Faculty of Harvey Mudd College
Harvey Mudd College faculty have a wide range of research interests.
Department of Biology
Stephen C. Adolph, Stuart Mudd Professor of Biology and Chair of the Department of Biology
Education: PhD, University of Washington.
Research interests: Physiological, evolutionary and behavioral ecology of lizards; mathematical models in ecology and evolution; statistical estimation of physiological performance.
Anna Ahn, Professor of Biology
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Research interests: Neural control and mechanics of animal locomotion.
Eliot Bush, Professor of Biology
Education: PhD, California Institute of Technology.
Research interests: Molecular evolution of noncoding DNA.
Matina Donaldson-Matasci, Associate Professor of Biology
Education: PhD, University of Washington
Research interests: how social insects, such as bees and ants, coordinate group behaviors.
Karl Haushalter, Professor of Chemistry and Biology
Education: PhD, Harvard University.
Research interests: The biochemistry of protein:nucleic acid interactions in the context of DNA repair and the innate immune response to HIV infection.
Jae Hur, Associate Professor of Biology
Education: PhD, Harvard University
Research interests: molecular and cellular biology with an emphasis on aging and longevity determination.
Catherine S. McFadden, Vivian and D. Kenneth Baker Professor in the Life Sciences
Education: PhD, University of Washington.
Research interests: Molecular systematics of Octocorallia; life history evolution in colonial marine invertebrates
Danae Schulz, Assistant Professor of Biology
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Research interests: African trypanosomes, the parasites transmitted through tsetse flies that cause sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis).
Daniel M. Stoebel, Professor of Biology
Education: PhD, The State University of New York, Stony Brook.
Research interests: Function and evolution of bacterial regulatory networks.
Emeriti Faculty
William K. Purves, Professor of Biology Emeritus
Education: PhD, Yale University.
Research interests: Learning strategies, educational software.
Department of Chemistry
Spencer D. Brucks, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Education: PhD, Columbia University
Research interests: Organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and chemical biology
Karl Haushalter, Seeley Wintersmith Mudd Professor of Chemistry and Biology and Chair, Department of Chemistry
Education: PhD, Harvard University.
Research interests: The biochemistry of protein:nucleic acid interactions in the context of DNA repair and the innate immune response to HIV infection.
Lelia Hawkins, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Hixon Professor of Climate Studies
Education: PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.
Research interests: characterization of light-absorbing compounds in atmospheric aerosol.
Alicia O. Hernandez-Castillo, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Education: PhD, Purdue University
Research interests: Broadband microwave spectroscopy to study molecular interactions
Adam R. Johnson, Professor of Chemistry
Education: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research interests: Design of ligands for the synthesis of chiral transition metal complexes; enantioselective catalysis.
Kerry K. Karukstis, Ray and Mary Ingwersen Professor of Chemistry
Education: PhD, Duke University.
Research interests: Applications of absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy to supramolecular assemblies (micelles, reverse micelles, vesicles) and macromolecular host-guest systems (cyclodextrins, dendrimers); spectroscopic analyses of surfactant aggregations and drug-delivery systems; determination of phase diagrams via fluorescence spectroscopy; incorporation of the case study method in chemistry courses to explore the interaction of science and society and develop critical thinking, teamwork, and oral communication skills; women as leaders in science and engineering.
Gerald R. Van Hecke ’61, Donald A. Strauss Professor of Chemistry
Education: B.S., Harvey Mudd College; PhD, Princeton University.
Research interests: Studies of liquid crystals: synthesis, thermodynamics of mixtures, polarized spectroscopy and computer simulations of liquid crystalline mixtures; thermodynamics of liquid mixtures studied by laser light scattering.
Katherine M. Van Heuvelen, R. Michael Shanahan Associate Professor of Chemistry and Associate Dean for the Faculty
Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Research interests: synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of bio-inspired transition metal complexes.
Hal Van Ryswyk, John Stauffer Professor of Chemistry
Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin.
Research interests: Solar energy conversion, study of energy and electron transfer in self-assembled systems; electronic materials; monolayer chemistry at surfaces; analytical chemistry.
