Northern Illinois University
Department of Physics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Faculty and Staff Directory

Faculty
Instructors
Research Scientists
Staff
Emeritus

Faculty

Name	Title	Area	Email	Phone	Office
Jahred Adelman	Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies	High Energy Physics	jahred.adelman@niu.edu	815-753-6468	FR 219
Dennis Brown	Associate Professor	Materials Science	deb1@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	Presidential Teaching Professor, 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	Professor, Director of Secondary Licensure (CLAS)	High Energy Physics/Science Education	meads@niu.edu	815-753-6492	FW 209
Bela Erdelyi	Professor, Director of NICADD	Beam Physics	erdelyi@nicadd.niu.edu	815-753-6484	FW 225
Andreas Glatz	Professor, Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry 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	Associate Professor	Beam Physics	xylu@niu.edu	815-753-1772	FW 216
Laurence Lurio	Distinguished Teaching Professor.	Materials Sciende	llurio@niu.edu	815-753-1772	FW 206
Stephen Martin	Distinguished Research Professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor	High-Energy Theory	spmartin@niu.edu	815-753-1772	FW 214
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	FW 212
Vishnu Zutshi	Distinguished Research and Artistry Professor, Chair	High Energy Physics	vzutshi@niu.edu	815-753-6470	FW 202

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	anl.nestor.zaluzec@gmail.com

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
Jessi Lorang	Office Manager	jlorang1@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 Emerita	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

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