Physics Directory

The Physics Department office is located in building 180, room 204. (map)

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Department Contact

Physics Department
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0404
Phone: 805–756-2448
Fax: 805–756–2435
physics@calpoly.edu

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Department Staff

Name	Title	phone	Email	Office
Saunders, Karl	Professor, Physics,  Department Chair	805-756-2447	ksaunder@calpoly.edu	180-204B
Coulombe, Kevin	Instructional Support Technician, Physics	805-756-2449	kcoulomb@calpoly.edu	180-231
Hushing-Kline, Mikele	Administrative Support Coordinator	805-756-1752	mikelehk@calpoly.edu	180-204A
Wardrop, Michelle	Administrative Support Assistant	805-756-2448	mwardrop@calpoly.edu	180-204
Soderberg, Steve	Instructional Support Technician, Physics	805-756-6250	ssoderbe@calpoly.edu	180-640A
Thompson, Kevin	Instructional Support Technician, Physics	805-756-6251	kthomp11@calpoly.edu	180-271A

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Current Full-Time Faculty

Name	Title	phone	Email	Office
Beekman, Matt	Assistant Professor, Physics	805-756-7129	mbeekman@calpoly.edu	180-511
Bennert, Vardha N.	Associate Professor, Physics	805-756-7317	vbennert@calpoly.edu	180-622
Bensky, Tom	Professor, Physics Department Scheduler	805-756-7655	tbensky@calpoly.edu	180-616
Christiansen, Jodi	Professor, Physics	805-756-2778	jlchrist@calpoly.edu	180-617
Culbreath, Christopher	Full-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-1613	cculbrea@calpoly.edu	180-111
Demsetz, Elizabeth	Senior Lecturer, Physics	805-756-7334	edemsetz@calpoly.edu	26M-107
Echols, Robert	Professor, Physics	805-756-7649	rechols@calpoly.edu	180-606
Echols, Sean	Senior Lecturer, Physics	805-756-1692	sechols@calpoly.edu	25-200
Edwards, Louise	Assistant Professor, Physics	805-756-7674	ledwar04@calpoly.edu	180-619
Fernsler, Jon	Professor, Physics	805-756-2438	jfernsle@calpoly.edu	180-522
Fraser, Scott	Senior Lecturer, Physics	805-756-2800	scfraser@calpoly.edu	25-206
Garcia, Antonio	Professor, Geology	805-756-2430	afgarcia@calpoly.edu	180-607
Gillen, Glen	Professor, Physics	805-756-2364	ggillen@calpoly.edu	180-612
Gillen, Katharina	Professor, Physics	805-756-2199	kgillen@calpoly.edu	180-615
Granger, Brian	Professor, Physics [On Leave]		bgranger@calpoly.edu
Gutierrez, Thomas D.	Professor, Physics	805-756-2455	tdgutier@calpoly.edu	180-611
Heston, Nathan	Full-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-7658	nheston@calpoly.edu	25-204
Hoellwarth, Chance	Professor, Physics CESaME Director	805-756-1665	choellwa@calpoly.edu	25-124
Holtzapple, Robert	Professor, Physics	805-756-2602	rholtzap@calpoly.edu	180-512
Horst, William	Full-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-7650	whorst@calpoly.edu	26M-108
Jacks, Hilary	Full-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-1604	hjacks@calpoly.edu	180-111
Jasbinsek, John J.	Professor, Geology & Geophysics	805-756-2013	jjasbins@calpoly.edu	180-520
Jeffery, Elizabeth	Assistant Professor, Physics	805-756-2019	ejjeffer@calpoly.edu	180-604
Johnston, Scott	Professor, Geology	805-756-1650	scjohnst@calpoly.edu	180-521
Klay, Jennifer	Professor, Physics	805-756-1250	jklay@calpoly.edu	180-620
Kogan, Oleg	Full-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-2473	okogan@calpoly.edu	180-274
Kuriabova, Tatiana	Associate Professor, Physics	805-756-1664	tkuriabo@calpoly.edu	180-519
Leyton, Michael	Full-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-1635	mleyton@calpoly.edu	180-111
Lu, Lei	Full-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-1612	lelu@calpoly.edu	180-111
Marlow, Colleen	Associate Professor, Physics	805-756-2065	camarlow@calpoly.edu	180-508
Mastoridis, Themis	Associate Professor, Physics	805-756-2197	tmastori@calpoly.edu	180-609
Mewes, Matt	Associate Professor, Physics	805-756-2881	mmewes@calpoly.edu	180-510
Miller, Chad	Full-time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-2029	cmill138@calpoly.edu	180-111
Mitchell, David	Professor, Physics	805-756-5290	dsmitche@calpoly.edu	180-614
Moelter, Matt	Professor, Physics	805-756-2656	mmoelter@calpoly.edu	180-605
Rios, Laura	Assistant Professor, Physics	805-756-2458	lrios02@calpoly.edu	180-610
Sanchez, Alfredo	Full-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-1610	asanc178@calpoly.edu	180-111
Schwartz, Pete	Professor, Physics	805-756-1220	pschwart@calpoly.edu	180-608
Sharpe, John	Professor, Physics	805-756-2069	jsharpe@calpoly.edu	180-621
Shlaer, Ben	Full-time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-1663	bshlaer@calpoly.edu	180-111
Sungar, Nilgun	Professor, Physics	805-756-2851	nsungar@calpoly.edu	180-618
Vokos, Stamatis	Professor, Physics STAR Director	805-756-2306	svokos@calpoly.edu	25-127
Walter, Ryan	Associate Professor	805-756-1357	rkwalter@calpoly.edu	180-509

