RPI Physics, Applied Physics, & Astronomy: Faculty

Department Faculty

Rensselaer’s faculty members are a collaborative community working in an atmosphere of increasing interdisciplinarity. They take pride in their dedication to teaching — demonstrating a commitment to excellence that always has been a hallmark of Rensselaer’s teacher-scholars.

All phone numbers are (518) 276 and the extension number.

Faculty
Detchprohm, Theeradetch Ph.D.	Research Associate Professor
Eah, Sang-Kee Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Ext. 3972
García, Angel E. Ph.D.	Department Head; Professor; Senior Constellation Chaired Professor in Biocomputation and Bioinformatics	Ext. 4206
Giedt, Joel Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Ext. 6455
Jackson, Shirley Ann Ph.D.	President; Professor	Ext. 6212
Korniss, György Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Ext. 2555
Lewis, Kim Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Ext. 3978
Lin, Shawn-Yu Ph.D.	Professor; Constellation Professor, Future Chips	Ext. 2978
Lu, Toh-Ming Ph.D.	R.P. Baker Distinguished Professor of Physics	Ext. 2979
Meunier, Vincent Ph.D.	Gail and Jeffrey L. Kodosky ’70 Constellation Professor of Physics, Information Technology, and Entrepreneurship	Ext. 6886
Morse, Jon Ph.D.	Professor	Ext. 2542
Napolitano, James Ph.D.	Professor	Ext. 8019
Nayak, Saroj Ph.D.	Professor	Ext. 2932
Newberg, Heidi Jo Ph.D.	Professor	Ext. 2652
Persans, Peter D. Ph.D.	Professor; Department Associate Head	Ext. 2934
Roberge, Wayne G. Ph.D.	Professor	Ext. 6454
Schowalter, Leo J. Ph.D.	Visiting Professor	271-7375 Ext. 109
Schroeder, John Ph.D.	Professor	Ext. 8408
Schubert, E. Fred Ph.D.	Professor: Wellfleet Senior Constellation Professor, Future Chips	Ext. 8775
Shur, Michael S. Ph.D.	Patricia W. and C. Sheldon Roberts ’48 Professor of Solid State Electronics	Ext. 2201
Stoler, Paul Ph.D.	Professor	Ext. 8388
Sun, Yiyang Ph.D.	Research Assistant Professor
Wang, Gwo-Ching Ph.D.	Travelstead Institute Chair; Professor	Ext. 8387
Washington, Morris A. Ph.D.	Professor of Practice	Ext. 3064
Wetzel, Christian M. Ph.D.	Wellfleet Career Development Constellation Professor, Future Chips; Professor of Physics	Ext. 3755
Whittet, Douglas C.B. Ph.D.	Professor; Director, New York Center for Astrobiology	Ext. 8413
Wilke, Ingrid Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Ext. 6318
Yamaguchi, Masashi Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Ext. 3092
Zhang, Shengbai Ph.D.	Gail and Jeffrey L. Kodosky ’70 Senior Constellation Professor of Physics, Information Technology, and Entrepreneurship	Ext. 6127

Visiting Appointments

Alizadeh, Azar Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist

Cummings, John P. Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist

Cruz-Silva, Eduardo Ph.D.
Research Scientist

Kersting, Roland Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist

Uzgiris, Egidijus E. Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist

Research Appointments

Research Associate
Ciolek, Glenn

Research Engineer
Wilhelmi, James

Postdoctoral Fellow
Chen, Alan

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Bang, Junhyeok
Carlin, Jeffrey
Chan, Tzu-Liang
Gaire, Churamani
Kuang, Ping
Kubarovskiy, Alexey
Lu, Zonghuan
Qian, Guoguang
Saxena, Akansha
Shenoi, Rajeev
Shimpi, Paresh
Wang, Pei-l
Wang, Xiaoli
West, Damien
Zhang, Yuyang

Laboratory Manager

Bur, James

Adjunct Faculty

Dwyer, Scott
Kubarovsky, Valery
Lee, Sabrina
Lee, Susanne
Trinkala, Mike
Zhang, Xi-Cheng, Ph.D.

Supervisor, Studio Classrooms:
Dwyer, S. Ph.D., Ext. 8414

Coordinator of Public Observing:
Cassidy, J., Ext. 6310

Emeritus Professors

Adams, Gary S., Ph.D.
Brown, E., Ph.D.
Eppenstein, W., M.S.
Giaever, I., Ph.D.
Hayes, Tim, Ph.D.
Leung, C.M., Ph.D.
Levinger, J., Ph.D.
Medicus, H., Ph.D.
Meltzer, A.S., Ph.D.
Min, Kongki, Ph.D.
Nettel, S.J., Ph.D.
Resnick, R., Ph.D.
Salinger, G., Ph.D.
Winhold, E.J., Ph.D.
Yergin, P., Ph.D.
Zhang, Xi-Cheng, Ph.D.

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