People

Portrait of John Silva

John Silva

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Portrait of Joe Sink

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

Frederick N. Skiff, PhD

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.
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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.
Portrait of Kevin Steele

Kevin Steele

Title/Position
Application Programmer
Analyst
Kory Stiffler

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.
Dale Stille

Dale Stille

Title/Position
Instructional Services Specialist
Dale has been with the University and the Department of Physics and Astronomy as the Instructional Resource Specialist for 35 years.
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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.
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Dustin Swarm, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Dustin Swarm is interested in high energy astrophysics and the application of machine learning in astronomy. He is currently working with Prof. Casey DeRoo studying X-ray sources in the Galactic center found using an outlier detection algorithm.
Andi Swirbul

Andi Swirbul

Title/Position
Instructional Services Specialist
Van Allen Observatory Coordinator
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Chhatra Tamang Lama

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
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Jared Termini

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Jared Termini is interested in astronomical instrumentation and detector design. He is currently working with Professor Keri Hoadley on the Faint Intergalactic Medium Redshifted Emission Balloon (FIREBall) mission.
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Ashok Tiwari

Title/Position
Former Graduate Research Assistant
Ashok Tiwari focused his research on medical physics applications. His research concentrated on dosimetry post radiopharmaceutical therapy and quantitative imaging in nuclear medicine.
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Toby Tompkins

Title/Position
Engineering Coordinator
Fatima Toor

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.
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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.
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Maryam Vaghefi Esfidani

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Maryam is interested in condensed matter and her area is understanding the optical properties of polar materials and semiconductor using a combination of experimental methods and numerical model.
Niels Van Venrooij

Niels Van Venrooij

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Portrait of Keith Vidal

Keith Vidal, PhD

Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Keith Vidal is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa.
Portrait of Jun Wang

Jun Wang, PhD

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.
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Antonio Washington

Title/Position
Aerospace Project Engineer
Antonio is a Computer Engineer with a focus on Firmware (FPGA) for spaceflight hardware. He supports multiple efforts within the department where there is a need for "software" control to a spaceflight instrument, such as on TRACERS, MAGIC, PLASMIC, CHIMERA and ACES-II.
Wen, Yuanzheng

Yuanzheng Wen

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
james wetzel

James Wetzel, PhD

Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Wetzel received his PhD from the University of Iowa in 2014, where he develops R&D programs for Professor Yasar Onel.
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Darrelle Wilkinson

Title/Position
Research Associate
Team member of Juno, TRACERS, Cassini, and Van Allen Probes missions. Work includes but is not limited to instrument commanding, data analysis, and dataset management
Markus Wohlgenannt

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.
Taylan Yetkin

Taylan Yetkin, PhD

Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Taylan Yetkin is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Iowa.
Hossein Zandipour

Hossein Zandipour

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
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Paul Zelle

Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant