Department of Physics and Materials Science

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains three levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, and (3) External.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one external graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

FULL MEMBERS

THANG BA HOANG, Associate Professor, PhD (20080, University of Cincinnati [2031]

BENJAMIN WALTER KELLER, Assistant Professor, PhD (2017), McMaster University [2028]

MOHAMED LARADJI, Professor, Ph.D. (1993), McGill University [2029]

KEI NAGAI, Assistant Professor, PhD (2017) Tokyo Institute of Technology [2030]

CHENHUI PENG, Assistant Professor, PhD (2018), Kent State University [2025]

SHAWN POLLARD, Assistant Professor, PhD (2015), SUNY Stony Brook [2026]

FIROUZEH SABRI, Associate Professor, PhD (2002), The University of Cambridge [2025]

SANJAY MISHRA, Professor, PhD (1996), Missouri Science and Technology University [2031]

FRANCISCO MULLER SANCHEZ, PhD (2008), University of Munich [2025]

XIAO SHEN, Associate Professor, PhD (2009), Stony Brooks University [2029]

ASSOCIATE MEMBER

HAI TRIEU, PhD (1995), Case Western Reserve University 

EXTERNAL MEMBERS

JOSEPH MAZZARELLA, PhD (1989), University of Michigan [2027]

MARK MORRISON, PhD (2005), University of Tennessee, Knoxville [2025]

CHENHUI PENG, PhD (2017), Kent State University [2025]

ANSHU PRADHAN, PhD (2004), University of Delaware [2027]

BEN WALTERS, MS (2014), University of Tennessee [2026]

NOTE: Expiration date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets for Full and External only.