Active Faculty
Matt Barrios, Ph.D. | Professor of Practice
Ph.D., Florida State University (2011)
Field of Research: Cryogenic Engineering
Denys Bondar, Ph.D. | Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Waterloo (2011)
Field of Research: Quantum Science and Technology
Douglas B. Chrisey, Ph.D. | Professor | Jung Chair of Materials Engineering (Graduate Materials Advisor)
Ph.D., University of Virginia (1987)
Field of Research: Materials Engineering
Matthew Escarra, Ph.D. | Professor | Co-Director, Tulane Instrumentation for Nanoscience & Innovation
Ph.D., Princeton University (2011)
Field of Research: Photonic Materials and Devices
Kimberly L. Foster, Ph.D. | Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University (1999)
Field of Research: Biomedical Micro Devices, Interdisciplinary Research, Microsensors
Ryan Gelfand, Ph.D. | Professor of Practice
Ph.D., Northwestern University (2013)
Field of Research: Optics and Photonics
Ryan T. Glasser, Ph.D. | Associate Professor
Ph.D., Louisiana State University (2009)
Field of Research: Quantum Information and Nonlinear Optics
Jessica Graber, Ph.D. | Senior Professor of Practice
Ph.D., Tulane University (2004)
Field of Research: Algebraic Mean Field Theory, Physics Instruction
Shao-Kai Jian, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University (2019)
Field of Research: Quantum Many-body Physics, Non-equilibrium Physics, and Quantum Information Theory
Lev Kaplan, Ph.D. | Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University (1996)
Field of Research: Quantum Chaos and Quantum Information
Xin Lu, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University (2017)
Field of Research: Nano-Optics and van der Waals Materials
Ahmad Majed, Ph.D. | Professor of Practice
Ph.D., Tulane University (2024)
Field of Research: Mechanical Engineering/Metallurgy/Nanomaterials synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical testing
Louis McLane, Ph.D. | Senior Professor of Practice
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (2013)
Field of Research: Cellular Biophysics
Michael Naguib, Ph.D. | Associate Professor
Ph.D., Drexel University (2014)
Field of Research: Novel Energy Materials
John P. Perdew, Ph.D. | Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University (1971)
Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory
Anoop Rajappan, Sc.D. | Assistant Professor
Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2020)
Field of Research: Fluid Mechanics, Soft Robotics, and Wearable Devices
Wayne F. Reed, Ph.D. | Professor | Undergraduate Physics Advisor | Murchison-Mallory Professor of Physics
Ph.D., Clarkson (1984)
Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics
Adrienn Ruzsinszky, Ph.D. | Professor
Ph.D., Budapest University of Technology and Economics (2004)
Field of Research: Time-dependent Density Functional Theory/Density Functional Theory/Computational Materials Science
Michelle Hewlett Sanchez, Ph.D. | Senior Professor of Practice | Director of Tulane Center for K-12 STEM Education
Ph.D., Stanford University (2011)
Field of Research: K-12 STEM Education
Timothy M. Schuler, Ph.D. | Senior Professor of Practice
Ph.D., Tulane University (2004)
Field of Research: Experimental Solid State Physics
Khazhgery "Jerry" Shakov, Ph.D. | Senior Professor of Practice | Associate Department Chair
Ph.D., Tulane University (2004)
Field of Research: Quantum Control & Physics Instruction
Nick Sparks, Ph.D. | Professor of Practice
Ph.D., Tulane University (2017)
Field of Research: Mathematical Physics
Jianwei Sun, Ph.D. | Associate Professor
Ph.D., Tulane University (2010)
Field of Research: Condensed Matter and Materials Theory and Computation/Density Functional Theory
Diyar Talbayev, Ph.D. | Professor | Graduate Physics Advisor
Ph.D., Stony Brook University (2004)
Field of Research: Femtosecond & Terahertz Spectroscopy
Jiang Wei, Ph.D. | Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington-Seattle (2010)
Field of Research: Nanodevice Physics
Fred Wietfeldt, Ph.D. | Professor | Department Chair
Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley (1994)
Field of Research: Experimental Nuclear Physics
Emeritus Faculty
Nicholas J. Altiero, Ph.D. | Professor Emeritus | Dean Emeritus (School of Science and Engineering)
Ph.D., University of Michigan (1974)
Field of Research: Computational Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, and Biomechanics
David L. Ederer, Ph.D. | Emeritus Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University (1963)
Field of Research: Experimental Solid State Physics
Alan L. Goodman, Ph.D. | Emeritus Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (1969)
Field of Research: Theoretical Nuclear Physics
Norman Horwitz | Senior Professor of Practice Emeritus
BME, University of Pittsburgh
Field of Research: Industrial Engineering
James H. McGuire, Ph.D. | Emeritus Professor
Ph.D., Northeastern (1969)
Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic Physics & Physics Instruction
Robert D. Purrington, Ph.D. | Emeritus Professor
Ph.D., Texas A&M (1966)
Field of Research: Nuclear Physics & History of Physics
Remote Faculty
Shiva Adireddy, Ph.D. | Research Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of New Orleans (2013)
Field of Research: Functional Nanostructured Materials
Ulrike Diebold, Ph.D. | Research Professor
Ph.D., Technische Universitaet Wien (1990)
Field of Research: Surface Science
Zhiqiang Mao Ph.D. | Research Professor
Ph.D., University of Science and Technology of China (1992)
Field of Research: Quantum Materials
