Committee Descriptions
Academic Year 2026–2027
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 Undergraduate Studies
- Jim Reardon
- Physics Council
- Black (ex officio) | Bechtol (ex officio) | Vavilov (ex officio) | Eriksson (ex officio)
- Rebel (ex officio) | Bergmann |Everett | Forest | Lu | Terry | Yavuz
University Committees
- Faculty Senators
- Terry (Jorge) | Egedal ( Fang) | Carlsmith (Timbie) | Boldyrev (Zhdankin)
- Divisional Committee
- Vandenbroucke
- Graduate Faculty Executive Committee
- Black
- Budget Committee
- Black
Sabbatical
- Semester I: Balantekin, Karle, Shiu
- Semester II: Balantekin, Shiu
Departmental Committees
- Climate & Diversity
- Soares (Co-Chair) | Muenchmeyer (Co-Chair) | Ju | Heintz | Kahn | Moloni | Nossal | Yavuz
- Colloquium
- Fang (Chair) | Barger | Bergmann | Boldyrev |Herndon |Foster | Levchenko | Muenchmeyer | Song | Terry | Qian | Tang | Vassallo
- Curriculum Committee
- Vavilov (Chair) | Boldyrev |Carlsmith | Francis | Heintz |Levchenko | Otten
- Space Committee
- McDermott (Chair) | Dasu | Saffman | Forest |Vandenbroucke | Lefkow
- Facilities (Computing & Shops)
- Plourde (Chair) | Bernhardt | Bowe |Bradley | Kuzmin | Narf | Seys | Sarff | Lefkow
- New Staff (Faculty), Promotions & Mentoring
- Bai (Chair) | Fang | Gilbert | Otten | Lefkow (ex-officio)
- Nomination Committee
- Rebel (Chair) | Saffman | Timbie | Forest | Brar | Levchenko
- Outreach & Museum
- Bergmann (Co-Chair) | McLean (Co-Chair) | Atkinson | Cunsolo | Narf | Thakore
- Communications and Web Content
- Bose (Chair) | Bradley | Moloni |Seys
- Events
- Lefkow (Chair) | Bek-gran | König| Kwok |Kuzmin
- Staff Recognition
- Saffman (Chair) | Chung |Karle | Pettee | Sarff | Lefkow
- Staff Salaries
- Saffman(Chair) | Chung | Karle | Pettee | Lefkow
- Faculty Recognition and Salaries
- Terry (Chair) | Herndon |Fang | McDermott |Saffman | Shiu | Lefkow
- Department Finances
- Chung (Chair) | Kuzmin | Karle | Moloni | Lefkow
- Strategic Planning
- Dasu (Chair) | Bai | Brar | Forest | Gilbert | Karle | Levchenko | Rebel | Yavuz
- Student Awards
- Moritz (Chair) | Carlsmith | Heintz | Pan | Lefkow
- Alumni and Board of Visitors Committee
- Rebel (Chair) | Bergmann |Forest | Lu |McDermott | Shiu | Lefkow
- Departmental Procedures
- Everett (Chair) | Friesen | Jorge | Moloni | Lefkow
Undergraduate Committees
- Physics Majors Program
- Eriksson (Chair) | Carlsmith | Esterlis | Francis | Heintz | Timbie | Zhdankin
- Service Courses
- Timbie (Chair ) | Cunsolo | Francis | Mohammadi | Pan | Vandenbroucke | Weber
- Undergraduate Advisors
- Adams | Bose | Heintz
- Link to Advisors Page
Graduate Committees
- Ph.D. Graduate Program
- Bechtol (Chair) | Brar | Everett | Kahn | Herndon | McDermott | Zhdankin
- Ph.D. First Year
- Bechtol (Chair) | Kuzmin | Jorge | Lu | Muenchmeyer | Song | Zhdankin | Kahn
- Ph.D. Graduate Admissions & Fellowships
- Egedal (Chair) | Moritz | Levchenko | Dasu | Jorge | Sinclair | Song | Zhdankin | König| Kahn |Pan | Qian
- Ph.D. Qualifying Exam
- Everett (Co-Chair) |Herndon (Co-Chair) | Boldyrev| Bai | Esterlis | Kuzmin | Woods
- Ph.D. Preliminary Exam
- Hashimoto (Chair) | Foster | Carlsmith | König | Pan
- MS in Physics – Quantum Computing
- Yavuz (chair) | Otten | Saffman | Friesen | Cunsolo |Kwok |Moloni
- MS Quantum Computing – Admissions
- Yavuz (chair) | Esterlis | Saffman | Kwok | Moloni | Friesen
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