David A. Vosburg, Professor of Chemistry
Education: PhD, The Scripps Research Institute.
Research interests: Biomimetic cyclizations, natural product synthesis, green chemistry.
Emeriti Faculty
G. William Daub POM ’72, Professor of Chemistry
Education: PhD, Stanford University.
Research interests: The development of new regio- and stereoselective reactions for organic synthesis.
Mitsuru Kubota, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Education: PhD, University of Illinois.
Research interests: study of catalysis by metal compounds and inorganic chemistry.
Philip C. Myhre, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Education: PhD University of Washington.
Research interests: organic chemistry.
F. Sheldon Wettack, Professor of Chemistry and Dean Emeritus
Computer Science Department
Lucas Bang, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Education: PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Research interests: software verification and formal methods for security.
James C. Boerkoel Jr., Csilla and Walt Foley Endowed Professor in Computer Science, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Chair, Department of Computer Science
Education: PhD, University of Michigan.
Research interests: Artificial intelligence, automated planning and scheduling, human-robot teamwork and user experience design.
Katherine Breeden, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Clinic Curricular Director
Education: PhD, Stanford University.
Research interests: Computer graphics, human gaze response.
Zachary Dodds, Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Professor of Computer Science and Clinic Recruiting Director
Education: PhD, Yale University.
Research interests: Real-time computer vision, vision-based autonomous robotics and mapping; and the development of low-cost robots for research and education.
Geoff Kuenning, Professor of Computer Science and Clinic Administrative Director
Education: PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
Research interests: Operating systems, file systems, trace analysis, computer systems performance.
Julie Medero, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Education: PhD, University of Washington.
Research interests: Natural language processing.
George Montañez, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Education: PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Research interests: the intersection of computer science, algorithmic search and mathematics.
Melissa O’Neill, Professor of Computer Science
Education: PhD, Simon Fraser University.
Research interests: Functional programming languages and parallelism.
Xanda Schofield ’13 Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Education: PhD, Cornell University
Research interests: designing easy-to-use tools for large-scale corpus text mining, with a focus on distributional semantic models.
Christopher A. Stone, Professor of Computer Science
Education: PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Research interests: Type theory, programming language semantics, object calculi and compilers, concurrency.
Elizabeth A. Sweedyk, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Research interests: Algorithms, complexity theory, computational biology, visualization, computer games, and computer graphics.
Erin Talvitie, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Education: PhD, University of Michigan
Research Interests: applications of machine learning to artificial intelligence, creation of artificial autonomous agents that can act flexibly and competently in unknown environments.
Katherine Elizabeth Trushkowsky, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Education: University of California, Berkeley.
Research interests: Database systems, human computation.
Benjamin Wiedermann, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Core Curriculum Director
Education: PhD, University of Texas at Austin.
Research interests: Programming languages.
Yi-Chieh (Jessica) Wu, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Education: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research interests: Computational biology.
Emeriti Faculty
Michael A. Erlinger, Professor of Computer Science Emeritus
Education: PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
Research interests: Computer networking (protocols, management, security and wireless sensor networks), implementation and use.
Wing Cheung Tam, Professor of Engineering and Computer Science Emeritus
Department of Engineering
Lori C. Bassman, Professor of Engineering
Education: PhD, Stanford University.
Research interests: Deformation mechanisms in polycrystalline metals, computational mechanics and plant biomechanics.
Joshua Brake, Assistant Professor of Engineering
Education: PhD, California Institute of Technology.
Research interests: optical technologies to probe and measure brain activity, mind/body/machine interfaces (MBMI) to improve and expand human cognition.
Philip D. Cha, Professor of Engineering and C.F. Braun & Company Fellow
Education: PhD, University of Michigan.
Research interests: Effects of parameter uncertainties on the dynamics of structures; model updating; imposing nodes for arbitrarily supported elastic structures during harmonic excitations; frequency analysis of combined dynamical systems; vibration of beams carrying spring-mass-damper systems; vibration suppression using oscillators.
Christopher Clark, Professor of Engineering
Education: PhD, Stanford University.
Research interests: multi-robot systems and their applications.
