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All phone numbers are in area code 612 unless otherwise noted.
 | Name | Contact Info | Areas of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron West Teaching Assistant | west0927 @ umn.edu | |
| Aasmund Folkestad Physics Grad Student | folke098 @ umn.edu | ||
| Aditya Dhumuntarao Teaching Assistant | dhumu002 @ umn.edu | |
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| Agniva Ghosh Teaching Assistant | TATEH 201-04 (office) ghosh116 @ umn.edu | Gravitational Lensing |
| Alexander Hamill Teaching Assistant | TATEH Tate 301-03 (office) hamil483 @ umn.edu | |
| Alexander Reineck Teaching Assistant | reine315 @ umn.edu | ||
| Alexander Gilman PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 351 (office) gilma080 @ umn.edu | |
| Alexandros Papageorgiou Teaching Assistant | TATEH 201-01 (office) papag008 @ umn.edu | High Energy Physics, Cosmology |
| Allan Straub Physics Grad Student | WMSONH 130F (office), 612-624-4364 straub @ physics.umn.edu | Particle Physics | |
| Amartyajyoti Saha Physics Grad Student | WMSONH 130 (office) sahax031 @ umn.edu | |
| Andrew Evans PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 432 (office) PAN 432 (lab) aevans @ physics.umn.edu | ||
| Andrew Galkiewicz Physics Grad Student | PAN 217 (office), 624-8840 PAN 283 (lab), 626-9371 galkiewicz @ physics.umn.edu | Condensed Matter | |
| Andrew Miller PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201-07 (office) amiller @ physics.umn.edu | Theoretical Particle Physics |
| Andrew Vold Physics Grad Student | PAN 332 (office), 612-624-7861 voldx034 @ umn.edu | Experimental High Energy Physics |
| Angel Mancebo Research Assistant | PAN 420 (office) mance012 @ umn.edu | Biophysics |
| Argha Banerjee Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-01 (office) baner124 @ umn.edu | |
| Aritra Lahiri Teaching Assistant | lahir018 @ umn.edu | ||
| Aritra De Research Assistant | dexxx019 @ umn.edu | |
| Asset Khakimzhan Teaching Assistant | PAN 484 (lab) khaki005 @ umn.edu | ||
| Avery Garon Research Assistant | TATEH 201-08 (office) garo0040 @ umn.edu | Extragalactic astronomy, radio galaxies | |
| Axel Gross Teaching Assistant | gros0408 @ umn.edu | ||
| Biqiong Yu Physics Grad Student | PAN 252 (office) yuxx0292 @ umn.edu | |
| Bo Xiong Teaching Assistant | xion1301 @ umn.edu | |
| Boyi Yang Physics Grad Student | PAN 234 (office), 612-301-1155 yang @ physics.umn.edu | Ionic Liquid Doping of High Tc Cuprates |
| Brenda Knauber Research Assistant | PAN 221 (office) PAN 381 (lab) knaub008 @ umn.edu | Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
| Brett Heischmidt Physics Grad Student | PAN 217 (office) heisc002 @ umn.edu | Condensed Matter Experiment: device physics, spin transport, low-dimensional systems |
| Brian O'Neill PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | 626-1841 oneill @ astro.umn.edu | Astronomy | |
| Cesar Ascencio Teaching Assistant | ascen009 @ umn.edu | Condensed Matter Theory. |
| Chao-Hsiang Sheu Teaching Assistant | sheu0007 @ umn.edu | ||
| Che-Hsu Li Teaching Assistant | lixx4605 @ umn.edu | Theoretical physics. The measurement problem in quantum mechanics, decoherence approach, the arrow of time problem, entanglement and emergence, it from qubit, high energy physics, supersymmetry, dark matter and cosmology, ER=EPR(?) |
| Chi-Huei Lin Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-05 (office) lin00042 @ umn.edu | |
| Chiou Yang Tan Teaching Assistant | tanxx634 @ umn.edu | ||
| Christopher Geach PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 314 (office), 626-9149 geach003 @ umn.edu | Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization |
| Christopher Angert PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 414 (office), 301-2327 PAN 485 (lab) angert @ physics.umn.edu | Biophysics, instrumentation for time-correlated single photon counting |
| Christopher Nolting PhD Candidate Research Asst | TATEH 201-02 (office) nolt0040 @ umn.edu | Numerical Simulation, Radio Galaxies, Dynamics of the Intracluster Medium, Galactic Dark Matter Halos, Exoplanetary Searches |
