Department Committees

Academic Year 2023–2024

Administration

Chair
Mark Eriksson
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Program and Academic Affairs
Mark Rzchowski
Associate Chair for Graduate Program
Kevin Black
Associate Chair for Alumni Relations & Board of Visitors
Sridhara Dasu
Department Administrator
Aimee Lefkow
Director of Communications
Sarah Perdue
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Jim Reardon
Physics Council
Eriksson (ex officio) | Rzchowski (ex officio) | Black (ex officio) |
Dasu (ex officio) | Egedal | Everett | Fang | Gilbert | Walker

University Committees

Faculty Senators
Terry (Sarff) | Hashimoto (Herndon) | Bose (Rebel) | Vandenbroucke (Vavilov)
Divisional Committee
Yavuz
Committee of Undergraduate Recruitment and Financial Aid
Carlsmith
Graduate Faculty Executive Committee
Black

Sabbatical

Semester I:
Barger, Terry
Semester II:
Terry

Departmental Committees

Climate & Diversity
Bose (Chair) | Bechtol | Bergmann | Kahn | Mills | Moloni | Perdue | Sanwalka | Tripathi | Zizmann
Colloquium
Shiu (Chair) | Bergmann | Dasu | Egedal | Esterlis | Heimsoth | Lu | Muenchmeyer
Curriculum Committee
Rzchowski (Chair) | Black | McCammon | Moloni
Space Committee
Rzchowski (Chair) | Bechtol | Black | Lefkow | Walker
Facilities (Computing, Shops & Library)
Dasu (Chair) | Barnett | Bradley | Lefkow | Sarff | Seys
New Staff (Faculty), Promotions & Mentoring
Balantekin (Chair) | Forest | Lefkow (ex officio) | Saffman | Shiu | Vavilov
Outreach, Communications, Web Content & Museum
Brar (Chair) | Atkinson| Lu | McLean | Perdue | Seys
Staff Recognition and Salaries
Rebel (Chair) | Chung | Friesen | Kahn | Levchenko | Perdue | Lefkow
Faculty Recognition and Salaries
Sarff (Chair) | Balantekin | Bergmann | Lefkow | Saffman
Department Finances
Balantekin (Chair) | Black | Kuzmin | Lefkow
Strategic Planning
Saffman (Chair) | Brar | Everett | Muenchmeyer | Sarff
Student Awards
Barger (Chair) | Carlsmith | Kahn | Lefkow | Muenchmeyer | Reardon
Alumni and Board of Visitors Committee
Dasu (Chair) | Halzen | Karle | Lefkow | Lin | Perdue | Saul

Undergraduate Committees

Physics Majors Program
McCammon (Chair) | Heintz | McDermott | Reardon | Walker
Service Courses
Timbie (Chair) | Francis | Gilbert | Mohammadi | Nossal | Spike | Weber | Zweibel
Undergraduate Advisors
Link to Advisors Page

Graduate Committees

Ph.D. Graduate Program
Black (Chair) | Boldyrev | Everett | Kahn | Levchenko | McDermott | Wu
Ph.D. First Year
Black (Chair) | Esterlis | Hanson | Herndon | Kuzmin | Timbie | Yavuz
Ph.D. Graduate Recruiting
Black (Chair) | Carlsmith | Friesen | Kahn | Pan
Ph.D. Graduate Admissions & Fellowships
Bechtol (Chair) | Bai | Friesen | Kahn | Kuzmin | Jorge | Levchenko | Lu | Timbie | Zhdankin
Ph.D. Qualifying Exam
Everett (Chair) | Bai | Boldyrev | Brar | Herndon | McCammon | Vandenbroucke | Vavilov
Ph.D. Preliminary Exam
Hashimoto (Chair) | Bai | Herndon | Levchenko | McCammon
MS in Physics – Quantum Computing
Yavuz (chair)  | Baldridge | Friesen | Moloni | Saffman | Vavilov
MS in Physics – Quantum Computing – Admissions
Balantekin| Esterlis| Joynt| Vavilov| Yavuz | Baldridge | Moloni
Yavuz (chair)  | Baldridge | Friesen | Moloni | Saffman | Vavilov