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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255
FIELDS Students Accepted For Degree Doctorate Master’s Physics X X Astronomy Related Fields
* *
*Concentration of studies in Astronomy, but degree granted in Physics.
1. General
Chancellor: Holden Thorp Dean of the Graduate School: Steve Matson Department Chair: Laurie E. McNeil Department Telephone Number: 919 962-2078 C Type of Institution: University Control: Public Setting: Small town Total Faculty: 3,295 Total Graduate Faculty: 3,317 Total Students: 28,136 Total Graduate Students: 8,177 Annual Graduate Tuition: In-state residents: Full-time—$4,613 Part-time—0–2.9 hrs./$1,153.26 3–5.9 hrs./$2,306.50 6 – 8.9 hrs./$3,459.76 Out-of-state residents: Full-time—$18,611 Part-time—0–2.9 hrs./$4,652.76 3–5.9 hrs./$9,305.50 6 – 8.9 hrs./$13,958.26 Tuition rates for: 2007–08 Deferred tuition plan: No Other Fees: In-state: $1,623.00 Out-of-state: $1,623.00 Term: Semester
Address financial aid inquiries to: Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Physics and Astronomy, CB #3255, Phillips Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255, [email protected] GAPSFAS application required: No Financial aid deadline: 3/1 Loans available: Yes Address housing inquiries to: Department of University Housing, CB #5500, Carr Building, UNC Chapel Hill, NC 275995500 On-campus, single student housing available: Yes Cost/term: $2,950/semester On-campus, married student housing available: Yes Cost/month: $760–$855 may not be available due to construction
Table A—Faculty, Enrollments, and Degrees Granted
Enrollment1 Fall 2007 Research Specialty Applied Physics Astronomy Astrophysics Biological Condensed Matter Physics Cosmology Nanotechnology Nuclear Physics Numerical Hydrodynamics Particles & Fields Gravitation 2007–08 Faculty 9 5 6 11 16 2 3 15 1 2 4 Master’s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Doctorate 9 5 6 11 16 2 3 15 1 2 4 74 74 0 15 No. of Degrees Granted2 2007–08 (2002–07) Master’s 0(0) 1(3) 0(8) 0(0) 3(20) 0(0) 0(0) 1(7) 0(0) 0(0) 0(2) 5(40) Terminal Master’s 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 1(3) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(1) 1(4) Doctorate 0(0) 0(8) 0(8) 1(1) 3(18) 0(0) 0(0) 2(6) 0(0) 0(0) 0(4) 7(41) Median No. of Years for 2007–08 Ph.D.’s – 6 – 6 6 – – 6 – –
Total 2. Number of Faculty in Department
The combined total of full-time faculty in the three professorial ranks is 30. The combined total of full-time, part-time, and other faculty at all ranks is 47.
Full-time Grad. Stud. Part-time Grad. Stud. First-year Grad. Stud.
Median Years in Grad. Study „2005–06 Degrees… 2 Undergraduate Degrees, 2007–08 „2002–07…: 11(48)
1 2
2
6
6
3. Admission, Financial Aid, and Housing
Address admission inquiries to: [email protected] Graduate application fee required: $70 Admission deadline Fall admission : Jan. 1 Admission information: For fall admission, 2008, 41 students were accepted from 159 applicants. Admission requirements: For admission to the graduate program, a Bachelor’s degree in physics is required with a minimum GPA of 3.0 specified. The GRE general test and GRE subject test in advanced physics are required. The average GRE scores for applicants admitted in 2007 were: verbal–590; quantitative–762; advanced physics–740. Students from nonEnglish-speaking countries are required to take the TOEFL exam. A score of 550 or better on the TOEFL is required; a score of 600 or better is strongly preferred. Undergraduate preparation assumed: Symon, Mechanics; Martin, Elements of Thermodynamics; Hecht and Zajac, Optics; Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics; Liboff, Introductory Quantum Mechanics, or comparable.
Students not yet committed to a research specialty are entered under non-specialized. Five-year totals in parentheses.
