People
![Aldo Penzo](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/3/e/3eabd63632540e6ba214d7e040ea0c45.png?itok=mqT_scgP)
Aldo Penzo
Title/Position
Research Scientist
Engineer
![Portrait of Daniel Pette](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2021-08/Pette%2C%20Daniel_1.jpg?h=8cbd50b8&itok=Hhh4Zvb3)
Daniel Pette
Title/Position
Graduate Student
Dan is currently employed as an aerospace engineer while he pursues a PhD here at Iowa, part-time. He has lived in four states and enjoys weightlifting, hiking, road trips, craft beer, and classic literature.
![Jolene Pickett](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2021-10/pickett-120913-ts-05.jpg?h=5603a7f3&itok=uwTj7HqN)
Jolene Pickett
Title/Position
Researcher
Jolene's research interests lie in the area of space physics, specifically electrostatic solitary waves, auroral kilometric radiation and chorus waves observed in space plasmas.
![Chris Piker](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/3/e/3eabd63632540e6ba214d7e040ea0c45.png?itok=mqT_scgP)
Chris Piker
Title/Position
Senior Database Administrator
Chris is primarily a server software developer, though he attends to public data archiving, relational database development, system administration, and adjacent areas as needed to assist space physics researchers.
![Wayne Polyzou](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2021-07/wayne_polyzou.jpg?h=1df9738c&itok=CK-c8Hrd)
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.
![Posligua](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2021-09/Posligua%2CJonatan-2021.jpg?h=34b10bed&itok=iBGqx_VQ)
Jonatan Posligua
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Jonatan is a first-year physics graduate student from Guayaquil, Ecuador. He came to the University of Iowa in 2017 to undertake his undergraduate studies and graduated with a Bachelor in Sciences in Astronomy and Physics in May of 2021.
![Powers, Brendan](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-08/Powers.jpg?h=d495079d&itok=mrT_fnce)
Brendan Powers
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
![Portrait of Mohit Pradhan](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2022-08/Pradhan%2C%20Mohit.jpg?h=74979c8c&itok=FI9sFM2x)
Mohit Pradhan
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
![Carol A. Preston](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/3/e/3eabd63632540e6ba214d7e040ea0c45.png?itok=mqT_scgP)
Carol A. Preston
Title/Position
Senior Accountant
Carol has been in the Department of Physics and Astronomy for the past 15 years, working primarily with the Craig Kletzing and David Miles research groups.
![Portrait of John Prineas](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2021-07/john_prineas.jpg?h=50f42b06&itok=hZEvvZWA)
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 Pryor](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2021-07/craig_pryor.jpg?h=634a038f&itok=gY-YdZU_)
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.
![Portrait of Tharnier OPuel](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2022-02/TPuelDeOliveira.jpg?h=39f25a48&itok=N3ZaVvfo)
Tharnier Puel De Oliveira, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Scholar
Dr. Tharnier O. Puel's interests are in theoretical solid state physics. He studied low-temperature physics in the subject of topological properties of matter. In the last years, he contributed to advances in non-equilibrium spin systems at zero temperature.
![Quaid, Salvatore](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2022-08/Quaid%2C%20Salvatore.jpg?h=d495079d&itok=ws-qvDVT)
Salvatore Quaid
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Graduate Student Mentor
![Portrait of Justin Riggs](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-09/Riggs.png?h=50670c37&itok=20BJ-ggQ)
Justin Riggs
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
![Vincent Rodgers](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2021-07/vincent_rodgers_0.jpg?h=fd4b4661&itok=oVvlCTJV)
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.
![Marcia Rogers](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-01/RogersProfile1_Web.jpg?h=a349e9d8&itok=S8T9QzlT)
Marcia Rogers
Title/Position
Research Support Manager
![Saleh, Anas](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-10/Saleh.png?h=b53dd2a4&itok=8wBVwBF-)
Anas Saleh
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Rhyan Sawyer, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
![Ianos Schmidt](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/3/e/3eabd63632540e6ba214d7e040ea0c45.png?itok=mqT_scgP)
Ianos Schmidt
Title/Position
Senior Engineering Associate
![Jack Scudder](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2021-07/jack_scudder.jpg?h=fd4b4661&itok=RPPr9tYA)
Jack Scudder, PhD
Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Jack D. Scudder is a Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa. His research interests include space plasma physics.
![Sercan Sen](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/3/e/3eabd63632540e6ba214d7e040ea0c45.png?itok=mqT_scgP)
Sercan Sen
Title/Position
Research Scientist
Engineer
![Senseman, Blake](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-08/Senseman.jpg?h=d495079d&itok=Dk4mlgD-)
Blake Senseman
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
![Photo of Andrea Shaevitz](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2022-04/ASchaevitz.jpg?h=a79c4616&itok=hflGdJ3N)
Andrea Shaevitz
Title/Position
Senior Financial Analyst
![HWShen](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2022-09/HWShen.jpg?h=1f3fdc12&itok=ERAu_8oa)
Han-Wen Shen, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Han-Wen is interested in conducting space physics research with satellite and ground-based observations. His current research focuses on exploring the plasma dynamics around the Lunar environment.
Yueguang Shi, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
![Portrait of John Silva](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-09/Silva.png?h=7a5f961a&itok=XCV64x-_)
John Silva
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
![Portrait of Joe Sink](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2021-08/SinkJoe.jpg?h=89a99694&itok=SmJ963Hk)
Joe Sink, Ph.D.
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Joe Sink is working with Dr. Craig Pryor and is interested in modeling the electronic properties of novel Solid-State devices using theoretical models such as Tight-Binding and DFT.
![Frederick Skiff](/sites/physics.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2021-07/frederick_skiff.jpg?h=eba8fb96&itok=HEfq-bfb)
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.
Steven Spangler, PhD
Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Steven R. Spangler's research interests include radio astronomy, plasma astrophysics, galactic interstellar medium, solar corona and solar wind, and basic plasma physics.
Pagination