Our Faculty

Full-time, Teaching, and Research Faculty

Chris Butenhoff

Associate Professor of Physics and Undergraduate Advisor
Climate change, computational methods in inverse modeling

Email: cbuten@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-8396
Office: SRTC Room 470
 

Priya Jamkhedkar

Teaching Assistant Professor
Astrophysics, curriculum development

Email: priya2@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-4229
Office: SRTC Room 376


 

Yongwen Lampert

Senior Instructor
Undergraduate education in physics

Email: yongwen@pdx.edu

Andres La Rosa

Professor of Physics
Semiconductor and polymer nanostructures, mesoscopic systems

Email: Link: andres@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-8397

PH 411/511 Intro to Quantum Mechanics website
 

 

 

Peter Moeck

Professor of Physics
Crystallography at the nanometer length scale

Email: pmoeck@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-4227
Office: SRTC Room 404

Jay Nadeau

Professor of Physics
Molecular biophysics

Email: nadeau@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-8929
Office: SRTC Room 370

 

Andrew Rice

Associate Professor of Physics and Department Chair
Atmospheric science

Email: arice@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-3095
Office: SRTC Room 472

Erik Sanchez

Professor of Physics
Microscopy, nuclear energy, education tool design

Email: esanchez@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-3819
Office: SRTC Room 170A

Raj Solanki

Professor of Physics
Electronic materials and devices, biosensors

Email: solanki@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-3231
Office: SRTC Room B2-56

Jack C. Straton

Associate Professor of Physics and University Studies
Quantum scattering theory

Email: straton@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-5844
Office: SRTC Room 378

Ralf Widenhorn

Professor of Physics
Physics education research, digital imaging

Email: ralfw@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-3898
Office: VCS Room 310-B

Adjunct, Research, and Instructional Faculty

Gary Goncher
ggoncher@pdx.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Nanotechnology and self-assembly, photovoltaics, energy storage
 
Andy Martwick
martwick@pdx.edu
Adjunct Instructor
High-speed signaling and surface plasmonics

John Ramshaw
ramshaw@pdx.edu
Research Professor
Statistical and thermal physics
Link: Ramshaw Website

Emeritus Faculty

Jon Abramson
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Membrane biophysics, calcium transport, oxidative stress.
 
Carl Bachuber
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Ph.D. 1964 University of Washington.
 
Erik Bodegom
Professor of Physics
Imaging, solid state sensors, and education.
Link: Bodegom Website

John L. Freeouf
Professor of Physics
Expert on semiconductor interfaces.
Link: Freeouf Website
  
Donald C. Howard
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Mössbauer spectroscopy, solid state studies of naturally occurring minerals and rocks.

Aslam Khalil
Professor of Physics
Global climate change
aslamk@pdx.edu

Rolf Koenenkamp
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Semiconductor materials and devices, photoemission microscopy, electron optics
rkoe@pdx.edu

Pui-Tak (Peter) Leung
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Theoretical atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Link: Leung Website

Drake Mitchell
drakem@pdx.edu
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Membrane biophysics

Guang-jiong Ni
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Theoretical physics including quantum mechanics, relativity, quantum field theory, and the role of antimatter in general relativity.
Link: Ni Website

Pieter Rol
Professor Emeritus of Physics
 
Jack S. Semura
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Statistical physics, maximum entropy, complex systems. 

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