People

Portrait of Mary Hall Reno

Mary Hall Reno, PhD

Title/Position
Departmental Chair
Professor
Reno's research is in theoretical particle physics with a focus on neutrino interactions and detection, for which she was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Portrait of Heather R. Mineart

Heather R. Mineart, MBA

Title/Position
Departmental Administrator
Heather has been with the University of Iowa (UI) for 23 years and has worked in the Department of Physics & Astronomy for the last 20 years, currently serving as Departmental Administrator.
Arya Afshari

Arya Afshari, PhD

Title/Position
Assistant Research Scientist
Engineer
Ugur Akgun

Ugur Akgun, PhD

Title/Position
Adjunct Associate Professor
Ugur Akgun is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the UI and an Associate Professor at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Alshalabi, Mohammed

Mohammed Alshalabi

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Portrait of David R. Andersen

David R. Andersen, PhD

David Andersen is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Iowa and has a secondary appointment in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Andersen, Zachary

Zachary Andersen

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
armstrong, cole

Cole Armstrong

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Muhammad Asaduzzaman

Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Muhammad is interested in exploring different field theoretic models with the current NISQ era quantum machines.
Raghunandan B. Iyer

Raghunandan B. Iyer, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Portrait of Halit Bagdu

Halit Bagdu

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Bangari, Ramachandra

Ramachandra Bangari

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Ramachandra Bangari is interested in Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science. He is currently working with Dr. Thomas Folland on computational simulation and experimental characterization of optical constants in thin films, 2-D materials, and semiconductors.
Alexei Bazavov

Alexei Bazavov, PhD

Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
David Berman

David Berman, PhD

Title/Position
Adjunct Associate Professor
David H. Berman is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa.
Portrait of Burak Bilki

Burak Bilki, PhD

Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Burak Bilki received his PhD in 2011 from the University of Iowa before becoming spokesperson for the T-1041 CMS upgrade program at Fermilab.
Matthew Blandin

Matthew Blandin, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Scholar
Matthew's previous research includes studying and modeling of the Earth's geomagnetic field utilizing machine learning models and algorithms.
Portrait of Dylan Blend

Dylan Blend

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Graduate Student Mentor
Graduate College Lulu Merle Johnson Fellowship recipient
Dylan is a recent BS Physics graduate from Texas A&M University. Dylan is from Houston, TX and his current research advisors are Professors Jane Nachtman and Yasar Onel.
Thomas Boggess

Thomas Boggess, PhD

Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Thomas F. Boggess is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa.
Scott Bounds

Scott Bounds, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Research Scientist
Engineer
Portrait of Robert Broadfoot

Robert Broadfoot

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Robert Broadfoot took a non-traditional path to the doctoral program in physics by first obtaining a master’s degree in music performance. He is now performing research in experimental space physics under the mentorship of Dr. David Miles.
Portrait of Kenny Buffo

Kenny Buffo

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Candido

Denis R. Candido, PhD

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Prof. Candido is part of the Condensed Matter and Materials Physics research area at the University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Kerem Cankocak

Kerem Cankocak

Title/Position
Research Scientist
Engineer
Brad Carson

Brad Carson

Title/Position
Senior Systems Administrator
Phone
Andrew Carton

Andrew J. Carton

Title/Position
Aerospace Electrical Design Engineer
Choate, Sarah

Sarah Choate

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Portrait of Joel Choi

Ju-Yeol Choi

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Sagar

Sagar Chowdhury, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Scholar
Joyce Chrisinger

Joyce Chrisinger

Title/Position
Graphic Specialist
ivar-christopher

Ivar W. Christopher

Title/Position
Research Specialist
Ivar has extensive experience in analyzing large, complex data sets, primarily in the space plasma wave research field, as well as in  implementing operations (planning and commanding) for the plasma wave instrument on the Cluster spacecraft and will be doing similar work for the TRACERS mission.