| Cody Schimming Teaching Assistant | schim111 @ umn.edu | |
| Congxin Qiu Physics Grad Student | 625-7819 cqiu @ physics.umn.edu | Astrophysics and Cosmology | |
| Dan Phan Research Assistant | phanx266 @ umn.edu | |
| Daniel Deeter Teaching Assistant | deete008 @ umn.edu | ||
| Daniel Schubring Teaching Assistant | TATEH 201-01 (office) schub071 @ umn.edu | Theoretical physics, particles and fields |
| Daniel Shaffer Physics Grad Student | shaff159 @ umn.edu | |
| David Harrison PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 221 (office) PAN 10 (lab) harrison @ physics.umn.edu | Magnetism, Spin Glasses, Electronic Noise |
| Dayu Zhai Teaching Assistant | zhai0019 @ umn.edu | ||
| Dehua Wang Physics Grad Student | dwang @ physics.umn.edu | |
| Derek Sincavage Teaching Assistant | sinca001 @ umn.edu | |
| Dmitrii Torbunov PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 332 (office) torbu001 @ umn.edu | ||
| Dmitry Chichinadze Teaching Assistant | TATEH 201-03 (office) chich013 @ umn.edu | |
| Dominic Adams Teaching Assistant | adams900 @ umn.edu | ||
| Dominique Gautreau Physics Grad Student | gautr004 @ umn.edu | |
| Drew Johnson Teaching Assistant | joh14894 @ umn.edu | |
| Eran Moore Rea Teaching Assistant | reaxx026 @ umn.edu | ||
| Erik Floden Physics Grad Student | flode012 @ umn.edu | ||
| Erik Floden Teaching Assistant | flode012 @ umn.edu | ||
| Evan Moen PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201-09 (office) moenx359 @ umn.edu | |
| Evan Tyler PhD Candidate Research Asst | TATEH 201-15 (office) nucko006 @ umn.edu | Reconnection in the magnetotail, electron injection events, whistler waves. Physics and Astronomy education and outreach. The experiences of marginalized people in STEM, especially transgender people. |
| Ezra Day-Roberts Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-09 (office) dayrober @ physics.umn.edu | ||
| Fawzi Abusalma Physics Grad Student | PAN 355 (office) PAN 450 (lab) abusa011 @ umn.edu | |
| Fei Chen Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant | TATEH 201-09 (office) chen4577 @ umn.edu | |
| Georgios Antoniou Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-03 (office) anton296 @ umn.edu | Generalized gravitational theories. Black holes and wormholes in generalized gravity. |
| Gino Graziano PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 217 (office) graziano @ physics.umn.edu | Condensed Matter |
| Grantland Hall Teaching Assistant | PAN 382C (office) ghall @ umn.edu | Early Universe Physics, Computational Methods | |
| Han Yu Teaching Assistant | yu000068 @ umn.edu | ||
| Hanteng Wang Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant | TATEH 201-05 (office) wang6243 @ umn.edu | |
| Hao Zhang Teaching Assistant | zhan6302 @ umn.edu | ||
| Harison Wiesman Physics Grad Student | TATEH 301-08 (office) TATEH 350 (lab) wiesm010 @ umn.edu | Geophysics - Rock & Mineral Physics, Planetary Sciences |
| Hsiu-Chung Yeh Research Assistant | TATEH 30104 (office) yehxx129 @ umn.edu | |
| Huaqing Mao PhD Candidate Research Asst | WALIB 431 (office) maoxx225 @ umn.edu | Computational Astrophysics, Stellar Evolution | |
| Jack Nelson Teaching Assistant | PAN 324 (office) nels8013 @ umn.edu | |
| Jackson Olsen Research Assistant | TATEH 301-02 (office) olsen791 @ umn.edu | |
| Jacob Ritz Teaching Assistant | ritz0037 @ umn.edu | |
| Jacob Schulze Teaching Assistant | schu3788 @ umn.edu | |
| James Cheshire Teaching Assistant | PAN 320 (office) PAN 382C (lab), 612-625-1802 cheshire @ umn.edu | Observational cosmology, cosmic microwave background |
| James Etheridge Teaching Assistant | ether030 @ umn.edu | |
| James Delles PhD Candidate Research Asst | 624-2836 jdelles @ physics.umn.edu | |
| Jared Hennen PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 414 (office) henne405 @ umn.edu | Biophysics, protein interactions at cellular membranes. |
| Jarrett Brown Teaching Assistant | PAN 332 (office), 624-0511 PAN 450 (lab) brow4278 @ umn.edu | Experimental High Energy Physics |
