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The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware is home to a diverse and accomplished group of faculty and staff who are dedicated to advancing our understanding of the universe and fostering a culture of academic excellence. With a rich history dating back to the early 20th century, the department has grown into a vibrant community of researchers, educators, and support staff who are passionate about exploring the fundamental properties of the physical world and the mysteries of the cosmos. From experimental condensed matter physics to astrophysics and elementary particle physics, our faculty and staff are engaged in cutting-edge research that pushes the boundaries of human knowledge and inspires the next generation of scientists and thinkers.

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Affiliated Faculty

Name Affiliation Title Email
Doty, Matthew Affiliated and Joint Faculty Affiliated Associate Professor doty@udel.edu
Gundlach, Lars Affiliated and Joint Faculty Professor larsg@udel.edu
Janotti, Anderson Affiliated and Joint Faculty Affiliated Assistant Professor janotti@udel.edu
Safro, Ilya Affiliated and Joint Faculty Affiliated Professor isafro@udel.edu 
Wagner, Norman Affiliated and Joint Faculty Robert L. Pigford Chair and Affiliated Professor wagnernj@udel.edu

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Emeritus/Retired Faculty

Name Affiliation Title Email
Barnhill, Maurice Emeritus Faculty Professor Emeritus mvb@udel.edu
Barr, Stephen Emeritus Faculty Professor Emeritus smbarr@udel.edu
Bieber, John Emeritus Faculty Professor Emeritus john@bartol.udel.edu
Daniels, Bill Emeritus Faculty Unidel Professor Emeritus wbd@udel.edu
Fou, Cheng Ming Emeritus Faculty Professor Emeritus foucm@udel.edu
Georgopulos, Peter Retired Faculty Associate Professor pdg@udel.edu
Hadjipanayis, George Retired Faculty Richard B. Murray Professor of Physics hadji@udel.edu
Leung, Chung Ngoc Emeritus Faculty Professor cnleung@udel.edu
Miller III, John H. Emeritus Faculty Associate Professor Emeritus 36110@udel.edu
Morgan III, John Retired Faculty Retired jdmorgan@udel.edu
Owocki, Stanley Retired Faculty Retired owocki@udel.edu
Pittel, Stuart Emeritus Faculty Professor Emeritus pittel@bartol.udel.edu
Shafi, Qaisar Retired Faculty Retired qshafi@udel.edu
Sharnoff, Mark Emeritus Faculty Professor Emeritus sharnoff@udel.edu
Shipman, Harry Emeritus Faculty Annie Jump Cannon Professor Emeritus harrys@udel.edu
Swann, Charles Emeritus Faculty Professor Emeritus swann@bartol.udel.edu
Woo, S. B. Emeritus Faculty Professor Emeritus sbw@udel.edu

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Researchers/Scientists

Name Affiliation Title Email
Aarti Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher aarti@udel.edu
Abarr, Quincy Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher qabarr@udel.edu
Adhikari, Subash   Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher subash@udel.edu
Arakawa, Jason Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher arakawaj@udel.edu
Bhat, Vinayak Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Fellow vbhat@udel.edu
Billings, Kyle Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher  
Biswas, Aritri Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers
Cheung, Charles Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher ccheung@udel.edu
Chhiber, Rohit Researchers and Scientists Research Associate III rohitc@udel.edu
Filin, Dmytro Researchers and Scientists Research Associate dfilin@udel.edu
Fitzgerald, James Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher sheafitz@udel.edu
Gabay, Aleksandr Researchers and Scientists Research Associate III gabay@physics.udel.edu
Kefayati, Ali Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher
Koundal, Paras Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher
Leszczynska, Agnieszka Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher agnlesz@udel.edu
Mangeard, Pierre-Simon Researchers and Scientists Research Associate III mangeard@udel.edu
Maroli, Nikhil Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher nmaroli@udel.edu
Novikov, Alexander (Sasha) Researchers and Scientists Research Project Engineer novikov@udel.edu
Pecora, Francesco Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher fpecora@udel.edu
Porsev, Sergey Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Supplemental Professional sergey@udel.edu
Rai, Anish Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Fellow arai@udel.edu
Russell, Christopher Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers Postdoctoral Researcher crussell@udel.edu
Tilav, Serap Z. Researchers and Scientists Scientist tilav@udel.edu
Usmanov, Arcadi Researchers and Scientists Scientist usmanov@udel.edu
Wang, Chen Postdoctoral Scholars & Researchers