Albert Dato, Associate Professor of Engineering
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Research interests: synthesis and applications of nanomaterials.
Ziyad H. Duron ’81, Jude and Eileen Laspa Professor of Engineering
Education: B.S. Harvey Mudd College, PhD, California Institute of Technology.
Research interests: earthquake engineering, aerospace engineering, fire engineering, system characterization, structural dynamics, field test procedures or large civil structures including large concrete dams.
Okitsugu Furuya, Clinical Professor of Engineering
Education: PhD, California Institute of Technology.
Kash Gokli, Oliver C. Field Professor of Manufacturing Practice and Engineering Economics and Director, Engineering Clinic
Education: M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Research interests: manufacturing, engineering, product development, quality management and process improvement.
David Harris, Harvey S. Mudd Professor of Engineering Design and Associate Department Chair
Education: PhD, Stanford University.
Research interests: Digital systems, integrated circuit design and microprocessors.
Gordon C. Krauss, Fletcher Jones Professor of Engineering Design
Education: PhD, Boston University.
Research interests: friction, wear and lubrication in mechanical and biological systems, design education.
Nancy K. Lape, James Howard Kindelberger Professor in Engineering and Chair, Department of Engineering
Education: PhD, University of Minnesota.
Research interests: The effects of hydration and mechanical stretching on transport of drugs and toxins across human skin; Design and modeling of nanocomposite gas separation membranes; Engineering education.
Fred Leichter, Clinical Professor of Engineering and Director, Rick and Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity (The Hive)
Education: B.S., Mathematics, Swarthmore College
Research interests: design thinking, human centered design, creativity, innovation.
Leah Mendelson, Assistant Professor of Engineering
Education: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research interests: biological and bio-inspired fluid dynamics and imaging techniques for fluid flow measurement.
Steven Santana ’06, Iris & Howard Critchell Assistant Professor of Engineering and Director, Engineering Clinic
Education: B.S., Harvey Mudd College; PhD, Cornell University
Research interests: microfluidics and nanofluidics.
Matthew Spencer, Associate Professor of Engineering
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Research interests: circuit design, MEMS.
R. Erik Spjut, Professor of Engineering, Union Oil Company Engineering Design Fellow
Education: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research interests: Materials processing (especially containerless), process control, optical diagnostics and heat transfer (especially radiant).
TJ Tsai, Assistant Professor of Engineering
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Research interests: the intersection of signal processing, machine learning and music.
Qimin Yang, Professor of Engineering and Associate
Education: PhD, Princeton University.
Research interests: optical communications, optical packet switching networks, QoS in optical networks.
Werner Zorman, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair in Leadership
Education: Vienna University of Technology.
Research interests: leadership, communication skills, emotional intelligence, team building.
Emeriti Faculty
Anthony Bright, Professor of Engineering Emeritus
Education: PhD, University of Bradford, England.
Research interests: hydrodynamics of jets and drop formation.
Mary Cardenas, Professor of Engineering Emeritus
Education: PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Research interests: numerical modeling of the fate and transport of sediments and toxic contaminants in water, both surface waters and groundwater.
Mack Gilkeson, Professor of Engineering Emeritus
Education: PhD, University of Michigan
Research interests: chemical engineering.
Patrick Little, Professor of Engineering Emeritus
Education: ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research interests: transportation, reliability and management of engineered systems.
John I. Molinder, Professor of Engineering Emeritus
Education: PhD, California Institute of Technology
Research interests: communication systems and signal processing
James E. Monson, Professor of Engineering Emeritus
J. Richard (Rich) Phillips, Professor of Engineering Emeritus
Donald S. Remer, Oliver C. Field Professor of Engineering Economics Emeritus
Education: PhD, California Institute of Technology.
Research interests: Management including technical and project management, leadership styles, engineering economics and capital investment evaluation and cost estimation.
Wing Cheung Tam, Professor of Engineering and Computer Science Emeritus
B. Samuel Tanenbaum, Professor of Life Sciences and Engineering and Dean Emeritus
Education: PhD, Yale University.
Research interests: Analysis of sustainability technologies and issues, particularly those related to energy use.
