People Overview
Prof. Ritchie Patterson, Department Chair
Prof. Jeevak Parpia, Director of Graduate Studies
Prof. Erich Mueller, Director of Undergraduate Studies
The department has 53 active professors that specialize in seven areas of research: Theoretical Condensed-Matter Physics, Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics, Astrophysics and General Relativity, Experimental Elementary Particle Physics, Accelerator Physics, Experimental Condensed-Matter Physics and Biological Physics. Emeritus faculty, Administrative Staff, Technical Staff, and Lecturers round out our program. The department has approximately 200 graduate students and 80 undergraduate majors.
Heng Li is a graduate student working with professor Julia Thom's research group at LEPP. The group is part of an international collaboration preparing the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment that will operate at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) scheduled to begin...