Physics Directory

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

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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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Name	Title	phone	Email	Office
Klay, Jennifer	Professor, Physics,  Department Chair	805-756-2447	jklay@calpoly.edu	180-204B
Bowers, Kelcie	Administrative Support Coordinator II	805-756-1752	kbowers@calpoly.edu	180-204A
Coulombe, Kevin	Instructional Support Technician, Physics	805-756-2449	kcoulomb@calpoly.edu	180-231
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
Wardrop, Michelle	Administrative Support Assistant II	805-756-2448	mwardrop@calpoly.edu	180-204

 Current Full-Time Faculty

Name	Title	phone	Email	Office
Abril Valenzuela, Roberto	Lecturer, Physics	805-756-0918	rabrilva@calpoly.edu	180-111
Baylam Toker, Isinsu	Assistant Professor, Physics	805-756-6441	itoker@calpoly.edu	180-618
Beekman, Matt	Associate Professor, Physics	805-756-7129	mbeekman@calpoly.edu	181-318
Bennert, Vardha N. (Fall and Winter Sabbatical)	Professor, Physics	805-756-7317	vbennert@calpoly.edu	180
Bensky, Tom	Professor, Physics	805-756-7655	tbensky@calpoly.edu	180-616
Christiansen, Jodi	Professor, Physics	805-756-2778	jlchrist@calpoly.edu	180-617
Dawoodbhoy, Taha	Lecturer, Physics	805-756-0680	tdawoodb@calpoly.edu	180-111
Echols, Robert	Professor, Physics	805-756-7649	rechols@calpoly.edu	180-606
Echols, Sean	Senior Lecturer, Physics	805-756-1692	sechols@calpoly.edu	25-130
Edwards, Louise (Professional Leave)	Associate Professor, Physics	805-756-7674	ledwar04@calpoly.edu	180-619
Elbarbary, Ashraf	Lecturer, Physics	805-756-0782	aelbarba@calpoly.edu	180-111
Fernsler, Jon (Sabbatical)	Professor, Physics	805-756-2438	jfernsle@calpoly.edu	180-522
Fraser, Scott	Senior Lecturer, Physics	805-756-2800	scfraser@calpoly.edu	25-128
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
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-109
Jacks, Hilary	Assistant Professor, Physics	805-756-1604	hjacks@calpoly.edu	180-605
Jasbinsek, John J.	Professor, Geology & Geophysics	805-756-2013	jjasbins@calpoly.edu	180-520
Jeffery, Elizabeth (Fall and Winter Sabbatical)	Associate Professor, Physics	805-756-2019	ejjeffer@calpoly.edu	180-604
Johnston, Scott	Professor, Geology	805-756-1650	scjohnst@calpoly.edu	180-521
Kuriabova, Tatiana	Associate Professor, Physics	805-756-1664	tkuriabo@calpoly.edu	180-519
Lu, Lei	Full-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-1612	lelu@calpoly.edu	25-128
Marlow, Colleen	Associate Professor, Physics	805-756-2065	camarlow@calpoly.edu	181-319
Mastoridis, Themis (Fall Sabbatical)	Professor, Physics	805-756-2197	tmastori@calpoly.edu	180-609
Miller, Chad	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	180-510
Monadi, Reza	Lecturer, Physics	805-756-0679	rmonadi@calpoly.edu	180-111
Montakhab, Afshin	Lecturer, Physics	805-756-0678	amontakh@calpoly.edu	180-111
Parajuli, Bishal	Lecturer, Physics	805-756-1635	bparajul@calpoly.edu	180-111
Pechkis, Hyewon	Associate Professor, Physics	805-756-0899	hpechkis@calpoly.edu	180-508
Pechkis, Joe	Associate Professor, Physics	805-756-0906	jpechkis@calpoly.edu	180-509
Pilgram, Jessica	Lecturer, Physics	805-756-0917	jpilgram@calpoly.edu	180-111
Powell, Ian	Lecturer, Physics	805-756-0659	ipowell@calpoly.edu	180-111
Rios, Laura	Assistant Professor, Physics	805-756-2458	lrios02@calpoly.edu	180-610
Saunders, Karl	Professor, Physics	805-756-1696	ksaunder@calpoly.edu	26M-107
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	Assistant Professor, Physics	805-756-1614	bshlaer@calpoly.edu	180-511
Stair, Nick	Lecturer, Physics	805-756-2261	nstair@calpoly.edu	52-E43
Tabatabai, Pasha	Assistant Professor, Physics	805-756-2473	pashatab@calpoly.edu	180-620
Villafaña, Lizvette	Assistant Professor, Physics	805-756-0882	lvillafa@calpoly.edu	180-619
Vokos, Stamatis	Professor, Physics STAR Director	805-756-2306	svokos@calpoly.edu	25-127
Walter, Ryan	Professor, Physics	805-756-1357	rkwalter@calpoly.edu	181-416

Part-Time Faculty

NAME	TITLE	PHONE	EMAIL	OFFICE
Field, Bob	Research Scholar-in-Residence		rfield@calpoly.edu	180-642
Heston, Nathan	Ashesi Exchange Program Liaison		nheston@calpoly.edu
Veach, Erik	Part-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-2448	veach@calpoly.edu
Wang, Xiaofeng (Jack)	Part-Time Lecturer, Physics	805-756-2071	xwang07@calpoly.edu	25-130

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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
Sungar, Nilgun	Professor Emeritus, Physics	nsungar@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