Department Committees

Department Committees

Executive Committee

Henric Krawczynski

Henric Krawczynski

Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker Distinguished Professor in Physics

​Professor Krawczynski works on experimental and theoretical astroparticle physics. His work aims at revealing the inner workings of astrophysical black holes, and using black hole and neutron star observations for testing the theory of General Relativity and the Standard Model of Particle Physics in regimes not accessible in terrestrial laboratories.

Saori Pastore

Saori Pastore

Associate Chair and Associate Professor of Physics

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Professor Pastore's research is focused on understanding how nuclear properties emerge from the underlying nucleonic dynamics, with the broader goal of contributing to ongoing experimental efforts in nuclear physics, fundamental symmetries, and neutrino physics.

Shaffique Adam

Shaffique Adam

Professor of Physics

Dr. Adam's current research explores the complex and surprising ways electrons behave when they are subject to the interplay of quantum mechanics, material imperfections, confined geometries and interactions with other electrons.

Willem H. Dickhoff

Willem H. Dickhoff

​Professor of Physics

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Professor Dickhoff's research concentrates mostly on the solution of the nuclear many-body problem. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in quantum mechanics, nuclear and particle physics.

Trevor GrandPre

Trevor GrandPre

Assistant Professor of Physics

The GrandPre group focuses on non-equilibrium statistical physics and soft condensed matter physics, with an emphasis on criticality in biology. 

Brian Rauch

Brian Rauch

Research Associate Professor of Physics

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Brian Rauch's research focus is in cosmic ray astrophysics. He was involved in ultra-heavy galactic cosmic ray (UHGCR) research with the Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (TIGER) experiment as an undergraduate and graduate student, with SuperTIGER as a postdoc and research scientist, and is now the Principal Investigator (PI) for SuperTIGER-II. 

Alexander Seidel

Alexander Seidel

Professor of Physics​

Professor Seidel is working on the theory of quantum many-body systems in condensed matter physics. His main interests lie in strongly correlated systems, where new phenomena emerge that cannot be understood even at a crude level without properly taking into account the interactions between particles.

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Xi Wang

Assistant Professor of Physics

Xi Wang’s lab utilizes cutting-edge magneto optical and optoelectronic microscopy and spectroscopy to probe and control excitons, electrons, phonons, magnons et al. in quantum materials for applications in quantum simulation and quantum communication.

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Chuanwei Zhang

Wayman Crow Professor of Physics

Dr. Chuanwei Zhang’s research interests include theoretical ultracold atomic gases, quantum information processing, photonics, topological quantum materials, and 2D materials.

Committees

Undergraduate Program Committees

Undergraduate Studies Committee: Manel Errando (Chair), Sarah Akin (Secretary), Jim Buckley, Mairin Hynes, Shankar Mukherji, Yajie Yuan, Chuanwei Zhang

Biophysics Intro Committee: Mikhail Tikhonov (Chair), Trevor GrandPre, Shankar Mukherji, Ralf Wessel 

Physics Data Science Major Committee: Yajie Yuan (Chair), Zohar Nussinov, Saori Pastore, Maria Piarulli

Undergraduate Prize Committee: Francesc Ferrer (Chair), Mairin Hynes

Undergraduate Advising Coordinator: Shaffique Adam


Graduate Program Committees

Graduate Studies Committee: Alex Seidel (Chair & Director), Sarah Akin (Secretary), Wim Dickhoff, Saori Pastore; Graduate Students: Michael Abreu, Hamta Farrokhi, Joe Glichowski, Maitreya Kundu

Thrust Advising Coordinator: Zohar Nussinov

Graduate Admissions Committee: Tansu Daylan (Chair)Dmitry Chichinadze, Ramanath CowsikBhupal DevJonathan Katz, Sheng Ran

Graduate Career Committee: Alex Seidel (Chair); Graduate Students: John Hawthorne, Alexandria Terry

Undergraduate & Graduate Recruitment Committee: Karthik Ramanathan (Chair), Sheng Ran

