Department of Physics
Name |
Title |
Year |
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| Charles W. Edwards | Chair | 1924-1937 | |
| Professor | 1924-1944 | ||
| Charles C. Hatley | Professor | 1924 - 1953 | |
| Walter M. Nielsen | Assistant Professor | 1925-1937 | |
| Chair | 1938-1961 | ||
| James B. Duke Professor | 1946-1966 | ||
| Professor Emeritus | 1966-1981 | + | |
| David W. Carpenter | Instructor | 1929 - | |
| Assistant Professor: Information on dates is lacking | |||
| Associate Professor | 1946-1948 | ||
| Professor | 1948-1973 | ||
| Professor Emeritus | 1973-1985 | + | |
| Frank Woodbridge Constant | Assistant Professor | 1930-1943 | |
| Associate Professor | 1943-1946 | ||
| James Carlyle Mouzon | Instructor | 1932-end of 1930's | |
| Hertha Sponer | Professor | 1936-1965 | |
| Professor Emeritus | 1966-1968 | + | |
| Lothar W. Nordheim | Professor | 1937-1956 | |
| worked on Manhattan project, Oak Ridge, during World War II | |||
| Walter M. Gordy | Associate Professor | 1946-1948 | |
| Professor | 1948-1958 | ||
| James B. Duke Professor | 1958-1979 | ||
| Professor Emeritus | 1979-1985 | + | |
| W. V. Smith | Assistant Professor | 1946-1948 | |
| Associate Professor | 1948-1951 | ||
| Eugene Greuling | Assistant Professor | 1948-1950 | |
| Associate Professor | 1950-1951 | ||
| Professor | 1963-1975 | + | |
| Henry Newson | Professor | 1948-1968 | |
| Director, Nuclear Structure Laboratory and in 1968, TUNL | 1961-1978 | ||
| Chair, Physics Department | 1973-1975 | ||
| J. B. Duke Professor | 1968-1978 | + | |
| Fritz London | James B. Duke Professor (Physics and Chemistry) | 1949-1954 | + |
| Harold W. Lewis | Assistant Professor | 1950-1956 | |
| Associate Professor | 1956-1959 | ||
| Professor | 1959-1986 | ||
| Vice Provost and Dean | 1963-1981 | ||
| Chair | 1981-1986 | ||
| University Distinguished Service Professor | 1983-1986 | ||
| Professor Emeritus | 1986-2000 | + | |
| P. Wang | Visiting Professor | 1950-1951 | |
| Eugene Merzbacher | Visiting Asst. Professor | 1951-1952 | |
| Martin M. Block | Assistant Professor | 1952-1957 | |
| Associate Professor | 1957-1961 | ||
| William M. Fairbank | Associate Professor | 1952-1959 | |
| R. M. Williamson | Instructor, Research Associate | 1952-1953 | |
| Assistant Professor | 1953-1958 | ||
| Associate Professor | 1959-1961 | ||
| T. D. Reynolds | Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Dept. of Education) | 1953-1955 | |
| Michael. J. Buckingham | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1956-1959 | |
| M. M. Duncan | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1956-1958 | |
| M. H. L. Pryce | Visiting Professor | 1957-1958 | |
| Horst Meyer | Assistant Professor | 1959-1960 | |
| Associate Professor | 1960-1964 | ||
| Professor | 1964-1984 | ||
| F. London Professor | 1984-2005 | ||
| F. London Professor Emeritus | 2005-2016 | + | |
| Hermann Robl | Adjunct Professor | 1959-1991 | + |
| Lawrence C. Biedenharn | Professor | 1961-1991 | |
| J. B. Duke Professor | 1987-1992 | ||
| J. B. Duke Professor Emeritus | 1992-1996 | + | |
| D. R. Tilley | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1961-1963 | |
| Assistant Professor | 1963-1966 | ||
| Roger Barton | Lecturer | 1963-1968 | |
| Edward G. Bilpuch | Assistant Professor | 1963-1966 | |
| Associate Professor | 1966-1971 | ||
| Professor | 1971-1988 | ||
| Professor and Director, TUNL | 1989-1991 | ||
| H. W. Newson Professor | 1991-1997 | ||
| H. W. Newson Professor Emeritus | 1997-2012 | + | |
| Lawrence E. Evans | Assistant Professor | 1963-1968 | |
| Associate Professor | 1968-1980 | ||
| Professor | 1980-2000 | ||
| Chair | 1988-1997 | ||
| Professor Emeritus | 2000-present | ||