Ruye Wang, Professor of Engineering
Education: PhD, Rutgers University.
Research interests: image processing, pattern recognition, vision systems, data mining, remote sensing, neural computation and bioinformatics.
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
William Alves, Louisa and Robert Miller Professor in the Humanities, and Professor of Music
Education: DMA, University of Southern California.
Research interests: Music composition, computer music, tuning systems, abstract animation, gamelan and other world music.
Isabel Balseiro, Alexander and Adelaide Hixon Professor of Humanities and Professor of Comparative Literature
Education: PhD, New York University.
Research interests: Contemporary writers and filmmakers from Africa and Latin America. Teaches on cultural and race studies, cinema and postcolonial literatures.
David Cubek, Associate Professor of Music and Director of the Claremont Concert Orchestra, Scripps College (Joint Music Program)
Education: DMA, Northwestern University.
Research interests: conducting symphonic and operatic repertoire; research on alternative modes of orchestral training and music as an interdisciplinary art form.
Ambereen Dadabhoy, Associate Professor of Literature and Avery Fellow
Education: PhD, Claremont Graduate University
Research Interests: Early modern English literature; Shakespeare; postcolonial theory; East-West encounter.
Marianne de Laet, Professor of Anthropology and Science, Technology and Society and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Education: PhD, University of Utrecht.
Research interests: Social studies of science; cultural anthropology; technology and culture; video game culture; practices of knowledge-making; collaboration and management in big science.
Erika W. Dyson, Willard W. Keith, Jr. Fellow in the Humanities and Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Education: PhD, Columbia University.
Research interests: religion and science; intersections between social-change activism and religion; American religious history; and church and state.
Ken Fandell, Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson Chair in Arts and the Humanities and Chair, Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
Education: MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Research interests: interdisciplinary arts.
Alfred Flores, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies
Education: PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
Research interests: Pacific Islander history, Asian American history, labor, militarization, race, settler colonialism.
Anup Gampa, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Education: PhD, University of Virginia.
Research interests: Social psychology of social movements, racism, capitalism and wealth inequality.
Jeffrey D. Groves, Professor of Literature
Education: PhD, The Claremont Graduate School.
Research interests: nineteenth-century American literature and publishing, the history of the book.
Vivien Hamilton, Associate Professor of the History of Science
Education: PhD, University of Toronto.
Research interests: History of physics; history of medicine; gender and science; disciplinary cultures in science.
Charles W. Kamm, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choirs, Scripps College (Joint Music Program)
Education: DMA, Yale University.
Research interests: Conductor of the Claremont Concert Choir and the Claremont Chamber Choir; professional vocal soloist and conductor; research on performance practices of renaissance and early Baroque music, 19th century nationalism in music and contemporary Scandinavian choral repertoire.
Rachel Mayeri, Professor of Media Studies
Education: MFA., University of California, San Diego.
Research interests: contemporary art, media studies (especially film studies), cultural studies, science studies, video and new media production and installation.
Salvador Plascencia, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Education: MFA, Syracuse University.
Research interests: creative writing; the novel as print technology.
David Seitz, Assistant Professor of Cultural Geography
Education: PhD, University of Toronto
Research interests: geographies of citizenship; feminist, critical race and queer theories; affect.
Paul F. Steinberg, Malcolm Lewis Chair in Sustainability and Society and Professor of Political Science and Environmental Policy
Education: PhD, University of California Santa Cruz.
Research interests: Comparative and international environmental politics; environmental governance in developing countries; biodiversity; research methods.
Darryl Wright, Willard W. Keith, Jr. Fellow in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy
Education: PhD, University of Michigan.
Research interests: History of ethics; moral and political philosophy.
Emeriti Faculty
Hal S. Barron, Louisa and Robert Miller Professor of Humanities
Education: M.A., PhD, University of Pennsylvania.
Research interests: History of rural America; immigration and ethnicity; food and American culture.
Tad A. Beckman, Professor Philosophy Emeritus
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Research interests: History of Western philosophy, philosophy of science and environmental philosophy. Founder of the HMC Center for Environmental Studies.
