People
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.
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, PhD
Title/Position
Assistant Research Scientist
Engineer
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.
Mohammed Alshalabi
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
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.
Zachary Andersen
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Cole Armstrong
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Muhammad Asaduzzaman, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Muhammad is interested in exploring different field theoretic models with the current NISQ era quantum machines.
Halit Bagdu
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
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, PhD
Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
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.
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.
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, PhD
Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Thomas F. Boggess is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa.
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.
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
Title/Position
Research Scientist
Engineer
Brad Carson
Title/Position
Senior Systems Administrator
Sarah Choate
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Ju-Yeol Choi
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
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.
Michael Connolly
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Graduate College Recruitment Fellow
Graduate Student Advisory Committee Member
Graduate Student Mentor
Michael Connelly is interested in the development of a harmonious understanding of nature between the very large and very small scale systems and the potential applications between. He currently works with Dr. Vincent G. J. Rodgers studying Standard Model fermions in Thomas-Whitehead Gravity.
James Corona
Title/Position
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
James Corona is interested in conducting research in the areas of quantum computation and quantum information theory. He is currently working with Dr. Yannick Meurice to simulate quantum systems in various models such as the Abelian Higgs model.
Danielle Crawford
Title/Position
Senior Systems Administrator
Dani is Science Operations Center (SOC) manager for TRACERS and was SOC Manager for EMFISIS instrument on Van Allen Probes, launched 2012.
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