Department of Physics

Faculty

Professors

Marina Artuso 
Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  martuso@syr.edu
•  323 Physics Building
•  315.443.2356

Stefan Ballmer 
Associate Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  sballmer@syr.edu
•  263-5 Physics Building
•  315.443.3882

Steven Blusk 
Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  sblusk@syr.edu
•  327 Physics Building
•  315.443.3158

Duncan Brown 
Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  dabrown@syr.edu
•  263-1 Physics Building
•  315.443.5993

Simon Catterall 
Professor of Physics and Department Associate Chair

•  Faculty Page
•  smcatter@syr.edu
•  309 Physics Building
•  315.443.5978

Walter Freeman 
Assistant Teaching Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  wafreema@syr.edu
•  215 Physics Building
•  315.443.1573

Jay Hubisz 
Associate Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  jhubisz@syr.edu
•  311 Physics Building
•  315.443.2653

Matthew LaHaye 
Associate Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  mlahaye@syr.edu
•  209 Physics Building
•  315.443.2564

John "Jack" Laiho 
Associate Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  jwlaiho@syr.edu
•  313 Physics Building
•  315.443.0317

M. Lisa Manning 
Associate Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  mmanning@syr.edu
•  229-B Physics Building
•  315.443.3920

Alan Middleton 
Professor and Arts and Sciences Associate Dean of Research and Scholarship

•  Faculty Page
•  aamiddle@syr.edu
•  213 Physics Building

Liviu Movileanu 
Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  lmovilea@syr.edu
•  211 Physics Building
•  315-443-8078

Joseph Paulsen 
Assistant Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  jdpaulse@syr.edu
•  223 Physics Building
•  315.443.3752

Britton Plourde 
Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  bplourde@syr.edu
•  219 Physics Building
•  315.443.8967

Carl Rosenzweig 
Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  crosenzw@syr.edu
•  319 Physics Building
•  315.443.5969

Matthew Rudolph 
Assistant Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  msrudolp@syr.edu
•  325 Physics Building
•  315.443.5973

Peter R. Saulson 
Martin A. Pomerantz '37 Professor of Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  psaulson@syr.edu
•  263-4 Physics Building
•  315.443.5994

Eric A. Schiff 
Professor and Physics Department Chair
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  easchiff@syr.edu
•  201 Physics Building
•  315.443.3901

Jennifer Schwarz 
Associate Professor of
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  jmschw02@syr.edu
•  229A Physics Building
•  315.443.3887

Tomasz Skwarnicki 
Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  tskwarni@syr.edu
•  317 Physics Building
•  315.443.5979

Mitchell Soderberg 
Associate Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  msoderbe@syr.edu
•  331 Physics Building
•  315.443.2565

Paul Souder 
Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  pasouder@syr.edu
•  321 Physics Building
•  315.443.9102

Sheldon Stone 
Distinguished Professor of Physics
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  slstone@syr.edu
•  329 Physics Building
•  315.443.5972

Gianfranco Vidali 
Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  gvidali@syr.edu
•  221 Physics Building
•  315.443.9115

G. Scott Watson 
Associate Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  gswatson@syr.edu
•  315 Physics Building
•  315.443.8280

Denver Whittington 
Assistant Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  dwwhitti@syr.edu
•  345 Physics Building
•  315.443.5975

Research Professors

Mark Bowick 
Joel Dorman Steele Professor of Physics
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  bowick@kitp.ucsb.edu

Richard Holmes    Research Assistant Professor, Experimental

• rsholmes@syr.edu
• 365Physics Building
• 315-443-5977

M. Cristina Marchetti 
William R. Kenan Distinguished Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  cmarchetti@ucsb.edu

Raymond Mountain   
Research Assistant Professor, Experimental High Energy Physics. 

• rjmounta@syr.edu
• 349Physics Building

Alison Patteson 
Research Assistant Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  aepattes@syr.edu
•  229-C Physics Building

J.C. Wang   
Research Professor.  Experimental High Energy Physics

• jwang05@syr.edu
• 351Physics Building
• 315-443-5974

Affiliated Faculty

Mark Glauser   
Adjunct Professor - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. 

• mglauser@ecs.syr.edu
• 113Link Hall
• 315-443-2823

Andrzej Krol   
Adjunct Professor - Radiology Department, Upstate Medical University. 

• krola@upstate.edu
• 315-464-7054

Steven Penn   
Associate Professor - Department of Physics, Experimental Gravitational Waves, Hobart William Smith. 

• penn@hws.edu

Radhakrishna "Suresh" Sureshkumar   
Adjunct Professor - BMC Engineering, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering. 

• rsureshk@syr.edu
• 121Link Hall
• 315-443-3194

Instructors

Samuel Sampere   Instructional Lab Manager

• smsamper@syr.edu
• B-101Physics Building
• 315.443.5999 or 315.443.9705

Emeriti

Aiyalam Balachandran   Professor Emeritus

• balachandran38@gmail.com

Kenneth Foster 
Professor Emeritus
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  kwfoster@syr.edu
•  375 Physics Building
•  315.443.9220

Joshua Goldberg   Professor Emeritus

• goldberg@phy.syr.edu
• 253Physics Building
• 315-443-5990

Marvin Goldberg   Professor Emeritus

• goldbergmarvin@gmail.com
• Physics

Edward Lipson 
Emeritus Professor
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  edlipson@syr.edu
•  359 Physics Building
•  315.443.9107

Allen Miller    
Professor Emeritus. 

• allenmil@syr.edu
• 367Physics Building
• 315-443-5963

Fritz Rohrlich    Professor Emeritus

• rohrlich@phy.syr.edu
• 367Physics Building
• 315-443-5963

Joseph Schechter 
Professor Emeritus
Physics

•  Faculty Page
•  schechte@phy.syr.edu
•  357 Physics Building
•  315.443.5968

Rafael Sorkin   Professor Emeritus

• Other Link
• sorkin@physics.syr.edu

Kameshwar Wali   Professor Emeritus

• kcwali@syr.edu
• 371Physics Building
• 315-443-9113

Marcel Wellner   Professor Emeritus

• wellnerm@upstate.edu
• 253Physics Building
• 315-443-5990