| Henry A. Fairbank | Professor | 1963-1988 | |
| Chair | 1963-1974 | ||
| Professor Emeritus | 1988-2011 | + | |
| Lloyd Fortney | Assistant Professor | 1963-1970 | |
| Associate Professor | 1970-1987 | ||
| Professor | 1987-1999 | + | |
| Earle Fowler | Professor | 1963-1970 | |
| Russell Roberson | Assistant Professor | 1963-1968 | |
| Associate Professor | 1968-1974 | ||
| Professor | 1974-1998 | ||
| Director, TUNL | 1992-1996 | ||
| Professor Emeritus | 1998-present | ||
| Hugh Robinson | Associate Professor | 1963-1970 | |
| Professor | 1970-1995 | ||
| Professor Emeritus | 1995-present | ||
| Ichiro Miyagawa | Assistant Professor | 1963-1965 | |
| David S. Onley | Assistant Professor | 1963-1965 | |
| Charles Rika | Lecturer | 1963-1964 | |
| Dwight Saylor | Assistant Professor | 1963-1964 | |
| Richard L. Walter | Assistant Professor | 1963-1967 | |
| Associate Professor | 1967-1974 | ||
| Professor | 1974-2004 | ||
| Professor Emeritus | 2004-present | ||
| Robert A. Guyer | Instructor | 1964-1966 | |
| Assistant Professor | 1966-1969 | ||
| Lukas Schaller | Lecturer | 1964-1965 | |
| William Beres | Assistant Professor | 1965-1969 | |
| Dwight Carpenter | Assistant Professor | 1965-1972 | |
| Earle Hunt | Assistant Professor | 1965-1969 | |
| Michael Danos | Visiting Professor | 1966-1968 | |
| Morris Davis | Adjunct Professor | 1966-1969 | |
| Max Huber | Assistant Professor | 1966-1969 | |
| David Morris | Adjunct Professor | 1966-1967 | |
| Morris Binkley | Assistant Professor | 1967-1970 | |
| Robert A. Cook | Assistant Professor | 1967-1970 | |
| Moo-Young Han | Assistant Professor | 1967-1971 | |
| Associate Professor | 1971-1978 | ||
| Professor | 1978-2011 | ||
| Professor Emeritus | 2011-2016 | + | |
| Ray Poore | Assistant Professor | 1967-1970 | |
| Carol M. Rose, Jr. | Assistant Professor | 1967-1973 | |
| John Sykes | Assistant Professor | 1967-1974 | |
| Katherine Way | Adjunct Professor | 1967-1987 | + |
| George S. Hayne | Assistant Professor | 1968-1969 | |
| Thomas G. Dzubay | Assistant Professor | 1969-1976 | |
| Nelson Lipshutz | Assistant Professor | 1969-1970 | |
| Louis Wright | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1969-1970 | |
| Pieter J. Brussaard | Visiting Professor | 1970-1071 | |
| Ronald Y. Cusson | Associate Professor | 1970-1978 | |
| Professor | 1978-1988 | + 2014 | |
| William D. Walker | Professor | 1970-1990 | |
| Chair | 1975-1981 | ||
| J. B. Duke Professor | 1990-1994 | ||
| J. B. Duke Professor Emeritus | 1994-2010 | + | |
| Eberhard K. Riedel | Assistant Professor | 1970-1974 | |
| Associate Professor | 1974-1975 | ||
| Frank C. DeLucia | Assistant Professor | 1971-1976 | |
| Associate Professor | 1977-1983 | ||
| Professor | 1983-1990 | ||
| Chair | 1986-1987 | ||
| Rainer Bass | Visiting Professor | 1971-1972 | |
| Thomas D. Hayward | Assistant Professor | 1971-1972 | |
| Wayne J. Holman III | Visiting Associate Professor | 1971-1972 | |
| George R. Reiter | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1971-1972 | |
| Ronald Blum | Adjunct Associate Professor | 1972-1973 | |
| Joseph S. Loos | Assistant Professor | 1972-1976 | |
| Alfred Goshaw | Assistant Professor | 1973-1978 | |
| Associate Professor | 1978-1984 | ||
| Professor | 1984-2000 | ||
| J.B.Duke Professor | 2000-present | ||
| Geoffrey Golner | Assistant Professor | 1974-1975 | |
| Dewey T. Lawson | Assistant Professor | 1974-1979 | |
| Adjunct Associate Professor | 1983-2000 | ||
| Adjunct Professor | 2000-present | ||
| Paul W. Lisowski | Assistant Professor | 1974-1976 | |
| Sven Maripuu | Lecturer | 1974-1975 | |
| Zvi Friedman | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1975-1979 | |