4. Graduate Degree Requirements
Master’s: 30 semester hours required of which three to six may be for thesis or Master’s project if non-thesis option elected . One comprehensive written examination, which also serves as qualifying examination for Ph.D. Oral examination on thesis, or on a Master’s project if non-thesis option is elected , is required. Residency is required. Doctorate: No specific graduate course credit requirements, but satisfactory completion of approved sequence of courses; a doctoral written examination covering ‘‘core’’ curriculum; a preliminary oral examination for the dissertation, a dissertation, and oral examination on dissertation. Residency is required. Thesis: Thesis may be written in absentia. Courses taken as a graduate student before enrolling at Chapel
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Hill may afford students the opportunity to opt out of one or more first-year core courses and may be eligible for transfer course credit. However, students are required to pass the doctoral written examination, which is offered at the end of the student’s first year and covers core material in quantum mechanics, electromagnetic theory, dynamics, and statistical mechanics. Special Equipment, Facilities, or Programs: The University of North Carolina, together with NC State and Duke Universities, administers the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory three nuclear accelerators in Durham. Special astronomy facilities of UNC, Chapel Hill, include 38- and 61-cm telescopes and a Zeiss Mark-6 planetarium projector. Astronomical facilities: observational facilities include the SOAR 4.1meter telescope in Chile 61 nights time share , 11-meter Southern African Large Telescope SALT in South Africa 10 nights , the University’s Chilean-based PROMPT telescope array six 0.4-meter telescopes for gamma-ray burst afterglows . Laboratory facilities include the Goodman Laboratory for Astronomical Instrumentation; and on-campus Zeiss Mark-6 planetarium projector.
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Table C—Separately Budgeted Research Expenditures
Research Specialty AstronomyÕAstrophysics BiophysicsÕBiological Physics Condensed Matter Physics Nuclear Physics Particles & Fields Physics Education No. of Grants 24 5 45 13 8 3 98 Expenditures ($) 799,592 147,585 5,035,355 1,673,571 461,272 11,342 8,128,717
Total
Table D—Physics-related Research Outside Department
Field and Unit Outside Department Nuclear Physics Biophysics Condensed Matter No. of Grants 1 1 1 3 Expenditures ($) 561,700 45,250 59,700 666,650
Table B—Appointments to Graduate Students, 2007–08 Total
Appointments Title of Appointee First year Academic Load Allowed in Credit Hours Semester 9 9 9 9 Hours of Service Per Week Stipend for Academic Year ($)
Total
FACULTY Professors
Carney, Bruce W., Ph.D., Harvard, 1978. Observational astronomy; globular clusters. Cecil, Gerald N., Ph.D., Hawaii, 1987. Observational astronomy; active galactic nuclei. Champagne, Arthur E., Ph.D., Yale, 1982. Experimental nuclear physics. Clegg, Thomas B., Ph.D., Rice, 1965. Experimental nuclear physics; development of polarized beams. Clemens, J. Christopher, Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1994. Observational astronomy; astrophysics; astronomical instrumentation. Dolan, Louise A., Ph.D., MIT, 1976. Particle theory. Engel, Jonathan H., Ph.D., Yale, 1986. Theoretical nuclear physics; violation of fundamental symmetries in nuclei; the role of nuclear effects in solar neutrino and dark matter experiments; r-process nucleosynthesis and quark effects in nuclei. Evans, Charles R., Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 1984. General relativity; numerical hydrodynamics; astrophysics. Frampton, Paul H., Ph.D., Oxford, 1968. Particle theory; grand unification; cosmology. Iliadis, Christian, Ph.D., Notre Dame, 1993. Experimental nuclear astrophysics. Karwowski, Hugon J., Ph.D., Indiana, 1980. Experimental nuclear physics with polarized nuclei. Khvechtchenko, Dmitri, Ph.D., Landau Institute for theoretical physics, 1989. Theoretical condensed matter physics; quantum transport in strongly correlated systems. Lu, Jianping, Ph.D., City University of New York, 1988. HighTc superconductors; fullerenes and fullerides; strongly correlated electron systems; electronic structure and computational physics; disordered system and quantum transports; complex systems; X-ray imaging. McNeil, Laurie E., Ph.D., Illinois, 1982. Chair of the Department. Optical studies of materials. Ng, Yee Jack, Ph.D., Harvard, 1974. Theoretical particle physics; gravitation.