Part-Time Faculty

NAME	TITLE	PHONE	EMAIL	OFFICE
Elbarbary, Ashraf	Part-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-1334	aelbarba@calpoly.edu	20-117
Field, Bob	Research Scholar-in-Residence		rfield@calpoly.edu	180-642
Veach, Erik	Part-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-2448	veach@calpoly.edu	TBA
Wang, Xiaofeng (Jack)	Part-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-2071	xwang07@calpoly.edu	180-111

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Emeritus Faculty

NAME	TITLE	EMAIL
Balthaser, Lawrence	Professor Emeritus, Geology	lbalthas@calpoly.edu
Brown, Nicholas	Professor Emeritus, Physics	nbrown@calpoly.edu
Brown, Ron	Professor Emeritus, Physics	rbrown@calpoly.edu
Buffa, Anthony	Professor Emeritus, Physics	abuffa@calpoly.edu
Cary, Arthur	Professor Emeritus, Physics	acary@calpoly.edu
Chipping, David	Professor Emeritus Geology	dchippin@calpoly.edu
Dickerson, Robert	Professor Emeritus, Physics	rdickers@calpoly.edu
Foster, Theodore	Professor Emeritus, Physics	tfoster@calpoly.edu
Frankel, Richard	Professor Emeritus, Physics	rfrankel@calpoly.edu
Hafemeister, David	Professor Emeritus, Physics	dhafemei@calpoly.edu
Hoffman, Kenneth	Professor Emeritus, Physics	khoffman@calpoly.edu
Knight, Randy	Professor Emeritus, Physics	rknight@calpoly.edu
Mottmann, John	Professor Emeritus, Physics	jmottman@calpoly.edu
Poling, John	Professor Emeritus, Physics	jpoling@calpoly.edu
Saenz, Richard A.	Professor Emeritus, Physics	rsaenz@calpoly.edu
Stowe, Keith	Professor Emeritus, Physics	kstowe@calpoly.edu
Wall, Leonard	Professor Emeritus, Physics	lwall@calpoly.edu
Wilson, Walter	Professor Emeritus, Physics	wwilson@calpoly.edu
Wyngaarden, Willem Van	Professor Emeritus, Physics	wvanwyng@calpoly.edu
Zammit, Ron	Professor Emeritus, Physics	rzammit@calpoly.edu