Faculty

Curtis Asplund
Assistant Professor
408-924-5272
DH 335
curtis.asplund@sjsu.edu

Specialization: High energy theoretical physics, entanglement entropy and complexity of quantum field theories and black holes, applications of gauge/gravity duality to condensed matter systems

Ramendra Bahuguna
Professor
408-924-5245
DH 239
ramendra.bahuguna@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Holography, fingerprint sensors

Kassahun Betre
Assistant Professor
408-924-5240
DH 651
kassahun.betre@sjsu.edu

Specialization: High-energy theory, quantum gravity

Peter Beyersdorf
Professor and Chair  
408-924-5236
DH 541
peter.beyersdorf@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Laser physics, precision measurements

Brianne Gutmann
Assistant Professor
408-924-5285
DH 335
brianne.gutmann@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Physics education research

Hilary Hurst
Associate Professor
408-924-5284
DH 644
hilary.hurst@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Condensed matter theory; many-body atomic physics including quantum feedback control, topological phases
and dissipative quantum systems.

Michael Kaufman
Professor and Dean, College of Science
408-924-4800
ISB 
michael.kaufman@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Astrophysics: interstellar medium, infrared/submillimeter observations

Ehsan Khatami
Professor
408-924-5235
DH 644
ehsan.khatami@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Computational condensed matter physics, strongly-correlated electronic systems, quantum machine learning

Thomas Madura
Associate Professor 
408-924-5268
DH 439
thomas.madura@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Astrophysics, astronomy education for blind and visually impaired persons

Cassandra Paul
Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator
408-924-5228
DH 339
cassandra.paul@sjsu.edu

Specialization:  Physics education research (PER)

Gina Quan
Associate Professor
408-924-5255
DH 339
gina.quan@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Physics education research (PER)

Aaron Romanowsky
Professor
408-924-5225
DH 651
aaron.romanowsky@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Astrophysics: galaxy formation, dark matter, dynamics

Christopher Smallwood
Associate Professor
408-924-5270
DH 239
christopher.smallwood@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Experimental optics and materials spectroscopy

Neil Switz
Professor
408-924-5252
DH 251
neil.switz@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Biophysics and optics; primarily optical imaging and fluorescence techniques applied to medical diagnostics.

Kenneth Wharton
Professor
408-924-5257
DH 439
kenneth.wharton@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Quantum foundations

Joesph Becker
Professor Emeritus
joseph.becker353@gmail.com

Specialization: Optics and Biophysics

Carel Boekema
Professor Emeritus
carolus.boekema@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Magnetism and superconductivity in solids, computational condensed matter physics

Alejandro Garcia
Professor Emeritus
algarcia@algarcia.org

Specialization: Computational fluid mechanics, statistical mechanics

Patrick Hamill
Professor Emeritus
408-924-5241
patrick.hamill@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Atmospheric physics, aerosol physics

Brian Holmes
Professor Emeritus
brian.holmes@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Musical acoustics, sports physics

Monika Kress
Professor Emerita
monika.kress@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Astrophysics, Data Analytics for STEM Student Success

Lui Lam
Professor Emeritus
lui.lam@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Nonlinear physics, liquid crystals

Kiumars Parvin
Professor Emeritus
kiumars.parvin@sjsu.edu

Specialization: Experimental condensed matter physics

Natalie Batalha
Adjunct Faculty
natalie.batalha@sjsu.edu

Friedemann Freund
Adjunct Faculty
650-279-8478
ffreund@seti.org