| Jennifer Freedburg Teaching Assistant | freed114 @ umn.edu | ||
| Jessie Duncan Research Assistant | dunca369 @ umn.edu | |
| Jett Priewe Research Assistant | TATEH 201-08 (office) priewe @ astro.umn.edu | ||
| Jianlong Fu Physics Grad Student | fuxxx276 @ umn.edu | |
| Jin-Ah Kim Teaching Assistant | kim00513 @ umn.edu | ||
| Joe Meese Teaching Assistant | meese022 @ umn.edu | ||
| John Kohler PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 414 (office) kohler @ physics.umn.edu | ||
| Jonathan Garamella PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | PAN 420 (office) PAN 484 (lab), 612-626-8085 garamell @ physics.umn.edu | |
| Joseph Joe Teaching Assistant | joexx048 @ umn.edu | |
| Joshua Hiltbrand PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 432 (office) hiltbran @ umn.edu | |
| Joshua Lewis Teaching Assistant | lewi1001 @ umn.edu | |
| Juan Tigre Lazo Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-08 (office) tigre001 @ umn.edu | |
| Juan Velasco Teaching Assistant | velas102 @ umn.edu | ||
| Juliana Vievering Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-15 (office) TATEH 255 (lab) vieverin @ physics.umn.edu | |
| Justin Willmert PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 320 (office), 612-301-1467 PAN 382 (lab), 612-625-1802 willmert @ physics.umn.edu | algorithms, bicep3, cmb, computational physics, cosmology, keck array, polarization |
| Justin Watts Physics Grad Student | AMUNDH 40 (office), 612-625-1018 watts @ physics.umn.edu | Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
| Kan-Ting Tsai Physics Grad Student | tsai0082 @ umn.edu | |
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| Karl Young Astrophysics Grad Student | PAN 314 (office), 626-9149 kyoung @ astro.umn.edu | Astronomical instrumentation, CMB observations, mm-wave optics, mm-wave detectors, anti-reflection coatings |
| Kate Ciampa PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 450 (lab) ciamp009 @ umn.edu | Particle Physics | |
| Kaylee Ganser Teaching Assistant | PAN 244 (office) gans0075 @ umn.edu | |
| Kenny Lau Research Assistant | PAN 320 (office), 612-301-1467 PAN 382C (lab), 612-625-1802 kennylau @ umn.edu | Cosmology, CMB |
| Kevin Sebesta Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-08 (office) sebesta @ physics.umn.edu | |
| Kexin Feng Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-04 (office) fengx463 @ umn.edu | |
| Konstantin Davydov Teaching Assistant | davyd007 @ umn.edu | ||
| Liangtai Xing Teaching Assistant | xing0027 @ umn.edu | ||
| Lis Stolik Valor Teaching Assistant | stoli005 @ umn.edu | |
| Mahendra DC Physics Grad Student | KHKH 6-186 (office) madc0002 @ umn.edu | |
| Mark Rustad Physics Grad Student | PAN 417 (office) NHH 5-290 (lab) rustad @ physics.umn.edu | Calcium transport in heart cells; Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR); Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulations |
| Matthew Green Teaching Assistant | gree2430 @ umn.edu | |
| Matthew Gomer PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201-04 (office) gomer @ astro.umn.edu | Gravitational Lensing, Relativity & Cosmology, Structure of Galaxies | |
| Mengqun Li PhD Candidate Research Asst | TATEH 301-02 (office) lixx3269 @ umn.edu | condensed matter physics |
| Mengxing Ye Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-03 (office) yexxx396 @ umn.edu | I am interested in condensed matter theory, particularly, strongly correlated systems and topological phases. |
| Michael Sammon Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-05 (office) sammo017 @ umn.edu | |
| Michael Revering Student Academic Support, Teaching Assistant | rever025 @ umn.edu | |
| Michael Crumrine PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 382-C (lab), 612-625-1802 PAN 320 (office) crumrine @ umn.edu | CMB Polarization |
| Michael Mullen Physics Grad Student | CMRR 1-220 (office) mulle399 @ umn.edu | NMR, MRI |
| Michael Makmur Teaching Assistant | makmu002 @ umn.edu | ||
| Minh Nguyen PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201-001 (office) nguy1642 @ umn.edu | High energy theory and phenomenology. |