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Departmental Staff

Name Title Contact
Adams, Amy Academic Support Coordinator II dpa-office-staff@udel.edu
Allen, Derrick Master Machinist

dlallen@udel.edu

302-831-2664
Butler, Dawn Business Administrator II

dmbutler@udel.edu

302-831-1996
Cathell, Cathy NASA Delaware Space Grant: Assistant Program Manager ccathell@udel.edu
George-Roberts, Carlyn Undergraduate Academic Program Coordinator

dpa-office-staff@udel.edu

302-831-2662
Johnson, Zelphia CITA II zjohnson@udel.edu
McFerren, Meagan Graduate Academic Program Coordinator

dpa-office-staff@udel.edu

302-831-1995
Miller, Angie NASA Delaware Space Grant: Program Manager

milleras@udel.edu

302-831-1094
Pedicone, Michael Machine Shop Assistant  
Provencal, Judith

Director, DE Asteroseismic Center

Associate Professor, Instruction

 jlp@udel.edu
Roth, James Research Project Engineer

roth@udel.edu

302-831-0846
Shaw, John Lab Manager jdshaw@udel.edu

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Graduate Students

Name Affiliation Email
Acero Cuellar, Tatiana Graduate Student taceroc@udel.edu
Alshammary, Ahood Graduate Student ahoodj@udel.edu
Amin, Najia Moureen Binte Graduate Student moureen@udel.edu
Bhatt, Subhash Graduate Student bhattsb@udel.edu
Chaini, Siddharth Nitin Graduate Student chaini@udel.edu
Chen, Yuca Chang Graduate Student yucachen@udel.edu
Cheng, Zihang Graduate Student zihangc@udel.edu
Chowdhury, Mustabi Mustafa Graduate Student mustabi@udel.edu
Clarke, Riley Graduate Student rwclarke@udel.edu
Clauss, Jacklyn Graduate Student jclauss@udel.edu
Crossman, Andrew Paul Graduate Student crossman@udel.edu
Daniels, Shar Graduate Student shard@udel.edu
Dellorco, Sarah Graduate Student dellorco@udel.edu
Foote, Juniper  Graduate Student gregoryf@udel.edu
Ejaz, Amna Graduate Student amnaejaz@udel.edu
Falla, Jose Luis Graduate Student Jfalla@udel.edu
Flaggs, Benjamin Graduate Student bflaggs@udel.edu
Fordin, Samuel Graduate Student sfordin@udel.edu
Fortino, Willow Fox Graduate Student fortino@udel.edu
Frank, Cameron A Graduate Student frankcam@udel.edu
Galvez Molina, Paula Graduate Student paulagm@udel.edu
Garcia, Miles Graduate Student milesg@udel.edu
Garcia-Gaitan, Federico Graduate Student fegarcia@udel.edu
Ghamari, Razieh Graduate Student raziehgh@udel.edu
Goodwill, Joshua Graduate Student goodwill@udel.edu
Grace, Kaylee Graduate Student kgrace@udel.edu
Gulawita, Malitha Graduate Student malitha@udel.edu
Harrell, Justin Graduate Student harrell@udel.edu
Herrera (Rodriguez), Luis Eduardo Graduate Student leherrer@udel.edu
Honaker, Easton Graduate Student ehonaker@udel.edu
Hossain, Muhammad Tomal Graduate Student tomal@udel.edu
Ishaque, Ommair Graduate Student ommair@udel.edu
Ji, Jinbiao Graduate Student jinbiao@udel.edu
Ji, Xinwei Graduate Student  
Jing, Aling Graduate Student allinson@udel.edu
Jones, Evan Graduate Student ecjones@udel.edu 
Khan, Muhammad Bilal  Graduate Student mbilal@udel.edu
Kharel, Bijaya Graduate Student bijaya@udel.edu
Korzoun, Nikolas Graduate Student nkorzoun@udel.edu
