Researchers
 
Directory

Physics & Astronomy is home to faculty with active and competitive research programs. Department grants total over $16 million in aid to support faculty, research assistants, and state-of-the-art facilities, such as our Diocles laser and the NCMN interdisciplinary efforts.

Major research focus areas:

  • Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
  • Condensed Matter & Material Physics
  • Experimental High Energy Physics
  1. Avatar for Shireen Adenwalla
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310D
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2709 On-campus 2-2709
    Email
    sadenwalla@unl.edu
  2. Avatar for Herman Batelaan
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 075
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-3579 On-campus 2-3579
    Email
    hbatelaan@unl.edu
  3. Avatar for Kirill Belashchenko
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310D
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2396 On-campus 2-2396
    Email
    belashchenko@unl.edu
  4. Avatar for Christian Binek
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310G
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-5231 On-campus 2-5231
    Email
    cbinek@unl.edu
  5. Avatar for Ken Bloom
    Chairperson Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 258E
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-6093 On-campus 2-6093
    Email
    kenbloom@unl.edu
  6. Avatar for Martin Centurion
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 079
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-5810 On-campus 2-5810
    Email
    martin.centurion@unl.edu
  7. Avatar for Dan Claes
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 208B
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2783 On-campus 2-2783
    Email
    dclaes@unl.edu
  8. Avatar for Peter Dowben
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310L
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-9838 On-campus 2-9838
    Email
    pdowben@unl.edu
  9. Avatar for Stephen Ducharme
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310F
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-8590 On-campus 2-8590
    Email
    sducharme@unl.edu
  10. Avatar for Ilya Fabrikant
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310P
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2774 On-campus 2-2774
    Email
    ifabrikant@unl.edu
  11. Avatar for Keith Foreman
    Assistant Professor of Practice Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310H
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2788 On-campus 2-2788
    Email
    keith.foreman@unl.edu
  12. Avatar for Tim Gay
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 073
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2773 On-campus 2-2773
    Email
    tgay@unl.edu
  13. Avatar for Alexei Gruverman
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 081
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-4788 On-campus 2-4788
    Email
    agruverman2@unl.edu
  14. Avatar for Xia Hong
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310J
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2779 On-campus 2-2779
    Email
    xia.hong@unl.edu
  15. Avatar for Anthony Hooper
    Lecturer Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 258F
    Lincoln , NE , 68588-0299 ,
    Phone
    Work 402-472-6151 On-campus 2-6151
    Email
    ahooper2@unl.edu
  16. Avatar for Peisi Huang
    Associate Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 258D
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-6016 On-campus 2-6016
    Email
    peisi.huang@unl.edu
  17. Avatar for Alexey Kovalev
    Associate Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310K
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2880 On-campus 2-2880
    Email
    alexey.kovalev@unl.edu
  18. Avatar for Ilya Kravchenko
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 258C
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-6014 On-campus 2-6014
    Email
    ikrav@unl.edu
  19. Avatar for Kevin Lee
    Rsch Assoc Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 244D
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-3686 On-campus 2-3686
    Email
    klee@unl.edu
  20. Avatar for Sy-Hwang Liou
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 085
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2405 On-campus 2-2405
    Email
    sliou@unl.edu
  21. Avatar for Marcel Ngoko Djiokap
    Associate Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310S
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-5094 On-campus 2-5094
    Email
    marcelngoko@unl.edu
  22. Avatar for Evan Rich
    Assistant Professor of Practice Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 244F
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-8134 On-campus 2-8134
    Email
    erich3@unl.edu
  23. Avatar for Bradley Shadwick
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310N
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-3578 On-campus 2-3578
    Email
    shadwick@unl.edu
  24. Avatar for Robert Streubel
    Assistant Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310C
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-6933 On-campus 2-6933
    Email
    streubel@unl.edu
  25. Avatar for Evgeny Tsymbal
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310B
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2586 On-campus 2-2586
    Email
    tsymbal@unl.edu
  26. Avatar for Kees Uiterwaal
    Associate Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 077
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-9010 On-campus 2-9010
    Email
    cornelis@unl.edu
  27. Avatar for Donald Umstadter
    Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 095
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-8115 On-campus 2-8115
    Email
    donald.umstadter@unl.edu
  28. Avatar for Chris Varney
    Research Associate Professor Ctr for Science Math & Computer Ed University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    AVH 251
    Lincoln NE 68588-0131
    Phone
    Work 402-472-8965 On-campus 2-8965
    Email
    cvarney3@unl.edu
  29. Avatar for Xiaoshan Xu
    Associate Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310M
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-6134 On-campus 2-6134
    Email
    xiaoshan.xu@unl.edu
  30. Avatar for Zuocheng Zhang
    Assistant Professor Physics & Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    JH 310H
    Lincoln NE 68588-0299
    Phone
    Work 402-472-8314 On-campus 2-8314
    Email
    zzhang113@unl.edu

Adjunct and Courtesy Appointments

  1. Avatar for Wayne Cheng-Wei Huang
    Adjunct Faculty
  2. Avatar for Aaron Dominguez
    Adjunct Faculty
  3. Avatar for Axel Enders
    Adjunct Faculty
  4. Avatar for Matthias Fuchs
    Adjunct Faculty
  5. Avatar for Abdelghani Laraoui
    Assistant Professor
  6. Avatar for Xiao Zeng
    Retiree UNL

Staff

  1. Avatar for Joshua Beck
    Lab Manager
  2. Avatar for Brian Farleigh
    Computer Specialist
  3. Avatar for Andrew Kehm
    Instrument Maker III
  4. Avatar for Anatoly Mironov
    Electronics Shop Manager
  5. Avatar for Keith Placek
    Inst Mkr III
  6. Avatar for Pat Pribil
    Inst Mkr III
  7. Avatar for Bob Rhynalds
    Instrument Shop Manager
  8. Avatar for Mike Thompson
    Inst Mkr III