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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.
David R. Andersen, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
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.
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.
Casey DeRoo, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Casey DeRoo studies the UV/X-ray sky and the instrumentation needed to make effective astronomical measurements at these wavelengths.
Michael E. Flatté, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Michael E. Flatté is a Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa. His research interests include condensed-matter theory, materials theory, quantum coherent systems and quantum information.
Thomas Folland, PhD
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Prof. Folland works on infrared nanophotonics and quantum materials research, from fundamental properties to device applications. In his lab students measure and understand the properties of exotic materials allowing him to design better infrared light detectors and emitters.
Hai Fu, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Hai Fu received his BS in Astronomy from Nanjing University and his PhD in Astronomy from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His research is in the field of galaxy formation and evolution, with current observational projects on the impact of galaxy mergers, the evolution of galactic rotation, and gas accretion flows connecting the cosmic web and dusty starburst galaxies.
Kenneth G. Gayley, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Astronomy Graduate Advisor
Ken studies the winds of massive stars, with emphasis on how they become structured and generate shocks, X-rays, and polarization.
John A. Goree, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
John A. Goree is a Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa. His research interests include experimental plasma physics, statistical physics and soft condensed matter physics.
Jasper S. Halekas, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Jasper Halekas’s research seeks to broaden our understanding of the impact of the Sun and the solar wind on our solar system and its evolution.
Gregory G. Howes, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Gregory G. Howes is a Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa. His research interests include theoretical and computational plasma physics.
Allison N. Jaynes, PhD
Title/Position
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
Associate Professor Allison Jaynes joined the faculty at the University of Iowa in 2017 after receiving a PhD from the University of New Hampshire and working as a researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Kenneth Johnson, PhD
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ken Johnson is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy. His area of interests are undergraduate physics and astronomy instruction and physical sciences education.
Cornelia C. Lang, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education (CLAS)
Cornelia Lang's research interests focus on understanding the astrophysics at the very center of our Milky Way Galaxy and of other nearby galaxies.
Yannick Meurice, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Yannick Meurice is a Professor at the University of Iowa. He was a postdoc at CERN and Argonne National Laboratory and a visiting professor at CINVESTAV in Mexico City.
David M. Miles, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
David M. Miles is an experimental space physicist specializing in the development of next-generation spaceflight magnetic field instruments and particularly miniature instruments for nanosatellites and multi-point measurement constellations.
Jane M. Nachtman, PhD
Title/Position
Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)
Professor
Jane Nachtman received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997 followed by a postdoc at UCLA under Professor David Saltzberg.
Yasar Onel, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Yasar Onel received his PhD from London University in 1975 followed by a postdoc at Queen Mary University-London and work at the Universities of Neuchatel and Geneva.
Wayne N. Polyzou, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Wayne N. Polyzou is a Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa. His research interests include theoretical nuclear physics and mathematical physics.
John P. Prineas, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
John is an experimentalist whose research is focused on properties of semiconductor materials using nanostructuring to achieve unique optical and electrical characteristics and to advance state-of-the-art applications such as sensing (environmental, defense) and quantum information.
Craig E. Pryor, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Craig Pryor is an Associate Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa. His research interests include theoretical condensed matter.
Vincent G.J. Rodgers, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Vincent G. J. Rodgers is a Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa. His research interests include theoretical particle physics and string theory.
Frederick N. Skiff, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Frederick N. Skiff is a Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa. His research interests include laser spectroscopy and plasma physics.
Kory Stiffler, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Kory Stiffler is a theoretical physicist with research interests in supersymmetry, black hole physics, cosmology, and string theory.
John Sunderland, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Director, PET Imaging Center
John J. Sunderland is Professor of Radiology in the Division of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Iowa, and has a secondary appointment in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Fatima Toor, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Fatima Toor is an Associate 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.
Ravitej Uppu, PhD
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Ravi’s research investigates solid-state emitters coupled to a nanophotonic environment for realizing photonic qubits and spin-photon interfaces.
Jun Wang, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Wang has joint appointments in the University of Iowa Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and the Iowa Informatics Initiative, and secondary affiliation with the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Studies, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Center for Computer-Aided Design.
Markus Wohlgenannt, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Markus Wohlgenannt is a Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa. His research interests include experimental polymer physics.