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All phone numbers are in area code 612 unless otherwise noted.
 | Name | Contact Info | Areas of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron West Physics Grad Student | west0927 @ umn.edu | |
| Aasmund Folkestad Physics Grad Student | folke098 @ umn.edu | ||
| Aditya Dhumuntarao Summer Program | TATEH 301-01 (office) dhumu002 @ umn.edu | Gravity, Ricci Flows, Black Hole Thermodynamics, AdS/CFT, and Phase Transitions. |
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| Agniva Ghosh Teaching Assistant | TATEH 201-02 (office) ghosh116 @ umn.edu | Theoretical Cosmology, Gravitational Lensing, Dark Matter |
| Alexander Criswell Teaching Assistant | crisw015 @ umn.edu | ||
| Alexander Gilman PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 351 (office) gilma080 @ umn.edu | |
| Alexander Hamill Physics Grad Student | TATEH Tate 301-03 (office) hamil483 @ umn.edu | |
| Alexander Reineck Teaching Assistant | reine315 @ umn.edu | |
| Alexandros Papageorgiou PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201-01 (office) papag008 @ umn.edu | High Energy Physics, Cosmology |
| Allan Straub Physics Grad Student | WMSONH 130F (office), 612-624-4364 strau173 @ umn.edu | Particle Physics | |
| Amartyajyoti Saha Physics Grad Student | AMUNDH 137E (office) sahax031 @ umn.edu | |
| Andrew Miller PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201-01 (office) mill5738 @ umn.edu | Theoretical Particle Physics |
| Andrew Evans PhD Candidate Teaching Asst, PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 424 (office) PAN 432 (lab) evans908 @ umn.edu | ||
| Angel Mancebo PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 420 (office) mance012 @ umn.edu | Biophysics |
| Argha Banerjee Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-01 (office) baner124 @ umn.edu | |
| Aritra De PhD Candidate Research Asst | dexxx019 @ umn.edu | |
| Aritra Lahiri Teaching Assistant | lahir018 @ umn.edu | ||
| Asset Khakimzhan Research Assistant | PAN 484 (lab) khaki005 @ umn.edu | |
| Avery Garon Research Assistant | TATEH 201-08 (office) garo0040 @ umn.edu | Extragalactic astronomy, radio galaxies, galaxy clusters |
| Axel Gross Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-03 (office) gros0408 @ umn.edu | |
| Binaya Bajgain Teaching Assistant | bajga003 @ umn.edu | ||
| Biqiong Yu PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 252 (office) yuxx0292 @ umn.edu | |
| Bo Xiong PhD Candidate Research Asst | xion1301 @ umn.edu | |
| Boyi Yang Physics Grad Student | PAN 234 (office), 612-301-1155 yang2000 @ umn.edu | Ionic Liquid Doping of High Tc Cuprates |
| Brenda Knauber PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 221 (office) PAN 381 (lab) knaub008 @ umn.edu | Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
| Brendan King Teaching Assistant | king0690 @ umn.edu | ||
| Brett Heischmidt Research Assistant | PAN 217 (office) heisc002 @ umn.edu | Condensed Matter Experiment: device physics, spin transport, low-dimensional systems |
| Bryan Crossman Teaching Assistant | cros0400 @ umn.edu | ||
| Cesar Ascencio Teaching Assistant | ascen009 @ umn.edu | Condensed Matter Theory. |
| Chao-Hsiang Sheu Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-04 (office) sheu0007 @ umn.edu | |
| Charles Kapsiak Teaching Assistant | kapsi002 @ umn.edu | ||
| Che-Hsu Li Physics Grad Student | 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(?) |
| Chiou Yang Tan Teaching Assistant | PAN 252 (office) 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) ange0079 @ 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 Carr Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant | FRASERH 345c (office) carrx200 @ umn.edu | Cosmology, Particle Physics, Galactic Evolution, Mathematical Physics |