Graduate Rotations Committee: Alexander Seidel (chair), Ram Cowsik


Departmental Committees

Colloquia Committee: Mark Alford (Chair), Trevor GrandPre, Jonathan Katz, Zohar Nussinov, Sheng Ran; Grad Students: John Hawthorne, Maitreya Kundu, Sabrina Weldon

Computer Committee: Alex Chen (Chair), Yajie Yuan, Sai Iyer

Faculty Prize Committee: Shaffique Adam (Co-chair), Bhupal Dev (Co-chair), Karthik Ramanathan

Grant / Research Committee: Chuanwei Zhang (Chair), Jim Buckley, Henric Krawczynski, Saori Pastore, Li Yang 

Junior Faculty Development Committee: Mark Alford, Wim Dickhoff, Erik Henriksen 

Outreach Committee: Chong Zu (Chair); Graduate Students: Morgan Hopkins (Student-Chair), Michael Abreu, Hamta Farrokhi, Sam Kovach, Will Labrador, Thomas Lewer, Alexandria Terry

Postdoc Committee: Maria Piarulli (Chair), Tansu Daylan, Trevor GrandPre, Karthik Ramanathan, Xi Wang

Space Usage Committee: Karthik Ramanathan (Chair), Jim Buckley, Todd Hardt, Henric Krawczynski, Saori Pastore, Samantha Tippett, Alex Seidel; Graduate Students: Will Labrador, Seth Larner

Shop/Cryogenics Committee: Brian Rauch (Chair), Todd Hardt, Erik Henriksen; Graduate Students: Blake Bal, Argen Detoito, Hamta Farrokhi

Study & Work Culture Committee: Erik Henriksen (Chair), Sarah Akin, Merita Haxhia, Mairin Hynes, Augusto Medeiros da Rosa, Saori Pastore, Samantha Tippett, Wolfgang Zober; Graduate Students: Hamta Farrokhi, Maitreya Kundu, Diego Lopez Gutierrez, Shravan Vengalil Menon, Jacqueline Vazquez, Sabrina Weldon


Other Department Duties


Graduate Student Committees

Graduate Student Mentors: Ben de Jonge (Co-Chair), Diego Lopez Gutierrez (Co-Chair), Janna May Angeles, Aaron Barrios, Argen Detoito, Hamta Farrokhi, Joe Glichowski, Robin Graham, Ye Jin Han, Morgan Hopkins, Chun Huang, Sam Kovach, Maitreya Kundu, Nicole Osborn, Jan Shao, Jacqueline Vazquez, Shravan Vengalil Menon, Bryce Wedig, Sabrina Weldon

Departmental/Administrative Committees

Graduate Senator: John Hawthorne

Union Representatives: Joe Glichowski, Maitreya Kundu, Seth Larner, Shravan Vengalil Menon

Climate Survey: Janna May Angeles, Nicole Osborn, Jacqueline Vazquez

Faculty Meeting Representatives: Hamta Farrokhi, Seth Larner, Nicole Osborn

Gradsem Committee: Ben de Jonge, Robert Heyck, Sam Kovach, Henry Webb

Research Symposium (WUPRS): Janna May Angeles (co-chair), Wolfgang Zober (co-chair), Michael Abreu, Aaron Barrios, Maitreya Kundu

Social Committees

Summer BBQ Committee: Nick Rackers, Michael Abreu, Henry Webb

Donuts & Coffee Committee: Sabrina Weldon (Chair), Michael Abreu, Seth Larner

End-of-Summer Picnic Committee: Michael Abreu, Argen Detoito, Hamta Farrokhi

PiB: Sam Kovach, Deniz Sarman, Jan Shao, Jacqueline Vazquez

Grad Lounge Renovation Committee: Ben de Jonge, Will Labrador, John Hawthorne, Bryce Wedig, Nathan Whitsett, Shravan Vengalil Menon

Arm Day Workout Committee: Thomas Lewer (Chair), John Hawthorne, Robert Heyck, Sam Kovach, Jan Shao

 


Postdoc Committees

Faculty Meeting Representative: Wolfgang Zober