Oct 02, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Department of Physics


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Andre C. Barato. Assistant Professor of Physics. Ph.D., University of Würzburg, Germany.

Kevin E. Bassler.  Moores Chair and Professor of Physics, and Department Chair.  B.S., Ohio University; M.S., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University.

Rene Bellwied.  M.D. Anderson Professor of Physics.  B.S., Ph.D., Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.

Edgar A. Bering III.  Professor of Physics.  B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.

Eric R. Bittner.  John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Chemistry. B.S., Valparaiso University; Ph.D., University of Chicago.

Shuo Chen.  Associate Professor of Physics.  B.S., Peking University; Ph.D., Boston College.

Xiao-Jia Chen. M.D. Anderson Chair and Professor of Physics. Ph.D., Zhejiang University

Daniel Cherdack. Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Tufts University.

Ching-Wu Chu.  T.L.L. Temple Chair in Science, Professor of Physics and Director, Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston.  B.S., Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan; M.S., Fordham University; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego.

Wei-Kan Chu.  Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor of Physics and Deputy Director, Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston.  B.S., Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan; M.S., Ph.D., Baylor University.

Seamus A. Curran.  Professor of Physics.  B.A., Ph.D., Trinity College, Dublin.

Mini Das.  Professor of Physics.  Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Byron Freelon. Assistant Professor of Physics. Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

Gemunu Gunaratne.  Moores Professor of Physics.  B.Sc., Colombo University; Ph.D., Cornell University.

Pavan Hosur.  Associate Professor of Physics.  B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.

Liming Li.  Professor of Physics.  B.S., Nanjing University; M.S., Peking University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology.

John H. Miller.  Professor of Physics.  B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne.

Greg Morrison.  Assistant Professor of Physics.  Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park.

Carlos Ordonez.  Professor of Physics.  B.S., University of Panama; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Claudia Ratti.  M.D. Anderson Chair and Professor of Physics.  B.S., Torino University; Ph.D., Torino University.

Zhifeng Ren.  Paul C. W. Chu and May P. Chern Endowed Chair in Condensed Matter Physics. B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Sichuan Institute of Technology; M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Andrew Lee Renshaw.  Associate Professor of Physics.  B.S., California State Polyetechnic University; M.S., University of California; Ph.D., University of California Irvine.

Donna W. Stokes.  Professor of Physics and Associate Dean for Student Success. B.S., Southern University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Houston.

Wu-Pei Su.  Professor of Physics.  B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

Anthony Timmins.  Professor of Physics.  M.Sci., Ph.D., University of Birmingham.

Chin-Sen Ting.  Distinguished Professor of Physics.  B.S., National Taiwan University; M.S., Tsing Hua University; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego.

Oomman K. Varghese.  Associate Professor of Physics and Director of Graduate Studies. B.S., M.S., Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Volodymyr Vovchenko. Assistant Professor.  Ph.D., Goethe University.

Arthur Weglein.  Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Physics, and Director, Mission-Oriented Seismic Research Program.  B.S., M.S., Ph.D., City University of New York.

Lisa Whitehead Koerner.  Professor of Physics.  B.S., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Stony Brook University.

Lowell Wood.  Professor of Physics.  B.S., University of Kansas; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.