| Fearghus O'Foghludha | Adjunct Professor | 1975-1993 | |
| Kent Smith | Assistant Professor | 1975-1979 | |
| Brian Buck | Visiting Professor | 1977-1978 | |
| Mikael Ciftan | Adjunct Professor | 1977-2013 | |
| Peter Lucas | Assistant Professor | 1977-1982 | |
| Associate Professor | 1983-1984 | ||
| Charles E. Nelson | Assistant Professor | 1977-1979 | |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor | 1979-1986 | ||
| Richard G. Palmer | Assistant Professor | 1977-1982 | |
| Associate Professor | 1983-1991 | ||
| Professor of Physics (Secondary appts.: Computer Science, and | 1991-2015 | ||
| Psychology and Neuroscience) | |||
| Professor Emeritus | 2015- | ||
| Stephen Wender | Assistant Professor | 1977-1980 | |
| John Kolena | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1978-1979 | |
| Assistant Professor | 1979-1980 | ||
| Adjunct Assistant Professor | 1981-2001 | ||
| Adjunct Professor | 2001-2008 | ||
| Henry Weller | Visiting Associate Professor | 1978-1979 | |
| Associate Professor | 1979-1981 | ||
| Professor | 1981-2009 | ||
| Professor Emeritus | 2009-present | ||
| Mickey Mukkunda | Visiting Professor | 1979-1980 | |
| Roger C. Byrd | Assistant Professor | 1981-1982 | |
| Assistant Professor | 1983-1984 | ||
| Bob D. Guenther | Adjunct Professor | 1981-2017 | |
| Eric Herbst | Associate Professor | 1981-1985 | |
| Professor | 1985 -1993 | ||
| George L. Rogosa | Adjunct Professor | 1981-2008 | + |
| Robert P. Behringer | Assistant Professor | 1982-1986 | |
| Associate Professor | 1986-1991 | ||
| Professor | 1991-1995 | ||
| J. B. Duke Professor (Secondary appts.: Computer Science, Mechanical | 1995-2018+ | ||
| Engineering and Material Sciences) | |||
| Chair | 1999-2002 | ||
| Yossef Dothan | Visiting Associate Professor | 1984-1985 | |
| Seog Oh | Assistant Professor | 1984-1991 | |
| Associate Professor | 1991-2000 | ||
| Professor | 2000-present | ||
| Joan Adler | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1985-1986 | |
| Visiting Professor | 1996-1997 | ||
| Philippe Martin | Visiting Associate Professor | 1985 -1986 | |
| Laurence B. Meyer | Visiting Lecturer | 1985-1986 | |
| Werner Tornow | Assistant Research Professor | 1985-1990 | |
| Associate Research Professor | 1988-1994 | ||
| Research Professor | 1994-1999 | ||
| Professor | 1999-2011 | ||
| Professor Emeritus | 2011-present | ||
| Director of TUNL | 1996-2006 | ||
| Calvin Howell | Assistant Professor | 1986-1992 | |
| Associate Professor | 1992-2001 | ||
| Professor | 2001-present | ||
| Director TUNL | 2006-2016 | ||
| David Skatrud | Adjunct Assistant Professor | 1986-1992 | |
| Adjunct Associate Professor | 1992-2000 | ||
| Adjunct Professor | 2000-2013 | ||
| John Thomas | Associate Professor | 1986-1991 | |
| Professor | 1991-2006 | ||
| F. London Professor | 2006-2011 | ||
| F. London Professor Emeritus | 2011-present | ||
| Douglas Holmgren | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1987-1988 | |
| Donald N. Bittner | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1987-1988 | |
| Henry Greenside | Associate Professor (Joint: Computer Science) | 1987-2000 | |
| Professor | 2000-present | ||
| Michael Stroscio | Adjunct Professor | 1987-2001 | |
| John M. J. Madey | Professor and Director of DFELL | 1989-1998 | |
| Gerald J. Iafrate | Adjunct Professor | 1989-1997 | |
| G. Allen Johnson | Associate Professor (Joint: Radiology) | 1989-1996 | |
| Professor (Joint: Radiology) | 1996-2002 | ||
| Charles E. Putnam Professor (Joint: Radiology) | 2002-present | ||
| Stephen Teitsworth | Assistant Professor | 1989-1995 | |
| Associate Professor | 1995-present | ||
| Associate Professor and Associate Chair | 2009 - present | ||
| Stephen Benson | Assistant Research Professor | 1990-1992 | |