Lamsal, Saurabh Graduate Student slamsal@udel.edu
Larsen, Conor Graduate Student cmlarsen@udel.edu
Leung, Chung Hei (Alex) Graduate Student dphyalex@udel.edu
Li, Xueyi (Alex) Graduate Student xlilev@udel.edu
Lin, Chaoxian (Chace) Graduate Student chacelin@udel.edu
Lindsey, Skyler Graduate Student  
Martin, Scott Graduate Student srmartin@udel.edu
Medlock, Ashley Graduate Student  
Molina-Galvez, Paula Graduate Student paulagm@udel.edu
Mooney, Connor Graduate Student comooney@udel.edu
Nalyanya, Fred Graduate Student nalyfred@udel.edu
Natan, Tali Graduate Student tali@udel.edu
Nepal, Sashi Graduate Student sashinpl@udel.edu
Nikhar, Rahul Graduate Student rnikhar@udel.edu
O'Donnell, Daniel Joseph Graduate Student djodonel@udel.edu
Opatosky, Brian Graduate Student opabb@udel.edu
Parvez, Nawsher Jahan Graduate Student parvez@udel.edu
Paudel, Ek Narayan Graduate Student narayan@udel.edu
Pedraza Jova, Miguel Graduate Student mpedraza@udel.edu
Plouff, David Graduate Student dplouff@udel.edu
Pokhrel, Bivek Graduate Student bivekpok@udel.edu
Pradata, Rayta Graduate Student
Punsuebsay, Noppadol Graduate Student noppadol@udel.edu
Ramirez Delgado, Victor Graduate Student viclrd@udel.edu
Rehman, Abdul Graduate Student arehman@udel.edu
Rehman, Atta Graduate Student atta@udel.edu
Reyes Osorio, Felipe Graduate Student
Roy, Sohom Graduate Student sohom@udel.edu
Rueda Espinosa, Kennet J. Graduate Student
Saboor, Abdul Graduate Student asaboor@udel.edu
Saleem, Raheel Graduate Student raheel@udel.edu
Sanford-Crane, Henry Graduate Student Henrysc@udel.edu
Sarfraz (Heider), Masooma Graduate Student masoomas@udel.edu
Savery, Zachery Graduate Student savery@udel.edu
Seadrow, Shaquann Graduate Student sseadrow@udel.edu
Shaikh, Muhammad Hassan Graduate Student mhshaikh@udel.edu
Shrestha, Shreya Graduate Student sthashre@udel.edu
Shrestha, Sujan Graduate Student sujan@udel.edu
Spiers, Robert (Robbie) Graduate Student rspiers@udel.edu
Stanley, Patrick Graduate Student pstanley@udel.edu
Sultana, Rawnak Graduate Student srawnak@udel.edu
Suresh, Abhin Graduate Student abhins@udel.edu
Taranto, William Graduate Student wtaranto@udel.edu
Tasnim, Tanzila Graduate Student tanzila@udel.edu
Thapa, Ashmita Graduate Student ashmie@udel.edu
Tian, Yigeng Graduate Student ygtian@udel.edu
Tiwari, Amit Graduate Student amitiit@udel.edu
Varela Manjarres, Jalil Graduate Student jalil@udel.edu
Vargas Urbano, Sasiri Graduate Student sasijvu@udel.edu
Velasco Gonzalez, Diego Graduate Student dlvg@udel.edu
Wagle, Dinesh Graduate Student wagled@udel.edu
Wang, Jiaming (Victoria) Graduate Student jmwang@udel.edu
Wang, Xinhao Graduate Student xinhaow@udel.edu
Williamson, Tyler Graduate Student tjwilli@udel.edu
Wu, Weipeng Graduate Student wpwu@udel.edu
Yanez, Dayanara Lissete Graduate Student dayalyz@udel.edu
Yeh, Randy Graduate Student rwyeh@udel.edu
Zaheer, Muhammad Hani Graduate Student hani@udel.edu
Zubair, Muhammad Graduate Student mzubair@udel.edu
Zubair, Umer Graduate Student umer@udel.edu

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