Meet Our Department!
The faculty and staff of the Physics and Astronomy Department are here to help guide you toward success! Our faculty support a wide array of research areas, and teach using active learning techniques across the curriculum.
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Beth Ellen Clark Joseph
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Astronomy, Planetary Science, Asteroids, Spectroscopy, Photometry
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Colleen Countryman
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Physics Education Research, Development and Assessment of Smartphone Apps and Simulations, Active Learning Techniques, Educational Technologies, Instructional Videos, Introductory Physics for Life Sci
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Jerome Fung
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Soft condensed matter/Optics
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Luke Keller
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Astrophysics, spectroscopy, art-science connections and collaborations, natural science general education
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Eric Leibensperger
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Environmental Physics, Climate Change, Air Quality
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Matthew Price
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Physics and Astronomy Education, Small Ground-Based Telescope Observations
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Kelley Sullivan
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Fluorescence Microscopy And Physics Education
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Matthew C. Sullivan
Dana Professor and Chair, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Solid State Physics and Pedagogical Physics
Jennifer Mellott
Physics Equipment and Lab Coordinator, Physics and Astronomy
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Casey Silidjian
Administrative Assistant, Department of the Environment