Department Committees

Committee Descriptions

Academic Year 2025–2026

Administration

Chair
Kevin Black
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Program and Academic Affairs
Maxim Vavilov
Associate Chair for Graduate Program
Keith Bechtol
Associate Chair for Alumni Relations & Board of Visitors
Brian Rebel
Department Administrator
Aimee Lefkow
Director of Communications
Sarah Perdue
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Jim Reardon
Physics Council
Black (ex officio) | Bechtol (ex officio) | Vavilov (ex officio) | Eriksson (ex officio)
Rebel (ex officio) | Shiu | Egedal | Gilbert | Walker | Lu | Levchenko

University Committees

Faculty Senators
Hashimoto (Jorge) | Hanson (Egedal) | Carlsmith (McCammon) | Boldyrev (Zhdankin)
Divisional Committee
Vandenbroucke
L&S Academic Planing Council
Carlsmith
Graduate Faculty Executive Committee
Black
Budget Committee
Black

Sabbatical

Semester I: Bai, Bose, Brar, Timbie
Semester II: Bai, Bose, Brar, Halzen, Timbie

Departmental Committees

Climate & Diversity
Herndon (Chair) | Bergmann | Münchmeyer | Soares | Moloni | Perdue | Heinz | Nossal | Abdalkarim | Ju | Nowak
Colloquium
Levchenko (Chair) | Song | Shiu | Bergmann | Zhdankin | Pettee |Soares | Jorge | Fang | Chung | Arifa | Curtis-Ginsberg |Woolford
Curriculum Committee
Vavilov (Chair) | Otten | Sarff | Francis | Heintz | Reardon
Space Committee
Eriksson (Chair) | Dasu | Saffman | Sarff | Lefkow
Facilities (Computing, Shops & Library)
McDermott (Chair) | Plourde | König | Bradley | Lefkow | Bernhardt | Narf | Seys
New Staff (Faculty), Promotions & Mentoring
Shiu (Chair) | Terry | Rebel | Otten | Lefkow (ex-officio)
Outreach & Museum
Lu (Co-Chair) | McLean  (Co-Chair) | König | Parker | Atkinson |Cunsolo | Thakore | Rajkumar
Communications and Web Content
Dasu (Co-Chair) | Perdue ( Co-Chair) | Seys | Bradley
Staff Recognition
Münchmeyer (Chair) | Plourde | Carlsmith |Cunsolo |Friesen |Lefkow
Staff Salaries
Saffman (Chair) | Münchmeyer | Fang | Pettee | Lefkow
Faculty Recognition and Salaries
Chung (Chair) | Sarff | Hanson | Saffman | Shiu | Lefkow
Department Finances
Balantekin (Chair) | Dasu | Everett | Terry | Moloni | Lefkow
Strategic Planning
Dasu (Chair) | Bai | Brar | Forest | Gilbert | Karle | Levchenko | Rebel | Walker
Staff Strategic Planning
Walker (Co-Chair) | Lefkow (Co-Chair) | Balantekin | Dasu | Kahn | Moloni | Perdue
Student Awards
Carlsmith (Chair) | Song | Moritz | Anderson | Heintz | Lefkow
Alumni and Board of Visitors Committee
Rebel (Chair) | Forest | McDermott | Shiu | Lefkow | Perdue
Departmental Procedures
Everett (Chair) | Friesen | Moloni | Lefkow

Undergraduate Committees

Physics Majors Program
McCammon (Chair) | Levchenko| Carlsmith | Francis | Heintz | Reardon
Service Courses
Hanson (Chair) | Pan | Vandenbroucke |Francis| Nossal | Cunsolo|Mohammadi | Spike | Thurs | Unks | Weber
Undergraduate Advisors
Adams | Heintz | Yavuz
Link to Advisors Page

Graduate Committees

Ph.D. Graduate Program
Bechtol  (Chair) | Levchenko | Karle| Everett | Kahn
Ph.D. First Year
Bechtol  (Chair) |Hashimoto | Hanson | Jorge | Kuzmin | McCammon | Pan | Woods | Yavuz | Kahn
Ph.D. Graduate Recruiting
Münchmeyer (Chair) | Esterlis | Lu | Kahn | Moloni
Ph.D. Graduate Admissions & Fellowships
Egedal (Chair) | Jorge |  Friesen | Hanson |Feng | Pan | Foster | Kuzmin | Münchmeyer |Moritz | Plourde | Sinclair | Woods | Zhdankin| Kahn
Ph.D. Qualifying Exam
Everett (Co-Chair) | Herndon (Co-Chair) | Boldyrev | Kuzmin | Rebel | Walker | Kahn
Ph.D. Preliminary Exam
Hashimoto (Chair) | Foster | Carlsmith | König | Pan
MS in Physics – Quantum Computing
Yavuz (chair) | Otten | Saffman | Friesen |Cunsolo|Kwok |Moloni
MS in Physics – Quantum Computing – Admissions
Yavuz (chair) | Balantekin | Esterlis | Saffman | Kwok |Moloni  | Friesen