atmospheric physics, aerosol physics
Brian Holmes
Professor Emeritus
brian.holmes@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Musical acoustics, sports physics
Monika Kress
Professor Emerita
monika.kress@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Astrophysics, Data Analytics for STEM Student Success
Lui Lam
Professor Emeritus
lui.lam@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Nonlinear physics, liquid crystals
Kiumars Parvin
Professor Emeritus
kiumars.parvin@sjsu.edu
Specialization: Experimental condensed matter physics
Adjunct Faculty
Natalie Batalha
Adjunct Faculty
natalie.batalha@sjsu.edu
Friedemann Freund
Adjunct Faculty
650-279-8478
ffreund@seti.org
