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The Department of Physics and Astronomy is composed of 15 full-time professors, about 15 lecturers, two administration coordinators, two technical support staff, and our students. For general information on the activities of a specific member, read her or his profile by clicking on the name below. Personal web page links can be found on the profile pages.

Faculty

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Name Position & Research Interest Phone, Email Office
Abachi, Shahriar Lecturer
Particle physics, High Energy physics
(562) 985-4915
sabachi@csulb.edu
FO5-204
Abate, Yohannes Assistant Professor,
Condensed Matter Experiment
(562 985-4912
yabate2@csulb.edu
PH2-202
Anwar, M. Zahur Professor,
Condensed Matter Theory
(562) 985-8641
zanwar@csulb.edu
PH2-118
Bill, Andreas Associate Professor,
Condensed Matter Theory
(562) 985-8616
abill@csulb.edu
PH1-207
Chuang, Kuan-Wen Lecturer,
High Energy Astrophysics

(562) 985-4915
chuang402000@yahoo.com

FO5-208
Eliason, Lowell Professor Emeritus,
Experimental Solid State Physics

(562) 985- 5127
leliason@csulb.edu

PH2-202
Frey, Michael Lecturer,
Astronomy
(562) 985-4924
mfrey@csulb.edu
FO5-205
Geier, Montserrat Lecturer (562) 985-4924
mgeier@csulb.edu

FO5-205

Gredig, Thomas Assistant Professor,
Condensed Matter Experiment
(562) 985-4922
tgredig@csulb.edu
PH1-203
Gu, Jiyeong Assistant Professor,
Condensed Matter Experiment
(562) 985-4848
jgu@csulb.edu
PH2-125
Hintzen, Paul Professor,
Astronomy
(562) 985-8619
hintzen@csulb.edu
PH1-212
Hlousek, Zvonimir Professor,
Elementary Particle Physics, Few Body Theory, Field theory
(562) 985-4854
hlousek@csulb.edu
PH2-108
Hu, C.Y. Professor,
Few Body Theory, Computational Physics
(562) 985-7821
chihu@csulb.edu
FO5-211
Jaikumar, Prashanth Assistant Professor
Nuclear Physicist
(562) 985-5592
pjaikuma@csulb.edu
PH1-206
Kenealy, Patrick
(Department Chair)
Professor,
Physics Education Research
(562) 985-8745
kenealyp@csulb.edu
PH1-210

Kwon, Chuhee
(Graduate Advisor)

Professor,
Condensed Matter Experiment
(562) 985-4855
ckwon@csulb.edu
PH2-120
Kuck, George Lecturer (562) 985-4913
galbertk@aol.com
FO5-204
Little, Darlene Lecturer (562) 985-4924
Darlene.Little@sbcglobal.net
FO5-204
Leung, Alfred
Professor,
Optics, Spectroscopy
(562) 985-4923
afleung@csulb.edu
PH2-109
Nishino, Hitoshi Lecturer
High Energy Physics, Particle Physics, Field Theory
(562) 985-4847
hnishino@csulb.edu
PH2-119
Papp, Zoltan Professor,
Few Body Theory, Quantum Theory, Computational Physics
(562) 985-4900
zpapp@csulb.edu
PH2-104
Rahman, Mustafazir Lecturer (562) 985-4924
Mustafiz_r@hotmail.com
PH2-101
Pickett, G.
(Undergraduate Advisor)
Professor,
Condensed Matter Theory
(562) 985-4934
gpickett@csulb.edu
PH1-221
Rajpoot, Subhash Professor,
Field Theory, Elementary Particle Interactions
(562) 985-4847
rajpoot@csulb.edu
PH2-119
Raman, Saravana Lecturer 616-7005
saravanaraman@gmail.com
PH2-210
Sharma, Deepak Lecturer (562) 985-7821
sharmaphy@yahoo.com
FO5-211
Stankovic, Jasmina

Lecturer

(562) 985-4921
jstankovic@csulb.edu

FO5-210
Stankovic, Slobodan Lecturer (562) 985-4921
sstankovic@csulb.edu
FO5-210
Sunahata, Hiroki Lecturer (562) 985-4914
hirokis@csulb.edu
FO5-211
Tahsiri, Hooshang Lecturer (562) 985-5502
htahsiri@csulb.edu

FO5-206

Staff

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Name

Position Phone, Email Office
Howard, Irene Administrative Coordinator,
Department office
(562) 985-7925
idhoward@csulb.edu
PH1-210
Dana, Sandy Administrative Assistant,
Department office
(562) 985-4924
sdana@csulb.edu
PH1-210
Torres, Tony Technician, Suprv. (562) 985-4853
ttorres@csulb.edu
PH2-114
McLaughlin, Mark Technician (562) 985-4853
mmclaugh@csulb.edu
PH2-114

List of Emeriti/Former Faculty

Ayers, R.D., Mladen Barbic, Christian Bracher, Eliason, L., S. George, Gordon, Kim, Hu, C.Y., Larry S. Lerner, Ken Luke, Jack Munsee, Siman Salem, Bruce Scott, Cramer W. Shultz, K.Y. Shen, E.L. Woollett, A.F. Yano, M. Gross.

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Last update: 10/21/09

Colloquium:

Proximity Effect in Superconductor/Ferromagnet Hybrid Systems,

J. Gu, CSU Long Beach.

Monday, November 23, 2009, 11am, PH2-110.

TRIUMF cyclotron in Vancouvers: site of the muSR experiments.


Welcome to our two new faculty:

Prashanth Jaikumar

 Prashanth Jaikumar: New faculty member at the department of Physics & Astronomy

Dr. Jaikumar is a nuclear astrophysicist who graduated from SUNY at Stony Brooks. His interests are in high-density matter and its relation to astrophysical phenomena in neutron stars.

Yohannes Abate

Yohannes Abate: new faculty member of the department of Physics and Astronomy

Dr. Abate is a condensed matter experimentalist, who graduated from the University of Iowa. His interests are in near-field microscopy and spectroscopy imaging in metals and semiconductors, plasmonics in nanoparticles and the physics of metamaterials.


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