Faculty and Staff Directory

Faculty

Name Title Area Email Phone Office
Jahred Adelman

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

Director of NICADD

High Energy Physics jahred.adelman@niu.edu 815-753-6468 FR 219
Dennis Brown Associate Professor Materials Science debrown@niu.edu 630-910-5512 FW 208
Dhiman Chakraborty Distinguished Research Professor High Energy Physics dhiman@fnal.gov 815-753-8804 FW 220
Omar Chmaissem Distinguished Research Professor Materials Science chmaissem@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FW 210
Oksana Chubenko Assistant Professor Beam Physics chubenko@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FW 224
George Coutrakon Professor Medical Physics gcoutrakon@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FR 218
Michael Eads Associate Professor High Energy Physics/Science Education meads@niu.edu 815-753-6492 FW 209
Bela Erdelyi Professor Beams Physics erdelyi@nicadd.niu.edu 815-753-6484 FW 225
Andreas Glatz Professor Materials Science glatz@anl.gov 630-252-9725 FW 217
Gwanghui Ha

Assistant Professor

Beam Physics gha@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FW 204
Yasuo Ito

Associate Professor
Assistant Chair

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Materials Science yito@niu.edu 815-753-6477 FW 218
Xueying Lu

Assistant Professor

Beam Physics xylu@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FW 216
Laurence Lurio Presidential Teaching Professor

Materials Science llurio@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FW 206
Stephen Martin

Distinguished Research Professor Presidential Teaching Professor

High-Energy Theory spmartin@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FW 214
Philippe Piot

Distinguished Research Professor
Board of Trustees Professor

Beams Physics piot@nicadd.niu.edu 815-753-6473 FW 226
Hector de la Torre Perez

Assistant Professor

High Energy Physics hdelatorreperez@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FR 220
Michel van Veenendaal Distinguished Research Professor Solid State Theory veenendaal@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FW 223
Roland Winkler Professor Solid State Theory rwinkler@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FW 222
Zhili Xiao

Board of Trustees Professor

Distinguished Research Professor

Materials Science zxiao@niu.edu 815-753-1772
815-753-1458 (lab)
FW 212
Vishnu Zutshi

Distinguished Research and Artistry Professor
Chair

High Energy Physics vzutshi@niu.edu

815-753-6470

815-753-3080

FW 202

FR 221

Adjunct Faculty

Name Title Area Email
Ercan Alp Visiting Professor Materials Science eea@aps.anl.gov 
Pushpa Bhat Adjunct Professor High Energy Physics bhat@fnal.gov 
Norayr Khalatyan Adjunct Professor High Energy Physics N/A
Jyotsana Lal Adjunct Professor Condensed Matter N/A
Tanaji Sen Adjunct Professor Accelerator Physics N/A
Diktys Stratakis Adjunct Professor Beams Physics N/A
Ulrich Welp Visiting Professor Materials Science uwelp@niu.edu 
Chen Xu  Adjunct Professor Beams Physics N/A
Nestor Zaluzec Visiting Professor Materials Science zaluzec@aaem.amc.anl.gov 

Research Scientists

Name Area Email Phone Office

Alexandre Dychkant

High Energy Physics

dyshkant@fnal.gov

815-753-8351

FW 228

Kurt Francis

High Energy Physics

kfrancis3@niu.edu

 N/A

FW 228

Iouri Smirnov

High Energy Physics

ismirnov@niu.edu

N/A N/A

Sergey Uzunyan

High Energy Physics

serguei@nicadd.niu.edu

815-753-6485

FW 232

Staff

Name Title Email Phone Office
Jeremy Benson Laboratory Manager jjbenson@niu.edu 815-753-1953 FW 202A
Mai Wiesbrook Office Administrator mwiesbrook@niu.edu 815-753-1047 FW 202E
Noah Wilson Office Manager nwilson1@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FW 202

Emeritus

Name Title Area Email on File
Carl Albright Professor Emeritus Particle Theory albright@fnal.gov
Gerald Blazey Professor Emeritus High Energy Physics gblazey@niu.edu
Swapan Chattopadhyay Professor Emeritus Accelerator physics schaterji@niu.edu
Bogdan Dabrowski Professor Emeritus Materials Science bdabrowski@niu.edu
Arthur Fedro Professor Emeritus Solid State Theory afedro1@niu.edu
Michael Fortner Associate Professor Emeritus High Energy Physics mfortner1@niu.edu
David Hedin Professor Emeritus High Energy Physics hedin@niu.edu
Susan Mini Professor Emeritus Materials Science

smini@niu.edu

Michael J. Syphers Professor Emeritus Beam Physics

msyphers@niu.edu
syphers@fnal.gov

Carol Thompson Professor Emerita Materials Science

profcthompson@niu.edu

Suzanne Willis Professor Emerita Education/Public Science Literacy swillis1@niu.edu
Augden Windelborn Assistant Professor Emeritus Education augden@niu.edu

Contact Us

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815-753-1772
physics@niu.edu