RPI Physics, Applied Physics, & Astronomy: Faculty

Department Faculty

Rensselaer’s faculty members are a collaborative community working in an atmosphere of increasing interdisciplinarity. They take pride in their dedication to teaching — demonstrating a commitment to excellence that always has been a hallmark of Rensselaer’s teacher-scholars.

All phone numbers are (518) 276 and the extension number.

Faculty
Adams, Gary S. Ph.D.	Professor	Ext. 8406
Chen, Zhongfang Ph.D.	Research Associate Professor	Ext. 6170
Chen, Yunqing Ph.D.	Research Assistant Professor	Ext. 8394
Ciolek, Glenn Ph.D.	Clinical Assistant Professor	Ext. 8077
Cummings, John P. Ph.D.	Research Assistant Professor	Ext. 2542
Dai, Jianming Ph.D.	Research Assistant Professor	Ext. 3246
Detchprohm, Theeradetch Ph.D.	Research Associate Professor
Eah, Sang-Kee Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Ext. 3972
García, Angel E. Ph.D.	Professor; Senior Constellation Chaired Professor in Biocomputation and Bioinformatics	Ext. 4206
Giedt, Joel Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Ext. 6455
Jackson, Shirley Ann Ph.D.	President; Professor	Ext. 6212
Korniss, György Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Ext. 2555
Lee, Sabrina Ph.D.	Research Professor	Ext. 6310
Lewis, Kim Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Ext. 3978
Lin, Shawn-Yu Ph.D.	Professor; Constellation Professor, Future Chips	Ext. 2978
Lu, Toh-Ming Ph.D.	R.P. Baker Distinguished Professor of Physics	Ext. 2979
Napolitano, James Ph.D.	Professor	Ext. 8019
Nayak, Saroj Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Ext. 2932
Newberg, Heidi Jo Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Ext. 2652
Persans, Peter D. Ph.D.	Professor; Department Associate Head	Ext. 2934
Redo-Sanchez, Albert Ph.D.	Research Assistant Professor	Ext. 8390
Roberge, Wayne G. Ph.D.	Professor	Ext. 6454
Schowalter, Leo J. Ph.D.	Research Professor	271-7375 Ext. 109
Schroeder, John Ph.D.	Professor	Ext. 8408
Schubert, E. Fred Ph.D.	Professor: Wellfleet Senior Constellation Professor, Future Chips	Ext. 8775
Shur, Michael S. Ph.D.	Patricia W. and C. Sheldon Roberts ’48 Professor of Solid State Electronics	Ext. 2201
Stoler, Paul Ph.D.	Professor	Ext. 8388
Wang, Gwo-Ching Ph.D.	Professor and Department Head	Ext. 8387
Washington, Morris A. Ph.D.	Clinical Professor	Ext. 3064
Wetzel, Christian M. Ph.D.	Wellfleet Career Development Constellation Professor, Future Chips; Associate Professor of Physics	Ext. 3755
Whittet, Douglas C.B. Ph.D.	Professor; Associate Director, New York Center for Studies on the Origins of Life	Ext. 8413
Wilke, Ingrid Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Ext. 6318
Yamaguchi, Masashi Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Ext. 3092
Zhang, Shengbai Ph.D.	Kodosky Constellation Professor; Professor of Physics	Ext. 6127
Zhang, Xi-Cheng Ph.D.	J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Professor of Science; Professor of Physics	Ext. 3079

Visiting Scientists

Alizadeh, Azar Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist

Cassidy, J.
Public Observing, Ext. 6310

Kersting, Roland Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist

Lee, Susanne Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist

Uzgiris, Egidijus E. Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist

Wagner, D.J. Ph.D.,
Visiting Scientist

Wang, Xin Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar

Research Appointments

Bur, James
Senior Research Scientist

Postdoctoral Research Associates
Day, Ryan
Gagnon, Etienne
Herce, Henry
Kim, Yong Sung
Lee, Kyuho
Lei, Hou
Leyva, Alfonso
Li, Huafang
Niyazov, Rustam
Park, Hongkyu
Qian, Guoguang
Shemella, Philip
Sun, Yiyang
Tang, Fu
Ye, Dexian
Wang, Pei-l
West, Damien
Zhang, Yiming

Research Associates
Han, Pengyu

Adjunct Faculty

Kubarovsky, Valery, Ph.D.

Trinkala, Mike, Ph.D.

Supervisor, Studio Classrooms:
Dwyer, S. Ph.D., Ext. 8414

Emeritus Professors

Brown, E., Ph.D.

Eppenstein, W., M.S.

Giaever, I., Ph.D.

Hayes, T., Ph.D.

Leitner, A., Ph.D.

Leung, C.M., Ph.D.

Levinger, J. Ph.D.

Medicus, H. Ph.D.

Meltzer, A.S., Ph.D.

Min, Kongki, Ph.D.

Nettel, S.J., Ph.D.

Resnick, R., Ph.D.

Salinger, G., Ph.D.

Sperber, Daniel, Ph.D.

Winhold, E.J., Ph.D.

Yergin, P. Ph.D.

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