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Swagato Banerjee, Associate Professor
swagato.banerjee@louisville.edu | 502-852-0915
Research Areas: Experimental High Energy Physics
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Chris L. Davis, Professor
c.l.davis@louisville.edu | 502-852-8966
Research Areas: Experimental High Energy Physics
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Jian Du-Caines, Associate Professor
jian.du@louisville.edu | 502-852-0912
Research Areas: Atmospheric Physics, Space Physics and Aeronomy
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Timothy Dowling, Professor
timothy.dowling@louisville.edu | 502-852-3927
Research Areas: Atmospheric Physics
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Benne Holwerda, Professor
benne.holwerda@louisville.edu | 502-852-0918
Research Areas: Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Chakram S. Jayanthi, Professor, Chairperson
chakram.jayanthi@louisville.edu | 502-852-6790
Research Areas: Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter Physics
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Scott Jensen, Term Assistant Professor
scott.jensen@louisville.edu
Research Areas: Condensed Matter Theory
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John F. Kielkopf, Professor
john.kielkopf@louisville.edu | 502-852-5990
Research Areas: Astrophysics, Atomic & Molecular Physics, Applied Optical Physics
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Antonios Kyprianidis, Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
antonios.kyprianidis@louisville.edu | 502-852-0930
Research Areas: Experimental Quantum Information, Atomic & Optical Physics, Quantum Simulation
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James Lauroesch, Associate Professor
james.lauroesch@louisville.edu | 502-852-1394
Research Areas: Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Shudun Liu, Associate Professor
shudun.liu@louisville.edu | 502-852-0917
Research Areas: Condensed Matter Theory
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Sergio B. Mendes, Professor
sb.mendes@louisville.edu | 502-852-0908
Research Areas: Optical Material Science
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Serban Smadici, Associate Professor
serban.smadici@louisville.edu | 502-852-0853
Research Areas: Experimental Condensed Matter
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Gamini Sumanasekera, Professor
gamini.sumanasekera@louisville.edu | 502-852-1558
Research Areas: Experimental Condensed Matter
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Gerard M. Williger, Professor
gerard.williger@louisville.edu | 502-852-0821
Research Areas: Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Ming Yu, Professor
ming.yu.1@louisville.edu | 502-852-0931
Research Areas: Condensed Matter Theory
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Chad Howard, Part-Time Lecturer
Matthew Nichols, Part-Time Lecturer
Kamala Gant, Unit Business Manager
kamala.gant@louisville.edu | 502-852-0974
Lutz Haberzettl, IT Support Analyst
lutz.haberzettl@louisville.edu | 502-852-1986
Katherine Klotz, Program Coordinator
katherine.klotz@louisville.edu | 502-852-6787
Joshua Rimmer, Machine Shop
joshua.rimmer@louisville.edu | 502-852-0655
Tatyana Tarakanova, Lab Coordinator
Frank O. Clark,
502-852-5990
Research Areas: Astrophysics & Remote Sensing
Lutz Haberzettl, Adjunct Assistant Professor
lutz.haberzettl@louisville.edu | 502-852-1986
Research Areas: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Biomedicine
Jin Jun Liu, Professor
j.liu@louisville.edu | 502-852-1223
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David N. Brown, Professor
david.brown@wku.edu
Research Areas: Experimental High Energy Physics, Computational Biophysics
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