Teaching Assistant Research Assistant Merit Assistantship Pogue B.O.G. Fellow „Board of Governors…
41 31 0 0
12 1 0 0
18 18 0 0
16,2902 21,7203 16,0004 20,000 16,0004
2 74
2 15
9
0
Total
1 2 3
Stipend for academic year 2007–08. Additional stipend for summer work is available. Stipend for calendar year 2007–08. 4 Additional supplement awarded by department.
5. Personnel Engaged in Separately Budgeted Research, 7Õ07–6Õ08
Professorial faculty Other faculty Postdoctoral appointments Graduate students Undergraduate students Nonteaching research personnel Total 30 14 14 74 8 6 146
6. Separately Budgeted Research Expenditures by Source of Support
Departmental Research $6,728,530 48,700 126,342 183,000 1,042,145 $8,128,717 Physics-related Research Outside Department $666,650 0 0 0
Federal government State and local government Private, non-profit organizations Business and industry Other Total
$666,650
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Rose, James, Ph.D., Yale, 1977. Observational astronomy; galactic structure; extragalactic astronomy. Rowan, Lawrence G., Ph.D., California, Berkeley, 1963. Solid state experiments using EPR. Superfine, Richard, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1991. Scanning probe microscopy of biological structures. Tsui, Frank, Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois-Urbana, Champaign, 1992. Molecular beam epitaxy of transition metals; scanning tunneling microscopy. Washburn, Sean, Ph.D., Duke, 1982. Effects of quantum-mechanical coherence in charge transport in small systems; ballistic transport in semiconductors. Wu, Yue, Ph.D., Catholic University of Leuven, 1987. Nuclear magnetic resonance; electron spin resonance in solids. Zhou, Otto, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1992. Experimental materials science; structure/property relationships in solids.
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Tang, Jie, Ph.D., Osaka University, 1993. Materials science, nanotechnology. Taylor, Russell M., II, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1994. User interfaces for scientific visualization; virtual environments; distributed systems; computer graphics. Thompson, A. Christopher, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1988. Theoretical astrophysics. Tonchev, Anton P., Ph.D., Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 1995. Nuclear resonance; fluorescence; nuclear spectroscopy.
Professors Emeriti
Bowers, Wayne A., Ph.D., Cornell, 1943. Briscoe, Charles V., Ph.D., Rice, 1958. Choi, Sang-il, Ph.D., Brown, 1961. Christiansen, Wayne A., Ph.D., California, 1968. Davis, Morris S., Ph.D., Yale, 1950. Dy, Kian S., Ph.D., Cornell, 1967. Hernandez, John P., Ph.D., Rochester, 1967. Hooke, William M., Ph.D., Princeton, 1958. Hubbard, Paul S., Ph.D., Harvard, 1958. Kessemeier, Horst, Ph.D., Washington St. Louis , 1964. Ludwig, Edward J., Ph.D., Indiana, 1963. Macdonald, J. Ross, D.Phil., Oxford, 1950. Merzbacher, Eugen, Ph.D., Harvard, 1950. Mitchell, Earl N., Ph.D., Minnesota, 1955. Palmatier, Everett D., Ph.D., Cornell, 1951. Schroeer, Dietrich, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1965. Shafroth, Stephen M., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1953. Slifkin, Lawrence M., Ph.D., Princeton, 1950. Thompson, William J., Ph.D., Florida State, 1967. Van Dam, Hendrik, Examen Doctorale, Amsterdam, 1959. York, Jr., James W., Ph.D., North Carolina State, 1966.
