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Faculty and Staff Directory

Student Support and Contacts

Department Chair

Vishnu Zutshi, Ph.D.

Tutoring and Assistance

Physics Help Room

Questions About Undergraduate Program

Yasuo Ito, Ph.D.
Assistant Chair/Director of Undergraduate Studies
yito@niu.edu

Questions About Graduate Program

Jahred Adelman, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
jahred.adelman@niu.edu

Faculty and Instructors

Name Area Email Phone Office
Jahred Adelman High Energy Physics jahred.adelman@niu.edu 815-753-6468 FR 219
Dennis Brown Materials Science deb1@niu.edu 630-910-5512 LAT 208
Dhiman Chakraborty High Energy Physics dhiman@fnal.gov 815-753-8804 LAT 220
Omar Chmaissem Materials Science chmaissem@niu.edu 815-753-1772 LAT 210
Oksana Chubenko Beam Physics chubenko@niu.edu 815-753-1772 LAT 224
George Coutrakon Medical Physics gcoutrakon@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FR 218
Michael Eads High Energy Physics/Science Education meads@niu.edu 815-753-6492 LAT 209
Bela Erdelyi Beam Physics erdelyi@nicadd.niu.edu 815-753-6484 LAT 225
Andreas Glatz Materials Science glatz@anl.gov 630-252-9725 LAT 217
Gwanghui Ha Beam Physics gha@niu.edu 815-753-1772 LAT 204
Yasuo Ito Materials Science yito@niu.edu 815-753-6477 LAT 218
Xueying Lu Beam Physics xylu@niu.edu 815-753-1772 LAT 216
Laurence Lurio Materials Science llurio@niu.edu 815-753-1772 LAT 206
Stephen Martin High Energy Theory spmartin@niu.edu 815-753-1772 LAT 214
Hector de la Torre Perez High Energy Physics hdelatorreperez@niu.edu 815-753-1772 FR 220
Michel van Veenendaal Solid State Theory veenendaal@niu.edu 815-753-1772 LAT 223
Roland Winkler Solid State Theory rwinkler@niu.edu 815-753-1772 LAT 222
Zhili Xiao Materials Science zxiao@niu.edu 815-753-1772 LAT 212
Vishnu Zutshi High Energy Physics vzutshi@niu.edu 815-753-6470 LAT 202

Adjunct Faculty

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

Research Scientists

Name Area Email Phone Office
Alexandre Dychkant High Energy Physics dyshkant@fnal.gov 815-753-8351 LAT 228
Kurt Francis High Energy Physics kfrancis3@niu.edu N/A LAT 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 LAT 232

Staff

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

Emeriti Faculty

Name Area Email on File
Carl Albright Particle Theory albright@fnal.gov
Gerald Blazey High Energy Physics gblazey@niu.edu
Swapan Chattopadhyay Accelerator physics schaterji@niu.edu
Bogdan Dabrowski Materials Science bdabrowski@niu.edu
Arthur Fedro Solid State Theory afedro1@niu.edu
Michael Fortner High Energy Physics mfortner1@niu.edu
David Hedin High Energy Physics hedin@niu.edu
Susan Mini Materials Science smini@niu.edu
Michael J. Syphers Beam Physics msyphers@niu.edu/syphers@fnal.gov
Carol Thompson Materials Science profcthompson@niu.edu
Suzanne Willis Education/Public Science Literacy swillis1@niu.edu
Augden Windelborn Education augden@niu.edu

Contact Us

Department of Physics
La Tourette Hall, 202
815-753-1772
physics@niu.edu