| Mohammad Abrar Wadud Research Assistant | wadud @ physics.umn.edu | ||
| Narayana Sri Sharan Banagiri PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | PAN 317 (office) banag002 @ umn.edu | |
| Nathan Bosch Teaching Assistant | bosch088 @ umn.edu | |
| Nathan Eggen Research Assistant | TATEH 201-04 (office) eggen091 @ umn.edu | ||
| Neil Schroeder Teaching Assistant | PAN 432 (office), 612-624-7861 schr1077 @ umn.edu | Modelling radiation damage in lead-tungstate crystals, Applications of Machine Learning in Physics |
| Nicholas Lewellyn PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 234 (office) lewel019 @ umn.edu | Experimental Condensed Matter |
| Nicholas Mast PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 324 (office) PAN 43 (lab) mastx027 @ umn.edu | Cosmology, Particle Physics |
| Noah Rogers Teaching Assistant | roge0291 @ umn.edu | |
| Olesya Koroteeva Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-01 (office) koro0032 @ umn.edu | Condensed Matter |
| Pamela Sooriyan Physics Grad Student | soor0002 @ umn.edu | ||
| Paul Keller Teaching Assistant | kell1377 @ umn.edu | |
| Peter Martin Physics Grad Student | NHH 5-290 (lab) pmartin @ physics.umn.edu | Molecular biophysics of membrane proteins and lipid membranes |
| Peter Grul Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-15 (office) grul @ physics.umn.edu | Computational plasma astrophysics |
| Peter Hansen PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 424 (office), 624-1534 phansen @ physics.umn.edu | |
| Peter Stoeckl Teaching Assistant | stoec034 @ umn.edu | |
| Praharsh Suryadevara Teaching Assistant | surya031 @ umn.edu | ||
| Protyush Sahu Physics Grad Student | KHKH 6-186 (office) sahux026 @ umn.edu | Spintronics, Magnetism | |
| Qi Wen PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | PAN 314 (office) wenxx181 @ umn.edu | Cosmology |
| Qianyi Sheng Teaching Assistant | sheng084 @ umn.edu | |
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| Rafid Mahbub Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-01 (office) mahbu004 @ umn.edu | Primordial black holes as dark matter; inflationary cosmology |
| Ragnar Stefansson PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | PAN 420 (office) PAN 481 (lab) stefa134 @ umn.edu | |
| Reese Petersen Teaching Assistant | PAN 432 (office) pet00831 @ umn.edu | fundamental forces and particles, applied physics, device physics, nuclear reactor technology, condensed matter, materials engineering |
| Rich Ormiston Research Assistant | PAN 317 (office) PAN 053 (lab) ormiston @ umn.edu | |
| Richard Diurba Teaching Assistant | diurb001 @ umn.edu | ||
| Richard Spieker Teaching Assistant | spiek022 @ umn.edu | ||
| Robert Sponsel Teaching Assistant | PAN 221 (office) spons009 @ umn.edu | |
| Rohith Saradhy Teaching Assistant | sarad005 @ umn.edu | |
| Ruiqi Xing PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201-03 (office) ruiqixing @ physics.umn.edu | Condensed matter theory, such as superconductivity, strongly correlated electrons. |
| Ryan Marshall PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 484 (lab), 612-626-8085 PAN 484 (lab) marshall @ physics.umn.edu | |
| Safana Ismael Teaching Assistant | PAN 414 (office) ismae003 @ umn.edu | ||
| Sajna Hameed PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 246 (office) PAN 264 (lab) hamee007 @ umn.edu | Random Matrix Theory, Condensed Matter Physics |
| Santosh Adhikari PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 420 (office) adhik019 @ umn.edu | Biophysics |
| Sarunas Verner Teaching Assistant | nedzi002 @ umn.edu | ||
| Saumitran Kasturirangan Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-04 (office) kastu007 @ umn.edu | Condensed Matter Theory |
| Scott Dossa Physics Grad Student | AMUNDH 241 (office) doss0032 @ umn.edu | Simulating crystal growth |
| Sean Bruton Research Assistant | 201-08 Tate (office) bruto012 @ umn.edu | Astronomy | |
| Sergey Guts Physics Grad Student | PAN 432 (office) gutsx001 @ umn.edu | |
| Shaun Owens Teaching Assistant | owens421 @ umn.edu | |