Associate Professors
Clemens, J. Christopher, Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1994. Observational astronomy; astrophysics; astronomical instrumentation. Reichart, Daniel E., Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2000. Gamma ray bursts; early universe; interstellar extinction; galaxy clusters. Qin, Lu-Chang, Sc.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. Electron microscopy, materials science, nanotechnology. Tiesinga, Paul H. E., Ph.D., Utrecht University, 1996. Computational and theoretical neuroscience; biophysics.
Assistant Professors
Henning, Reyco, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. Experimental neutrino physics. Kannapan, Sheila, Ph.D., Harvard, 2001. Observational astronomy; galaxy formation and evolution. ´ Lopez, Rene, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2002. Nanotechnology; nano-optics; ultra short laser/matter interaction; thin film science. Mersini-Houghton, Laura, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 2000. Theoretical cosmology.
Research Faculty
Falvo, Michael, Ph.D., Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1997. Nanoscience. Kleinhammes, Alfred, Ph.D., Clark, 1990. Condensed matter physics; nuclear magnetic resonance. O’Brien, E. Timothy, Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara , 1974. Cell biology; microscopy.arikh Parikh, Nalin R., Ph.D., McMaster University, 1985. Ion beam modification of materials; ion beam analysis, microwave plasma deposition/etching.
Lecturers
Churukian, Alice, Ph.D., Kansas State University, 2002. Deardoff, Duane L., Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 2001. Undergraduate laboratories; physics education.
Adjunct and Joint Faculty
Bane, John M., Ph.D., Florida State, 1975. Physical oceanography. Bower, Christopher, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2000. Nanotechnology. Hammond, Richard T., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1979. Optical physics, general relativity. Hunn, John D., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1992. Applied condensed matter physics. Lee, Yueh Z., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2004; M.D. University of North Carolina, 2006. Biomedical engineering; nanotechnology; radiology. Rohm, Ryan M., Ph.D., Princeton, 1985. Quantum field theory; theoretical elementary particle physics. Stoner, Brian R., Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1993. Applied Materials Science; chemical vapor deposition.
RESEARCH SPECIALTIES AND STAFF Theoretical
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Radio, optical, and x-ray astronomy. Evans. Biological Physics, Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience. Tiesinga. 1 postdoctoral research associates. Condensed Matter Physics. Many-body theory; fullerenes; hightemperature superconductors; correlated electron systems. Lu, Khvechtchenko. Field Theory, Particle Theory, Gravitation, and Relativity. Quantum theory of fields and particles; superstring theory; cosmology relativistic dynamics; general relativity; gravitational fields; quantum and supergravity. Dolan, Evans, Frampton, Mersini, Ng, 2 postdoctoral research associates. Nuclear Physics. Nucleosynthesis in stars and supernovae; violation of fundamental symmetries in nuclei; the role of
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nuclear effects in solar neutrino and dark matter experiments; Engel. 2 postdoctoral research associates.
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Experimental
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Radio, optical, and x-ray astronomy; stellar spectroscopy and photometry. Carney, Cecil, Champagne, Clemens, Iliadis, Kannapan, Reichart, Rose. 3 postdoctoral research associates. Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, Microelectronics. NMR studies of quasicrystals, polymer lubricants, nanocrystals and carbon nanotube; Raman and Brillouin scattering from organic semiconductors; AFM and surface science in virtual reality interfaces to microscopy; low-temperature
physics and quantum transport; growth and magnetic susceptibility of magnetic semiconductors; electrical and mechanical interaction of carbon nanotubes with surfaces and other tubes; chaos in biological systems. Lopez, McNeil, Parikh, Qin, Superfine, Tsui, Washburn, Wu, Zhou. 8 postdoctoral research associates. Nuclear Physics. Nuclear astrophysics; radioactive beams; neutrino physics; spin polarization in nuclear reactions; few body physics. Champagne, Clegg, Henning, Iliadis, Karwowski. 1 postdoctoral research associate. Biological physics. Scanning probe microscopies applied to biological systems; X-ray imaging for biomedicine. Superfine, Falvo, Zhou, Lu.
