Physics & Astronomy Faculty
The School of Physics & Astronomy is housed primarily in two buildings on the Twin Cities East Bank Campus,
John T. Tate Hall (Tate) and the Physics and Nanotechnology building (PAN).
For other building locations, see the University of Minnesota Campus Maps website.
![Jon Anderson](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/JPA%20-%20Jon%20Anderson.jpg.webp?itok=NwypxWvS)
Instructor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Victor Boantza](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/boantz_cropped.jpg.webp?itok=yrw4wpF-)
Director of Undergraduate Studies for HSTM, School of Physics and Astronomy,
Associate Professor
![Pete Border](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Pete%20Border.jpg.webp?itok=wa50a8DF)
![Burnell Fiona RESIZED SMALL.jpg Blonde woman with black coat](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Burnell%20Fiona%20RESIZED%20SMALL.jpg.webp?itok=lExyW4_u)
Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Cherman Aleksey RESIZED SMALL.png Man on an adventure](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Cherman%20Aleksey%20RESIZED%20SMALL.png.webp?itok=c9Yd0v5B)
Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Therea Chmiel](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/TheresaChiemel.jpg.webp?itok=wJ1XDMMd)
Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Chubukov.jpg Andrey Chubukov](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Chubukov.jpg.webp?itok=JFfW8aCB)
William I. and Bianca M. Fine Chair in Theoretical Physics, William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute,
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Michael Coughlin headhot](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/_AES5786.jpeg.webp?itok=BUhGLLlv)
Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Cronin-Hennessy Dan RESIZED SMALL.png Man with cool sunglasses](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Cronin-Hennessy%20Dan%20RESIZED%20SMALL.png.webp?itok=3M4tfPgB)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Professor Paul Crowell](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Crowell2_0.jpg.webp?itok=ez0WUJqM)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Lauching woman standing in front of a whiteboard covered in equations](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Cushman_0.JPG.webp?itok=N6iOp3Hz)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Dan Dahlberg in his office](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Dan%20Dahlberg.jpg.webp?itok=dyhwdLS7)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Rafael Fernandes](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/RafaelFavephotoweb.jpg.webp?itok=KfPU28fv)
Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
![Lucy Fortson](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/LucyFortsonTate2018-compressed.jpg.webp?itok=eR6eu22Q)
Associate Head of School of Physics and Astronomy,
Professor
![Andrew Furmanski](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Andrew%20Furmanski.jpg.webp?itok=if2JRaGw)
Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Gehrz_cropped.jpg Robert Gehrz](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Gehrz_cropped.jpg.webp?itok=KRWJ-irx)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Tony Gherghetta](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Gherghetta%20-%20Tony%20Gherghetta.jpeg.webp?itok=KtjaGG7Z)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Lindsey Glesener](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Lindsay%20Glesener%20-%202%20-%20Lindsay%20Glesener.jpg.webp?itok=T59IeZ4V)
Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Hart Goldman](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Headshot-2%20Medium%20-%20Hart%20Goldman.jpeg.webp?itok=Q6I1AOyh)
![Martin Greven](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Martin%20Greven_0.jpg.webp?itok=nThf3xHj)
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Flowers.jpeg](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Flowers.jpeg.webp?itok=wqpIxjtZ)
Teaching Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
419 Physics And Nanotechnology Building
![Professor J. Woods Halley](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/J.%20Woods%20Halley%202_0.jpg.webp?itok=cssW1bux)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Shaul Hanany headshot](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Shaul%20Hanany%20-%202.jpeg.webp?itok=Nsq-_RDa)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy and Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics
![Ken Heller](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Ken%20in%20office%20-%20Ken%20Heller.png.webp?itok=TiW8D5Ru)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Michel Janssen crossing arms, wearing a blue, button-down shirt with sleeves rolled up to his elbows](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Janssen%20Michel%20RESIZED.jpg.webp?itok=7Pau0nnm)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Thomas W. Jones](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Thomas%20Jones%20-%204.jpg.webp?itok=NuvpoNQu)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Jim Kakalios](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Kakalios.jpg.webp?itok=jnp3j5Wk)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy,
Head of School of Physics and Astronomy
![Alex Kamenev](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Alex%20Kamenev_2.jpg.webp?itok=Ep8xB6jS)
Director, William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute,
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Person with dark blue shirt smiling in front of a bookcase](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Kapusta-bookcase%20-%20Joseph%20Kapusta.jpg.webp?itok=dFEKn-GI)
Distinguished University Teaching Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Patrick Kelly](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/patrick_kelly.jpg.webp?itok=XpMu6lE-)
Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Zhen Liu](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Zhen%20Liu.jpg.webp?itok=LBtrnsi8)
Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Yan Liu](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/1637223521840%20-%20Yan%20Liu.jpeg.webp?itok=4sl9KIxi)
![Robert Lysak](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/robert_lysak_0.jpg.webp?itok=sx38Bbow)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Mandic Vuk RESIZED SMALL.jpg man wearing brown jacket](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Mandic%20Vuk%20RESIZED%20SMALL.jpg.webp?itok=PsNDyDZn)
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Mans Jeremiah RESIZED.jpg Man in red shirt sitting at a desk](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Mans%20Jeremiah%20RESIZED.jpg.webp?itok=iwKdPOJ0)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Ben Margalit](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/headshot1%20-%20Ben%20Margalit.jpg.webp?itok=sAfMYmi4)
Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Marshak Marvin RESIZED.jpg Man wearing half zip sweater and glasses](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Marshak%20Marvin%20RESIZED.jpg.webp?itok=KhnsLeFU)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Katrina Marslender](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/IMG_2519%281%29%20-%20Katrina%20Marslender.jpeg.webp?itok=KoC3Fvuc)
![Smiling man wearing sunglasses sitting outside](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/MacLeod%2C%20Alex%20web_0.jpg.webp?itok=PMplgk7z)
Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![jochen-mueller.jpg Joachim Mueller profile photo](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-01/jochen-mueller.jpg.webp?itok=GFjnaoFb)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Noireaux Vincent RESIZED SMALL.jpg man wearing grey flannel](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Noireaux%20Vincent%20RESIZED%20SMALL.jpg.webp?itok=xPBIEp_x)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Keith Olive](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Keith%20Olive.jpg.webp?itok=OLnoU06U)
Gloria Becker Lubkin Chair in Theoretical Physics, William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute,
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy,
Member, Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics
![Pawloski Gregory RESIZED SMALL.jpg happy man with glasses](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Pawloski%20Gregory%20RESIZED%20SMALL.jpg.webp?itok=9Dgl2g6Y)
Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Natalia Perkins](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/DSC_3883.jpg.webp?itok=DMS584vQ)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Maxim Pospelov.JPG Maxim Pospelov](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-09/Maxim%20Pospelov.JPG.webp?itok=bHmMHC3H)
Professor, William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute,
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Sudhakar Prasad](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Sudhakar%20Prasad.jpg.webp?itok=deUp2qNT)
![Vlad Pribiag](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Vlad%20Pribiag_0.jpg.webp?itok=WXPHnzR8)
Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Pryke Clement RESIZED SMALL.jpg man wearing glasses on top of his head standing in front of trees in the fall](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Pryke%20Clement%20RESIZED%20SMALL.jpg.webp?itok=WBvutPeg)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Puchner Elias RESIZED SMALL.jpg man in blue and white flannel with glasses](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Puchner%20Elias%20RESIZED%20SMALL.jpg.webp?itok=iOKFPLlb)
Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Qian Yong-Zhong RESIZED SMALL.jpg man wearing bright blue shirt in front of bookshelf](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Qian%20Yong-Zhong%20RESIZED%20SMALL.jpg.webp?itok=p0VW4W9n)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Serge Rudaz](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Serge%20Rudaz.jpg.webp?itok=y2d2xaaK)
Morse-Alumni University Distinguished Teaching Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Rusack Roger RESIZED.jpg Roger Rusack](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Rusack%20Roger%20RESIZED.jpg.webp?itok=_kxa3pWv)
![M. Claudia Scarlata](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Claudia%20Scarlata%20-%203.jpg.webp?itok=2Yj_qmTs)
Distinguished McKnight University Professor (MIfA Director of Graduate Studies),
Director , Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics
![Mikhail Shifman](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/ShifmanWeb.jpg.webp?itok=wrphdoDf)
Ida Cohen Fine Chair in Theoretical Physics, William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute,
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Boris Shklovskii](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Boris%20Shklovskii%20-2.jpg.webp?itok=v59eoHzk)
A.S. Fine Chair in Theoretical Physics, William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute,
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Professor Evan Skillman](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Evan%20Skillman.jpg.webp?itok=MgrHFi_Q)
![Nadja Strobbe](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Strobbe%20Nadja%20SMALL.png.webp?itok=099Q5gce)
Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Ali Sulaiman](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Ali%20Sulaiman.JPG.webp?itok=yOD40h2E)
Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Valls Oriol T. RESIZED SMALL.jpg smiling man wearing blue shirt](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Valls%20Oriol%20T.%20RESIZED%20SMALL.jpg.webp?itok=1p-f4L2p)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Vinals Jorge RESIZED SMALL.jpg man sitting in a bus](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Vinals%20Jorge%20RESIZED%20SMALL.jpg.webp?itok=nOaXIYLz)
Director of Graduate Studies,
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Wang Ke RESIZED.jpg Ke Wang](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Wang%20Ke%20RESIZED.jpg.webp?itok=mMQVOc8f)
Assistant Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Mike Wilking](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Wilking2-%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=gPqlwsIY)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Person with glasses smiling at camera](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/LLRWpic2021A%20-%20Liliya%20L.R.%20Williams.jpeg.webp?itok=hkwDCZy5)
Director of Undergraduate Studies for MIfA,
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Woodward Charles E RESIZED SMALL.png man with big hair and big beard smiling](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2019-08/Woodward%20Charles%20E%20RESIZED%20SMALL.png.webp?itok=ujJ8B4i4)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Man with a glorious mustache](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/paul-woodward_0.jpeg.webp?itok=88NfaKeI)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Wynveen](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Wynveen.jpg.webp?itok=tQvMuTL0)
Teaching Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
![Flowers.jpeg](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Flowers.jpeg.webp?itok=wqpIxjtZ)
![Zudov Michael RESIZED.jpg Michael Zudov](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Zudov%20Michael%20RESIZED.jpg.webp?itok=3n8czr53)
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy