The physics department faculty teach or manage all of the Loyola physics courses. Areas of interest and expertise cover a wide variety of physics subfields. If you are interested in the physics curriculum or working on a research project, feel free to contact any faculty member to discuss what is available in the department.
B.A., University of Cagliari, Italy M.A. and Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Areas of Interest: neutrino physics, quantum field theory, Casimir effect
B.S., University of Rochester M.S., University of Wisconsin Ph.D., Washington University (St. Louis) Areas of Interest: condensed matter physics, laser spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance
B.S., Brown University Ph.D., Cornell University Areas of Interest: computational physics, oceanography
A.B., Harvard University Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Areas of Interest: fluid dynamics, biophysics, physics of medicine, robots in the introductory labs, student projects
B.S., Indiana State University M.A., Indiana State University M.S., University of Cincinnati Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Areas of Interest: nanotechnology, experimental condensed matter
B.S. University of California, Berkeley M.A. and Ph.D. Wayne State University Areas of Interest: Metamaterial superconductors, Manganite Perovskite films
B.A., Smith College M.S., University of Hawaii at Manoa Ph.D., University of Wyoming Areas of interest: Astronomy, physical science education
B.S., Rutgers University Ph.D., City University of New York Areas of interest: Quantum field theory, quantum chromodynamics (QCD), color glass condensate
B.S., Union College Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Areas of Interest: experimental condensed matter physics, experimental surface physics, ultrahigh vacuum electron spectroscopy, history and philosophy of physics
A.B., Sweet Briar College M.A., Johns Hopkins University Areas of Interest: experimental particle physics, optical physics, physics education research
B.A., S.T.B., S.T.L., Woodstock College Ph.L., Bellarmine College Ph.D., Catholic University of America Areas of Interest: theoretical physics, nuclear structure, elementary particle physics, cosmology
This professor of physics believes Loyola’s core Jesuit values provides students with a well-rounded science education