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255
FIELDS Students Accepted For Degree Doctorate Master’s Physics X X Astronomy Related Fields
* *
*Concentration of studies in Astronomy, but degree granted in Physics.
1. General
Chancellor: Holden Thorp Dean of the Graduate School: Steve Matson Department Chair: Laurie E. McNeil Department Telephone Number: 919 962-2078 C Type of Institution: University Control: Public Setting: Small town Total Faculty: 3,295 Total Graduate Faculty: 3,317 Total Students: 28,136 Total Graduate Students: 8,177 Annual Graduate Tuition: In-state residents: Full-time—$4,613 Part-time—0–2.9 hrs./$1,153.26 3–5.9 hrs./$2,306.50 6 – 8.9 hrs./$3,459.76 Out-of-state residents: Full-time—$18,611 Part-time—0–2.9 hrs./$4,652.76 3–5.9 hrs./$9,305.50 6 – 8.9 hrs./$13,958.26 Tuition rates for: 2007–08 Deferred tuition plan: No Other Fees: In-state: $1,623.00 Out-of-state: $1,623.00 Term: Semester
Address financial aid inquiries to: Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Physics and Astronomy, CB #3255, Phillips Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255, [email protected] GAPSFAS application required: No Financial aid deadline: 3/1 Loans available: Yes Address housing inquiries to: Department of University Housing, CB #5500, Carr Building, UNC Chapel Hill, NC 275995500 On-campus, single student housing available: Yes Cost/term: $2,950/semester On-campus, married student housing available: Yes Cost/month: $760–$855 may not be available due to construction
Table A—Faculty, Enrollments, and Degrees Granted
Enrollment1 Fall 2007 Research Specialty Applied Physics Astronomy Astrophysics Biological Condensed Matter Physics Cosmology Nanotechnology Nuclear Physics Numerical Hydrodynamics Particles & Fields Gravitation 2007–08 Faculty 9 5 6 11 16 2 3 15 1 2 4 Master’s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Doctorate 9 5 6 11 16 2 3 15 1 2 4 74 74 0 15 No. of Degrees Granted2 2007–08 (2002–07) Master’s 0(0) 1(3) 0(8) 0(0) 3(20) 0(0) 0(0) 1(7) 0(0) 0(0) 0(2) 5(40) Terminal Master’s 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 1(3) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(1) 1(4) Doctorate 0(0) 0(8) 0(8) 1(1) 3(18) 0(0) 0(0) 2(6) 0(0) 0(0) 0(4) 7(41) Median No. of Years for 2007–08 Ph.D.’s – 6 – 6 6 – – 6 – –
Total 2. Number of Faculty in Department
The combined total of full-time faculty in the three professorial ranks is 30. The combined total of full-time, part-time, and other faculty at all ranks is 47.
Full-time Grad. Stud. Part-time Grad. Stud. First-year Grad. Stud.
Median Years in Grad. Study „2005–06 Degrees… 2 Undergraduate Degrees, 2007–08 „2002–07…: 11(48)
1 2
2
6
6
3. Admission, Financial Aid, and Housing
Address admission inquiries to: [email protected] Graduate application fee required: $70 Admission deadline Fall admission : Jan. 1 Admission information: For fall admission, 2008, 41 students were accepted from 159 applicants. Admission requirements: For admission to the graduate program, a Bachelor’s degree in physics is required with a minimum GPA of 3.0 specified. The GRE general test and GRE subject test in advanced physics are required. The average GRE scores for applicants admitted in 2007 were: verbal–590; quantitative–762; advanced physics–740. Students from nonEnglish-speaking countries are required to take the TOEFL exam. A score of 550 or better on the TOEFL is required; a score of 600 or better is strongly preferred. Undergraduate preparation assumed: Symon, Mechanics; Martin, Elements of Thermodynamics; Hecht and Zajac, Optics; Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics; Liboff, Introductory Quantum Mechanics, or comparable.
Students not yet committed to a research specialty are entered under non-specialized. Five-year totals in parentheses.