| Shuhui Luo Teaching Assistant | TATEH 201‐07 (office) luo @ physics.umn.edu | |
| Siddarth Reddy Karuka PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 414 (office) karuk001 @ umn.edu | Biophysics, Medical Physics |
| Sourabh Chauhan PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 210-04 (office) sourabh @ astro.umn.edu | Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology |
| Stephen McMillan Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-04 (office) mcmil291 @ umn.edu | ||
| Subhodip Saha Teaching Assistant | saha0073 @ umn.edu | ||
| Susmita Singh Teaching Assistant | singh893 @ umn.edu | ||
| Tanzid Sultan Teaching Assistant | TATEH 201-02 (office) sulta055 @ umn.edu | |
| Theodore Jacobson Physics Grad Student | TATEH 301-03 (office) jaco2585 @ umn.edu | High energy theory | |
| Thomas Welle Research Assistant | TATEH 301-1 (office) welle203 @ umn.edu | |
| Thomas Peterson Physics Grad Student | KHKH 6-186 (office) pete9290 @ umn.edu | |
| Thomas Eichlersmith Teaching Assistant | eichl008 @ umn.edu | ||
| Tianbai Cui Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-09 (office) cuixx105 @ umn.edu | |
| Trevor Knuth Astrophysics Grad Student | TATEH 201-15 (office) TATEH 255 (lab) knuth063 @ umn.edu | Solar physics, X-ray instrumentation, solar eruptive events | |
| Virginia Gali Teaching Assistant | gali0051 @ umn.edu | ||
| William Peria Research Assistant | PAN 225 (office) peria004 @ umn.edu | Magnetization dynamics in epitaxial Heusler films: ultrafast optical and microwave detection |
| Xi Zhang Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-09 (office) zhan5856 @ umn.edu | |
| Xiaojun Fu PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 232 (office) fuxxx366 @ umn.edu | |
| Xuzhe Ying PhD Candidate Research Asst | TATEH 201-05 (office) yingx052 @ umn.edu | Condensed matter theory |
| Yahor Savich Physics Grad Student | PAN 217 (office) savich @ physics.umn.edu | Theoretical condensed matter physics |
| Yang Yang Teaching Assistant | TATEH 201-09 (office) yang5990 @ umn.edu | |
| Yao Meng Physics Grad Student | 625-1084 mengx084 @ umn.edu | Biophysics | |
| Yevhen Kurianovych PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | WMSONH 130K (office), 624-3809 kuria014 @ umn.edu | Supersymmetric field theories, non-perturbative solutions and topological defects, AdS/CFT correspondence, topological phases in condensed matter |
| Yi Huang Teaching Assistant | huan1756 @ umn.edu | ||
| Yijia Liu Teaching Assistant | liux1267 @ umn.edu | ||
| Yilikal Ayino Physics Grad Student | PAN 217 (office) PAN 353 (lab) ayino001 @ umn.edu | |
| Yiming Wu Teaching Assistant | wuxx1693 @ umn.edu | |
| Yixian Zhang Teaching Assistant | zhan6327 @ umn.edu | ||
| Yu-Heng Lin Teaching Assistant | lin00025 @ umn.edu | |
| Yusuf Buyukdag PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201-01 (office) buyuk007 @ umn.edu | AdS/CFT correspondence -- partial compositeness, supersymmetry, extra dimensions, Physics beyond the Standard Model |
| Yuting Wang PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201-05 (office) ywang @ physics.umn.edu | ||
| Zachary Lesko PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | PAN 432 (office), 626-7764 lesk0030 @ umn.edu | |
| Zachary Anderson Research Assistant | PAN 252 (office) PAN 264 (lab) and01942 @ umn.edu | |
| Zachary Robinson Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-05 (office) MECHE L122 (lab) robi0835 @ umn.edu | Charge and energy transport in nanocrystal films: metal-insulator transition and optical properties |
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| Zedong Yang PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 217 (office) PAN 353 (lab) yang4302 @ umn.edu | |
| Zewei Xiong PhD Candidate Research Asst | TATEH 301-01 (office) xion1278 @ umn.edu | Neutrino oscillations. Nuclear astrophysics and nucleosynthesis. Core-collapse supernova and binary system merger. |
| Zhen Jiang Research Assistant | jiang968 @ umn.edu | |
| Ziyan Yang Teaching Assistant | PAN 51 (office) yang5991 @ umn.edu | Cosmology |