| Cody Schimming Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-02 (office) schim111 @ umn.edu | |
| Congxin Qiu Physics Grad Student | 625-7819 qiuxx095 @ umn.edu | Astrophysics and Cosmology | |
| Dan Phan Research Assistant | phanx266 @ umn.edu | |
| Daniel Shaffer Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-07 (office) shaff159 @ 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 |
| David Harrison PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 221 (office) PAN 10 (lab) harr1869 @ umn.edu | Magnetism, Spin Glasses, Electronic Noise |
| Dayu Zhai Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-05 (office) zhai0019 @ umn.edu | |
| Dehua Wang Physics Grad Student | wang4251 @ umn.edu | |
| Derek Sincavage Research Assistant | sinca001 @ umn.edu | |
| Dmitrii Torbunov PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 332 (office) torbu001 @ umn.edu | ||
| Dmitry Chichinadze PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201-03 (office) chich013 @ umn.edu | |
| Dominic Adams Research Assistant | adams900 @ umn.edu | ||
| Dominique Gautreau Physics Grad Student | gautr004 @ umn.edu | |
| Elliot Bell Teaching Assistant | bellx468 @ umn.edu | ||
| Erik Floden Teaching Assistant | flode012 @ umn.edu | ||
| Erik Floden Physics Grad Student | flode012 @ umn.edu | |
| Ezra Day-Roberts Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-09 (office) dayro001 @ 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 | |
| Foster Thompson Physics Grad Student | thom7385 @ umn.edu | ||
| Gino Graziano PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 217 (office) grazi018 @ umn.edu | Condensed Matter |
| Grantland Hall Research Assistant | PAN 382C (office) ghall @ umn.edu | Early Universe Physics, Computational Methods |
| Han Yu Teaching Assistant | yu000068 @ umn.edu | ||
| Hanteng Wang PhD Candidate Teaching Asst, PhD Candidate Research Asst | TATEH 201-05 (office) wang6243 @ umn.edu | |
| Hao Zhang Teaching Assistant | zhan6302 @ umn.edu | ||
| Harison Wiesman Physics Grad Student | TATEH 301-02 (office) TATEH 350 (lab) wiesm010 @ umn.edu | Geophysics - Rock & Mineral Physics, Planetary Sciences |
| Hayley Williams Teaching Assistant | will5099 @ umn.edu | ||
| Hsiu-Chung Yeh Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant | TATEH 30104 (office) yehxx129 @ umn.edu | |
| Huaqing Mao PhD Candidate Research Asst | WALIB 431 (office) maoxx225 @ umn.edu | Computational Astrophysics, Stellar Evolution | |
| Ibrahim Atilla Teaching Assistant | atill002 @ umn.edu | ||
| Jack Nelson Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant | PAN 324 (office) nels8013 @ umn.edu | |
| Jackson Olsen Research Assistant | TATEH 301-01 (office) olsen791 @ umn.edu | |
| Jacob Ritz Research Assistant | PAN 420 (office) ritz0037 @ umn.edu | |
| Jacob Schulze Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-07 (office) schu3788 @ umn.edu | |
| James Cheshire Research Assistant | PAN 320 (office) PAN 382C (lab), 612-625-1802 cheshire @ umn.edu | Observational cosmology, cosmic microwave background |
| James Etheridge Research Assistant | ether030 @ umn.edu | |
| Jared Hennen PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 414 (office) henne405 @ umn.edu | Biophysics, protein interactions at cellular membranes. |
| Jarrett Brown Physics Grad Student | PAN 332 (office), 624-0511 PAN 450 (lab) brow4278 @ umn.edu | Experimental High Energy Physics |
| Jennifer Freedburg Teaching Assistant | PAN 221 (office) freed114 @ umn.edu | |
| Jessie Duncan Physics Grad Student | dunca369 @ umn.edu | |
| Jin-Ah Kim Research Assistant | kim00513 @ umn.edu | ||
| Joe Meese Teaching Assistant | TATEH 201-09 (office) meese022 @ umn.edu | |
| John Kohler PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 414 (office) kohle110 @ umn.edu | ||