4. Graduate Degree Requirements
Master’s: 30 semester hours required of which three to six may be for thesis or Master’s project if non-thesis option elected . One comprehensive written examination, which also serves as qualifying examination for Ph.D. Oral examination on thesis, or on a Master’s project if non-thesis option is elected , is required. Residency is required. Doctorate: No specific graduate course credit requirements, but satisfactory completion of approved sequence of courses; a doctoral written examination covering ‘‘core’’ curriculum; a preliminary oral examination for the dissertation, a dissertation, and oral examination on dissertation. Residency is required. Thesis: Thesis may be written in absentia. Courses taken as a graduate student before enrolling at Chapel
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Hill may afford students the opportunity to opt out of one or more first-year core courses and may be eligible for transfer course credit. However, students are required to pass the doctoral written examination, which is offered at the end of the student’s first year and covers core material in quantum mechanics, electromagnetic theory, dynamics, and statistical mechanics. Special Equipment, Facilities, or Programs: The University of North Carolina, together with NC State and Duke Universities, administers the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory three nuclear accelerators in Durham. Special astronomy facilities of UNC, Chapel Hill, include 38- and 61-cm telescopes and a Zeiss Mark-6 planetarium projector. Astronomical facilities: observational facilities include the SOAR 4.1meter telescope in Chile 61 nights time share , 11-meter Southern African Large Telescope SALT in South Africa 10 nights , the University’s Chilean-based PROMPT telescope array six 0.4-meter telescopes for gamma-ray burst afterglows . Laboratory facilities include the Goodman Laboratory for Astronomical Instrumentation; and on-campus Zeiss Mark-6 planetarium projector.
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Table C—Separately Budgeted Research Expenditures
Research Specialty AstronomyÕAstrophysics BiophysicsÕBiological Physics Condensed Matter Physics Nuclear Physics Particles & Fields Physics Education No. of Grants 24 5 45 13 8 3 98 Expenditures ($) 799,592 147,585 5,035,355 1,673,571 461,272 11,342 8,128,717
Total
Table D—Physics-related Research Outside Department
Field and Unit Outside Department Nuclear Physics Biophysics Condensed Matter No. of Grants 1 1 1 3 Expenditures ($) 561,700 45,250 59,700 666,650
Table B—Appointments to Graduate Students, 2007–08 Total
Appointments Title of Appointee First year Academic Load Allowed in Credit Hours Semester 9 9 9 9 Hours of Service Per Week Stipend for Academic Year ($)
Total
FACULTY Professors
Carney, Bruce W., Ph.D., Harvard, 1978. Observational astronomy; globular clusters. Cecil, Gerald N., Ph.D., Hawaii, 1987. Observational astronomy; active galactic nuclei. Champagne, Arthur E., Ph.D., Yale, 1982. Experimental nuclear physics. Clegg, Thomas B., Ph.D., Rice, 1965. Experimental nuclear physics; development of polarized beams. Clemens, J. Christopher, Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1994. Observational astronomy; astrophysics; astronomical instrumentation. Dolan, Louise A., Ph.D., MIT, 1976. Particle theory. Engel, Jonathan H., Ph.D., Yale, 1986. Theoretical nuclear physics; violation of fundamental symmetries in nuclei; the role of nuclear effects in solar neutrino and dark matter experiments; r-process nucleosynthesis and quark effects in nuclei. Evans, Charles R., Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 1984. General relativity; numerical hydrodynamics; astrophysics. Frampton, Paul H., Ph.D., Oxford, 1968. Particle theory; grand unification; cosmology. Iliadis, Christian, Ph.D., Notre Dame, 1993. Experimental nuclear astrophysics. Karwowski, Hugon J., Ph.D., Indiana, 1980. Experimental nuclear physics with polarized nuclei. Khvechtchenko, Dmitri, Ph.D., Landau Institute for theoretical physics, 1989. Theoretical condensed matter physics; quantum transport in strongly correlated systems. Lu, Jianping, Ph.D., City University of New York, 1988. HighTc superconductors; fullerenes and fullerides; strongly correlated electron systems; electronic structure and computational physics; disordered system and quantum transports; complex systems; X-ray imaging. McNeil, Laurie E., Ph.D., Illinois, 1982. Chair of the Department. Optical studies of materials. Ng, Yee Jack, Ph.D., Harvard, 1974. Theoretical particle physics; gravitation.
