Department of Physics & Astronomy
Faculty
Dr. Yohannes Abate, Condensed Matter Experiment.
Research in my nano-optics group is mainly on
apertureless near-field microscopy as a probe of subwavelength scale structures and dynamics of surface
plasmon polaritons on metals, metamaterials and
semiconductors.
Email: yohannes.abate@csulb.edu
Dr. Paul Hintzen, Astronomy.
My research interests are in observational studies of the late
stages of stellar evolution, composition of galaxies and the
intra-cluster medium in rich galaxy clusters.
Email: paul.hintzen@csulb.edu
Dr. Alfred Leung, Optics.
My research interests are in the field of optics and
spectroscopy. My experiments investigate the optics of
polarized light and spectroscopy of bio-molecules in the
mid-infrared region.
Email: alfred.leung@csulb.edu
Dr. Zvonimir Hlousek, High Energy Theory.
My research interest is elementary particle physics,
non-commutative spaces and theories of quantum
gravity. I am also interested in education policy issues
and I design online learning modules in Physics to help
more students reach their educational goals.
Email: zvonimir.hlousek@csulb.edu
Dr. Zoltan Papp, Theoretical Nuclear Physics.
My research is on quantum mechanics of few-body
systems, with the focus on exact solution of fundamental
integral equations for three-body systems with non-free
asymptotics such as Coulomb or confinement
asymptotics. This research has relevance in atomic,
nuclear and particle physics.
Email: zoltan.papp@csulb.edu
Dr. Prashanth Jaikumar, Nuclear Astrophysics.
My research is on the nature of matter at high density and
the astrophysics of neutron stars and quark stars. I am
particularly interested in their relation to strong magnetic
field generation, gravitational waves and nucleosynthesis.
Email: prashanth.jaikumar@csulb.edu.
Dr. Michael Peterson, Condensed Matter Theory.
My research interests are in strongly correlated systems
and emergent phenomena such as quantum Hall effect,
composite fermions and topological quantum phases. I
am also interested in quantum phases of cold atoms
trapped in optical lattices.
Email: michael.peterson@csulb.edu
Dr. Thomas Gredig, Nanotechnology Experiment.
My research focuses on the structural, magnetic, and
charge transport characteristics of organic thin films
with applications to solar cell technology, gas sensors
and transistors.
Advisor, Society of Physics Students (HSCI-272d)
Email: thomas.gredig@csulb.edu
Dr. Patrick Kenealy, Physics Education Research.
My research interests are in the field of Physics Education,
particularly how instructional methods in introductory physics
classrooms can help students better learn the unique
vocabulary and syntax required to construct their scientific
knowledge of the natural world.
Email: patrick.kenealyp@csulb.edu
Dr. Galen Pickett, Condensed Matter Theory.
My research addresses emergent complexity in
systems with many constituents that interact simply
among themselves, with applications to liquid
crystalline phases and fractal geometry. I also work on
numerical models of origami patterns.
Undergraduate Advisor (HSCI-260)
Email: galen.pickett@csulb.edu
Dr. Jiyeong Gu, Condensed Matter Experiment.
My research focuses on the investigation of electronic and
magnetic properties in hybrid magnetic nanostructures. I
fabricate multi-layered thin films with materials having very
different characteristics, such as ferromagnet and
superconductor, and study the exotic features and unique
functionality appearing due to the proximity effect.
Email: jiyeong.gu@csulb.edu
Dr. Chuhee Kwon, Condensed Matter Experiment.
My research investigates the structure-property relationship in
various materials including high-temperature superconductors,
doped-manganites, and metallic nano-island using multimode
scanning probe microscopy.
Department Chair (HSCI-220)
Email: chuhee.kwon@csulb.edu
Dr. Subhash Rajpoot, High Energy Theory.
My research interests are in the field of elementary
particles and grand unified theories. I work on
supersymmetry (SUSY), supergravity and M-theory.
Certain predictions of these models are currently being
tested at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Email: rajpoot@csulb.edu
Dr. Zahur Anwar, Condensed Matter Physics.
My research interests are in electrical and thermal
properties of semiconductor devices, plasma oscillations
and quantum conductance in mesoscopic electronics,
which can be the basis for quantum computing in the near
future.
Email: zahur.anwar@csulb.edu
Dr. Andreas Bill, Condensed Matter Theory.
I study quantum properties of low-dimensional systems
with coexisting phases such as superconductivity and
inhomogeneous magnetism. I also investigate the
statistical physics of crystallization in solids.
Graduate Advisor (HSCI-262)
Email: andreas.bill@csulb.edu
Society of Physics Students
(HSCI-257)
The Society of Physics Students (SPS) is a professional association for students interested in Physics. Besides
Physics majors, our members include majors in Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, and other fields.
Join SPS to meet your peers, plan scientific excursions, avail scholarships, and much more…!
Visit http://www.spsnational.org/ and the local chapter http://www.csulb.edu/org/college/sps/
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Gredig (thomas.gredig@csulb.edu)
President: Julia Meinen | Vice-President: Stephanie Sodergren | Secretary: Daniel Javier | Treasurer: Stacie Woo