| Joseph Joe Research Assistant | joexx048 @ umn.edu | |
| Joshua Hiltbrand PhD Candidate Teaching Asst, PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 424 (office) hiltbran @ umn.edu | |
| Juan Velasco Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-05 (office) velas102 @ umn.edu | |
| Justin Willmert PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 320 (office), 612-301-1467 PAN 382 (lab), 612-625-1802 will2560 @ umn.edu | algorithms, bicep3, cmb, computational physics, cosmology, keck array, polarization |
| Kan-Ting Tsai Teaching Assistant | PAN 376 (lab) tsai0082 @ umn.edu | 2D material and gate-defined nanostructure. |
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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 | |
| Kazi Ranjibul Islam Teaching Assistant | islam074 @ umn.edu | ||
| Kenny Lau PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 320 (office), 612-301-1467 PAN 382C (lab), 612-625-1802 kennylau @ umn.edu | Cosmology, CMB |
| Kexin Feng Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-04 (office) fengx463 @ umn.edu | |
| Khilav Jayesh Majmudar Teaching Assistant | majmu008 @ umn.edu | ||
| Konstantin Davydov Teaching Assistant | davyd007 @ umn.edu | |
| Laura Salo Teaching Assistant | salo0090 @ umn.edu | ||
| Lauren Laufman Teaching Assistant | TATEH 201-08 (office) laufm008 @ umn.edu | |
| Liangtai Xing Teaching Assistant | xing0027 @ umn.edu | ||
| Lis Stolik Valor Teaching Assistant | stoli005 @ umn.edu | |
| Luca Galbraith Teaching Assistant | galbr079 @ umn.edu | ||
| Lucas Myers Teaching Assistant | myers716 @ umn.edu | ||
| Mark Rustad Physics Grad Student | PAN 417 (office) NHH 5-290 (lab) rusta041 @ umn.edu | Calcium transport in heart cells; Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR); Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulations |
| Martin Meier Teaching Assistant | meier307 @ 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 |
| Michael Crumrine PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 382-C (lab), 612-625-1802 PAN 320 (office) crumrine @ umn.edu | CMB Polarization |
| Michael Revering Teaching Assistant | rever025 @ umn.edu | |
| Michael Makmur Teaching Assistant | makmur @ umn.edu | ||
| Minh Nguyen PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201-001 (office) nguy1642 @ umn.edu | High energy theory and phenomenology. |
| Mohammad Abrar Wadud PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | wadud @ umn.edu | ||
| Mohit Gupta Teaching Assistant | gupta610 @ umn.edu | ||
| Narayana Sri Sharan Banagiri Physics Grad Student | PAN 317 (office) banag002 @ umn.edu | |
| Nathan Bosch Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant | PAN 381 (lab) bosch088 @ umn.edu | |
| Nathan Eggen Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant | TATEH 201-04 (office) eggen091 @ umn.edu | Astronomy | |
| Neil Schroeder Teaching Assistant | PAN 432 (office), 612-624-7861 schr1077 @ umn.edu | Modelling radiation damage in high density scintillators, calibrating and evaluating performance of the CMS ECAL, high precision measurements of Higgs properties |
| Nicholas Mast PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 324 (office), 612-301-1818 PAN 43 (lab), 612-624-6046 mastx027 @ umn.edu | Cosmology, Particle Physics |
| Nicholas Lewellyn PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 234 (office) lewel019 @ umn.edu | Experimental Condensed Matter |
| Noah Rogers Research Assistant | TATEH 301-02 (office) 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 | ||
| Peter Hansen Physics Grad Student | PAN 424 (office), 624-1534 hans2879 @ umn.edu | |
| Peter Stoeckl Teaching Assistant | stoec034 @ umn.edu | |
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| Praharsh Suryadevara Teaching Assistant | TATEH 201-03 (office) surya031 @ umn.edu | |