Teaching Assistant Research Assistant Merit Assistantship Pogue B.O.G. Fellow „Board of Governors…
41 31 0 0
12 1 0 0
18 18 0 0
16,2902 21,7203 16,0004 20,000 16,0004
2 74
2 15
9
0
Total
1 2 3
Stipend for academic year 2007–08. Additional stipend for summer work is available. Stipend for calendar year 2007–08. 4 Additional supplement awarded by department.
5. Personnel Engaged in Separately Budgeted Research, 7Õ07–6Õ08
Professorial faculty Other faculty Postdoctoral appointments Graduate students Undergraduate students Nonteaching research personnel Total 30 14 14 74 8 6 146
6. Separately Budgeted Research Expenditures by Source of Support
Departmental Research $6,728,530 48,700 126,342 183,000 1,042,145 $8,128,717 Physics-related Research Outside Department $666,650 0 0 0
Federal government State and local government Private, non-profit organizations Business and industry Other Total
$666,650
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Rose, James, Ph.D., Yale, 1977. Observational astronomy; galactic structure; extragalactic astronomy. Rowan, Lawrence G., Ph.D., California, Berkeley, 1963. Solid state experiments using EPR. Superfine, Richard, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1991. Scanning probe microscopy of biological structures. Tsui, Frank, Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois-Urbana, Champaign, 1992. Molecular beam epitaxy of transition metals; scanning tunneling microscopy. Washburn, Sean, Ph.D., Duke, 1982. Effects of quantum-mechanical coherence in charge transport in small systems; ballistic transport in semiconductors. Wu, Yue, Ph.D., Catholic University of Leuven, 1987. Nuclear magnetic resonance; electron spin resonance in solids. Zhou, Otto, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1992. Experimental materials science; structure/property relationships in solids.
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Tang, Jie, Ph.D., Osaka University, 1993. Materials science, nanotechnology. Taylor, Russell M., II, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1994. User interfaces for scientific visualization; virtual environments; distributed systems; computer graphics. Thompson, A. Christopher, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1988. Theoretical astrophysics. Tonchev, Anton P., Ph.D., Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 1995. Nuclear resonance; fluorescence; nuclear spectroscopy.
Professors Emeriti
Bowers, Wayne A., Ph.D., Cornell, 1943. Briscoe, Charles V., Ph.D., Rice, 1958. Choi, Sang-il, Ph.D., Brown, 1961. Christiansen, Wayne A., Ph.D., California, 1968. Davis, Morris S., Ph.D., Yale, 1950. Dy, Kian S., Ph.D., Cornell, 1967. Hernandez, John P., Ph.D., Rochester, 1967. Hooke, William M., Ph.D., Princeton, 1958. Hubbard, Paul S., Ph.D., Harvard, 1958. Kessemeier, Horst, Ph.D., Washington St. Louis , 1964. Ludwig, Edward J., Ph.D., Indiana, 1963. Macdonald, J. Ross, D.Phil., Oxford, 1950. Merzbacher, Eugen, Ph.D., Harvard, 1950. Mitchell, Earl N., Ph.D., Minnesota, 1955. Palmatier, Everett D., Ph.D., Cornell, 1951. Schroeer, Dietrich, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1965. Shafroth, Stephen M., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1953. Slifkin, Lawrence M., Ph.D., Princeton, 1950. Thompson, William J., Ph.D., Florida State, 1967. Van Dam, Hendrik, Examen Doctorale, Amsterdam, 1959. York, Jr., James W., Ph.D., North Carolina State, 1966.