Gary R. Evans, Ruth and Harvey Berry Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership and Director, Entrepreneurial Network
Education: PhD, University of California, Riverside.
Research interests: financial institutions and small business development, enterprise and entrepreneurship.
Michael Lamkin, Professor of Music Emeritus (Joint Music Program)
Education: PhD, University of Iowa.
Research interests: Central European music and history 1750-1950, intersections of European cultures.
David S. Sanders, Professor of Literature Emeritus
Department of Mathematics
Arthur T. Benjamin, Smallwood Family Professor of Mathematics
Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins University.
Research interests: Combinatorics, game theory, and number theory, with particular emphasis on combinatorial proofs and Fibonacci numbers.
Andrew Bernoff, Professor of Mathematics
Education: PhD, Trinity College, Cambridge University.
Research interests: Fluid Mechanics including thin films, free surface problems, modelling of intermolecular forces, microfluidics and generation of micron-sized aerosols, mixing and advection/diffusion processes; material science, in particular continuum modelling and surface diffusion; mathematical methods, in particular dynamical systems, pattern formation self-similarity and scaling phenomena, and asymptotic methods.
Alfonso Castro, Robert and Barbara McAlister Professor of Mathematics
Education: PhD, University of Cincinnati.
Research interests: Existence, multiplicity and bifurcation of solutions to nonlinear partial differential equations, general applied mathematics.
Lisette G. de Pillis, Norman F. Sprague Jr., Professor of Life Sciences and Professor of Mathematics
Education: PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
Research interests: Cancer immunology modeling, mathematical biology, optimal control, parallel computing, numerical analysis, computational fluid dynamics, numerical linear algebra.
Weiqing Gu, Robert and Barbara McAlister Professor of Mathematics
Education: M.A., PhD, University of Pennsylvania.
Research interests: Differential geometry and topology; geometrical modeling and design, applications to math-biology, applications to industrial mathematics (optimal control, encryption and color scheme).
Jamie Haddock, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Education: PhD, University of California, Davis
Research interests: Mathematical data Science, optimization, applied convex geometry
Jon Jacobsen, Kenneth and Diana Jonsson Professor of Mathematics and Chair, Department of Mathematics
Education: PhD, University of Utah.
Research interests: Partial differential equations, dynamical systems, pattern formation, mathematical biology.
Dagan Karp, Professor of Mathematics
Education: PhD, University of British Columbia.
Research interests: Geometry and algebraic geometry. Including quantum geometry, Gromov-Witten theory and related subjects.
Haydee Lindo, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Education: PhD, University of Utah.
Research interests: Commutative algebra, homological algebra and representation theory.
Susan E. Martonosi, Professor of Mathematics
Education: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research interests: Operations research techniques applied to problems in homeland security; other public sector applications of mathematical modeling.
Mohamed Omar, Joseph B. Platt Chair in Effective Teaching and Associate Professor of Mathematics
Education: PhD, University of California, Davis.
Research interests: Algebraic methods in graph theory and discrete/combinatorial optimization.
Michael Orrison Jr., Professor of Mathematics
Education: PhD, Dartmouth College.
Research interests: graph theory, voting theory, representation theory, computational noncommutative harmonic analysis.
Francis Su, Benediktsson-Karwa Chair in Mathematics
Education: PhD, Harvard University.
Research interests: Geometric and topological combinatorics, fair division problems in game theory and mathematical economics.
Talithia D. Williams, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Director, Mathematics Clinic
Education: PhD, Rice University.
Research interests: Statistical techniques applied to problems in the environment, dynamic space – time modeling, nonstationary covariance estimation, change-of-support problem.
Darryl H. Yong ’96, Professor of Mathematics
Education: B.S., Harvey Mudd College; PhD, University of Washington.
Research interests: partial differential equations and asymptotics, mathematics education.
Heather Zinn-Brooks, Barbara Stokes Dewey Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Education: PhD, University of Utah
Research interests: Applied mathematics, mathematical modeling, complex systems, nonlinear dynamics, network theory, social systems, mathematical biology
Emeriti Faculty
Courtney S. Coleman, Professor of Mathematics Emeritus
John Greever, Professor of Mathematics Emeritus
Robert T. Ives, Associate Professor of Mathematics Emeritus
Henry A. Krieger, Professor of Mathematics Emeritus
Education: PhD, Brown University.
