People

Philip Kurian, PhD
Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Philip Kurian is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa.

Kathy Kurth
Title/Position
Secretary

William Kurth, PhD
Title/Position
Research Scientist
Engineer
Bill is a long-time member of the Radio and Plasma Wave Group at Iowa. He studies radio and plasma waves in planetary magnetospheres, the solar wind, and the interstellar medium.

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.

Cori Langfitt
Title/Position
Undergraduate Administrative Services Coordinator

Amanda Lasko
Title/Position
Aerospace Project Engineer

Shirsh Lata Soni
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Scholar
Dr. Shirsh Lata Soni is an early-career researcher dedicated to the field of solar physics. Her research interests entail conducting fundamental scientific research in solar physics and space weather using observations and modeling, as well as contributing to the planning and designing of heliophysics missions.

Yogendra Limbu
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant

Tim Lissovsky
Title/Position
IT Support Consultant
Learn more about Tim Lissovsky, IT Support Consultant in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa.

Karl E. Lonngren, PhD
Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Karl E. Lonngren is a Professor Emeritus in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa.

Mehdi (Kian) Maleki Sanukesh
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Kian Maleki is interested in theoretical condensed matter physics. He is working as a research assistant with Prof. Flatté. His current project is about defect-phonon interaction in hBN.

Usha Mallik, PhD
Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Usha Mallik passed away on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2024. Known as a distinguished experimental physicist, she worked extensively in CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.

Brady Martin
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Scholar
Brady Martin is conducting research for Dr. Wayne Polyzou in the field of theoretical nuclear physics. His research focuses on the study of electroweak interactions and neutrino physics within the context of nuclear reaction theory.

Ian Masson
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Graduate Student Mentor

Daniel McGinnis, PhD
Title/Position
Assistant Research Scientist
Engineer
Daniel's research area is observational space physics and he studies the formation and evolution of the solar wind.

Alexa McKeay
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Jodie McLennan
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Jacqueline McShan
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
J. Douglas Menietti, PhD
Title/Position
Research Scientist
Engineer
Dr. Menietti has extensive experience in space plasma data analysis and computation. Recent interests include wave growth analyses using the WHAMP dispersion solver for the space plasma environment.

Robert Merlino, PhD
Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Robert L. Merlino is an Emeritus Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa. His research activities are in experimental plasma physics, where he has concentrated on performing experiments investigating processes of relevance to space plasma physics, and on the physics of dusty plasmas. His research has been funded by the Cottrell Research Corporation, the Office of Naval Research, NASA, NSF and DOE.

Alexi Mestvirishvil
Title/Position
Assistant Research Scientist
Engineer

Yannick Meurice, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Colloquium Coordinator
Faculty Assembly Representative
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
Deputy Director of Research Operations
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.
Matthew C. Miller
Title/Position
Engineering Coordinator
Matt is an Engineering Coordinator working in the University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Machine Shop. He has worked in the machine shop a total of 10 years starting in 2009.

Michael Miller
Title/Position
Design Engineer

Andrea Minot
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant

Anthony Moeller, PhD
Title/Position
Laboratory Coordinator

John Momberg
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Jessica Mondoskin
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant

David Montealegre
Title/Position
Former Graduate Research Assistant
David Montealegre worked in the field of solid-state physics. David's main research focus was in superlattice structures used in LEDs, lasers, and detectors.
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