Associate Professors
Clemens, J. Christopher, Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1994. Observational astronomy; astrophysics; astronomical instrumentation. Reichart, Daniel E., Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2000. Gamma ray bursts; early universe; interstellar extinction; galaxy clusters. Qin, Lu-Chang, Sc.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. Electron microscopy, materials science, nanotechnology. Tiesinga, Paul H. E., Ph.D., Utrecht University, 1996. Computational and theoretical neuroscience; biophysics.
Assistant Professors
Henning, Reyco, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. Experimental neutrino physics. Kannapan, Sheila, Ph.D., Harvard, 2001. Observational astronomy; galaxy formation and evolution. ´ Lopez, Rene, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2002. Nanotechnology; nano-optics; ultra short laser/matter interaction; thin film science. Mersini-Houghton, Laura, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 2000. Theoretical cosmology.
Research Faculty
Falvo, Michael, Ph.D., Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1997. Nanoscience. Kleinhammes, Alfred, Ph.D., Clark, 1990. Condensed matter physics; nuclear magnetic resonance. O’Brien, E. Timothy, Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara , 1974. Cell biology; microscopy.arikh Parikh, Nalin R., Ph.D., McMaster University, 1985. Ion beam modification of materials; ion beam analysis, microwave plasma deposition/etching.
Lecturers
Churukian, Alice, Ph.D., Kansas State University, 2002. Deardoff, Duane L., Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 2001. Undergraduate laboratories; physics education.
Adjunct and Joint Faculty
Bane, John M., Ph.D., Florida State, 1975. Physical oceanography. Bower, Christopher, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2000. Nanotechnology. Hammond, Richard T., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1979. Optical physics, general relativity. Hunn, John D., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1992. Applied condensed matter physics. Lee, Yueh Z., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2004; M.D. University of North Carolina, 2006. Biomedical engineering; nanotechnology; radiology. Rohm, Ryan M., Ph.D., Princeton, 1985. Quantum field theory; theoretical elementary particle physics. Stoner, Brian R., Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1993. Applied Materials Science; chemical vapor deposition.
RESEARCH SPECIALTIES AND STAFF Theoretical
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Radio, optical, and x-ray astronomy. Evans. Biological Physics, Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience. Tiesinga. 1 postdoctoral research associates. Condensed Matter Physics. Many-body theory; fullerenes; hightemperature superconductors; correlated electron systems. Lu, Khvechtchenko. Field Theory, Particle Theory, Gravitation, and Relativity. Quantum theory of fields and particles; superstring theory; cosmology relativistic dynamics; general relativity; gravitational fields; quantum and supergravity. Dolan, Evans, Frampton, Mersini, Ng, 2 postdoctoral research associates. Nuclear Physics. Nucleosynthesis in stars and supernovae; violation of fundamental symmetries in nuclei; the role of
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nuclear effects in solar neutrino and dark matter experiments; Engel. 2 postdoctoral research associates.
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Astronomy and Astrophysics. Radio, optical, and x-ray astronomy; stellar spectroscopy and photometry. Carney, Cecil, Champagne, Clemens, Iliadis, Kannapan, Reichart, Rose. 3 postdoctoral research associates. Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, Microelectronics. NMR studies of quasicrystals, polymer lubricants, nanocrystals and carbon nanotube; Raman and Brillouin scattering from organic semiconductors; AFM and surface science in virtual reality interfaces to microscopy; low-temperature
physics and quantum transport; growth and magnetic susceptibility of magnetic semiconductors; electrical and mechanical interaction of carbon nanotubes with surfaces and other tubes; chaos in biological systems. Lopez, McNeil, Parikh, Qin, Superfine, Tsui, Washburn, Wu, Zhou. 8 postdoctoral research associates. Nuclear Physics. Nuclear astrophysics; radioactive beams; neutrino physics; spin polarization in nuclear reactions; few body physics. Champagne, Clegg, Henning, Iliadis, Karwowski. 1 postdoctoral research associate. Biological physics. Scanning probe microscopies applied to biological systems; X-ray imaging for biomedicine. Superfine, Falvo, Zhou, Lu.
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