Research interests: Probability theory and stochastic processes.
Alden F. Pixley, Professor of Mathematics Emeritus
Department of Physics
Nicholas Breznay, Assistant Professor of Physics
Education: PhD, Stanford University
Research Interests: condensed matter physics
Thomas D. Donnelly, Vice President and R. Michael Shanahan Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Physics
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley.
Research interests: Experimental laser physics, including studies of laser-driven fusion and related microfluid aerosols, the generation of polymer nanoparticles and nonlinear optics.
James C. Eckert, Professor of Physics
Education: PhD, University of Southern California.
Research interests: Magnetic thin films.
Ann Esin, Associate Professor of Physics
Education: PhD, Harvard University.
Research interests: Astrophysics, with a focus on observations and theoretical modeling of young stellar clusters.
Jason Gallicchio, Associate Professor of Physics
Education: PhD, Harvard University
Research interests: experimental cosmology
Sharon Gerbode, Associate Professor of Physics
Education: PhD, Cornell University.
Research interests: soft condensed matter.
Mark Ilton, Assistant Professor of Physics
Education: PhD, McMaster University
Research interests: soft condensed matter
Theresa W. Lynn, Bruce and Susan Worster Professor of Physics and Chair, Department of Physics
Education: PhD, California Institute of Technology.
Research interests: Atomic and optical physics, including quantum optics; observational study of ultra-high energy cosmic rays.
Peter N. Saeta, Professor of Physics and Director, Physics Clinic
Education: PhD, Harvard University.
Research interests: Nonlinear optics and semiconductor physics, including surface and buried interface effects, metal surfaces and nanoparticles; magneto-optics; plasmonics and solar energy conversion.
Vatche V. Sahakian, Burton Bettingen Professor of Physics
Education: PhD, University of Chicago.
Research interests: Theoretical particle physics, string theory, quantum gravity, cosmology.
Brian Shuve, Assistant Professor of Physics
Education: PhD, Harvard University
Research interests: particle physics
Emeriti Faculty
Chih-Yung Chen, Associate Professor of Physics
Education: PhD, MIT.
Research interests: Solid-state physics, including electromagnetic and optical properties of high-temperature superconductors, semiconductors and magnetic materials.
Richard C. Haskell, Professor of Physics Emeritus
Education: PhD, The Johns Hopkins University.
Research interests: Biophysics and optics, including laser light scattering to study membranes and muscle; photon diffusion and optical coherence microscopy to image biological tissue.
Thomas M. Helliwell, Professor of Physics and Dean Emeritus
Education: PhD, California Institute of Technology.
Research interests: Theoretical general relativity, relativistic astrophysics, and cosmology; the foundations of quantum theory.
Gregory A. Lyzenga ’75, Professor of Physics
Education: B.S., Harvey Mudd College; PhD, California Institute of Technology.
Research interests: geophysics, including observational study of crustal deformation and earthquakes using geodetic, seismological and gravimetric methods; computer simulation of tectonic processes.
Daniel C. Petersen, Professor of Physics Emeritus
Education: PhD, Harvard University.
Research interests: Biophysics, including physical properties of membranes, optical coherence microscopy; chaos.
William H. Sandmann, Professor of Physics Emeritus
Patricia D. Sparks, Professor of Physics Emeritus
Education: PhD, Cornell University.
Research interests: solid-state physics, including study of the optical and magnetic properties of metals and interfaces.
John S. Townsend, Professor of Physics Emeritus
Education: PhD, The Johns Hopkins University.
Research interests: Theoretical particle physics and quantum field theory.
Jack H. Waggoner, Jr., Associate Professor of Physics Emeritus
Robert P. Wolf, Professor of Physics Emeritus
Education: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research interests: Energy resources, especially solar energy, environmental effects; Nonlinear phenomena, including chaotic behavior; computer modeling; Solid state physics, especially low-temperature phase transitions.