| Protyush Sahu Physics Grad Student | KHKH 6-186 (office) sahux026 @ umn.edu | Spintronics, Magnetism | |
| Qi Wen PhD Candidate Research 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 Physics Grad Student | PAN 420 (office) PAN 481 (lab) stefa134 @ umn.edu | |
| Ravneet Singh Bedi Teaching Assistant | bedi0019 @ 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 Research Assistant | diurb001 @ umn.edu | |
| Richard Spieker Research Assistant | spiek022 @ umn.edu | |
| Robert Sponsel Research Assistant | PAN 221 (office) spons009 @ umn.edu | |
| Rohith Saradhy Teaching Assistant | sarad005 @ umn.edu | |
| Ryan Marshall Physics Grad Student | PAN 484 (lab), 612-626-8085 PAN 484 (lab) marsh752 @ 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 |
| Sanket Chirame Teaching Assistant | chira012 @ umn.edu | ||
| 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 201-07 (office) kastu007 @ umn.edu | Condensed Matter Theory |
| Scott Dossa Physics Grad Student | AMUNDH 241 (office) doss0032 @ umn.edu | Simulating crystal growth |
| Sean Bruton Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant | 201-08 Tate (office) bruto012 @ umn.edu | Astronomy | |
| Shuhui Luo PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201‐07 (office) luoxx370 @ 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) chauh043 @ umn.edu | Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology |
| Stephen McMillan Teaching Assistant | TATEH 201-15 (office) mcmil291 @ umn.edu | |
| Subhodip Saha Teaching Assistant | saha0073 @ umn.edu | Optoelectronic devices, Nanotechnology, Neuromorphic devices |
| Susmita Singh Teaching Assistant | singh893 @ umn.edu | |
| Swetlana Swarup Teaching Assistant | swaru004 @ 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/nuclear theory |
| Thomas Peterson Physics Grad Student | KHKH 6-186 (office) pete9290 @ umn.edu | |
| Thomas Welle Research Assistant | TATEH 301-1 (office) welle203 @ umn.edu | |
| Thomas Eichlersmith Teaching Assistant | eichl008 @ umn.edu | |
| Ting Gao Teaching Assistant | gao00212 @ umn.edu | ||
| Trevor Knuth Summer Term TA | 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 | ||
| Wei Ren Teaching Assistant | TATEH 301-05 (office) ren00084 @ umn.edu | |
| Wen-Han Kao Teaching Assistant | kao00018 @ 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 | PAN 232 (office) zhan5856 @ umn.edu | |
| Xiaojun Fu PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 232 (office) fuxxx366 @ umn.edu | |
| Xuzhe Ying PhD Candidate Teaching Asst, PhD Candidate Research Asst | TATEH 201-05 (office) yingx052 @ umn.edu | Condensed matter theory |
| Yahor Savich Physics Grad Student | PAN 217 (office) savic004 @ 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 Physics Grad Student | TATEH 201-03 (office) huan1756 @ umn.edu | |
| Yifei Chen Teaching Assistant | chen6548 @ umn.edu | ||
| Yijia Liu Physics Grad Student | liux1267 @ umn.edu | ||
| Yilikal Ayino PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | PAN 217 (office) PAN 353 (lab) ayino001 @ umn.edu | |
| Yiming Wu PhD Candidate Teaching Asst | TATEH 201-03 (office) wuxx1693 @ umn.edu | |
| Yixian Zhang Teaching Assistant | zhan6327 @ umn.edu | ||
| Yu Xu Teaching Assistant | xu000452 @ umn.edu | ||
| Yu-Heng Lin Research 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) wang4503 @ umn.edu | ||
| Zachary Anderson PhD Candidate Research Asst | PAN 252 (office) PAN 264 (lab) and01942 @ umn.edu | |
| Zachary Williams Teaching Assistant | will5092 @ 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 | PAN 225 (office) PAN 283 (lab) jiang968 @ umn.edu | |
| Zhifei Yang Teaching Assistant | yang7001 @ umn.edu | ||
| Ziyan Yang Teaching Assistant | PAN 323 (office) PAN 51 (lab) yang5991 @ umn.edu | Cosmology |