| Hayward Evans | Adjunct Professor | 1990-1992 | |
| Max Lohe | Visiting Associate Professor | 1990-1991 | |
| Robert Brown | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1990-2006 | |
| Visiting Professor | 2006-2010 | ||
| Lecturer | 2010-present | ||
| Berndt Mueller | Professor | 1990-1996 | |
| J. B. Duke Professor | 1996-present | ||
| Chair | 1997-1999 | ||
| Dean of Natural Sciences | 1999-2005 | ||
| Alec Schramm | Lecturer | 1990-1992 | |
| Allan H. Sorenson | Visiting Associate Professor | 1990-1991 | |
| Leslie E. Bauman | Visiting Professor | 1991-1992 | |
| Reza Haque | Lecturer | 1991-2001 | |
| Vladimir Litvinenko | Associate Research Professor | 1991-1995 | |
| Assistant Professor | 1995-1996 | ||
| Associate Professor | 1996-2004 | ||
| Adjunct Professor | 2004-2006 | ||
| Thomas Phillips | Assistant Research Professor | 1991-1999 | |
| Associate Research Professor | 1999-present | ||
| Daniel Gauthier | Assistant Professor | 1992-1998 | |
| Associate Professor | 1999-2002 | ||
| Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Associate Professor | 2002-2004 | ||
| Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor | 2005-2007 | ||
| Professor of Physics | 2007-2011 | ||
| Robert C. Richardson Professor | 2011-2015 | ||
| Chair | 2005-2011 | ||
| Interim Chair | Jan.2015-Aug.2015 | ||
| Research Professor of Physics | Aug. 2015 - present | ||
| Henry Everitt | Adjunct Assistant Professor | 1992-2000 | |
| Adjunct Professor | 2000-present | ||
| Alfred M. Lee | Assistant Professor | 1992-2000 | |
| Ricardo Pantazis | Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Computer Science) | 1992-1994 | |
| Joshua Socolar | Assistant Professor | 1992-1999 | |
| Associate Professor | 1999-2011 | ||
| Professor | 2011-present | ||
| Roxanne P. Springer | Assistant Professor | 1992-2000 | |
| Associate Professor | 2000-2011 | ||
| Professor | 2011-present | ||
| David K. Straub | Visiting Professor | 1992-1993 | |
| Research Professor | 1993-1997 | ||
| Abhijit Nagchaudhuri | Assistant Research Professor | 1994-1995 | |
| Carsten H. Greiner | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1994-1995 | |
| Patrick G. O'Shea | Assistant Professor | 1994-1999 | |
| Peter Thompson | Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Engineering) | 1994-1996 | |
| Wesley Scott Wilburn | Lecturer | 1994-1996 | |
| John Townsend | Visiting Professor | 1995-1996 | |
| Atanas Troyanov | Adjunct Assistant Professor | 1995-1996 | |
| Ludwig DeBraeckeleer | Assistant Professor | 1996-2002 | |
| Konstantin Matveev | Assistant Professor | 1996-2000 | |
| Associate Professor | 2000-2005 | ||
| Dirk Rischke | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1996-1997 | |
| Sergei G. Matinian | Visiting Professor | 1997-2000 | |
| M. Ronen Plesser | Assistant Professor | 1997-2002 | |
| Associate Professor | 2003-2014 | ||
| Associate Professor and Associate Chair | 2003-2006 | ||
| Professor and Professor iin the Program of Education | 2014-present | ||
| Paul S. Aspinwall | Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) | 1998-2004 | |
| Associate Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) | 2004-2008 | ||
| Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) | 2008-present | ||
| Andrea Bertozzi | Associate Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) | 1998-1999 | |
| Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) | 1999-2004 | ||
| Adjunct Professor | 2005-2008 | ||
| Shailesh Chandrasekharan | Assistant Professor | 1998-2004 | |
| Associate Professor | 2004-present | ||
| Eom Chang-Beom | Associate Professor (Primary appt.:Electrical and Computer Engineering) | 1998-2002 | |
| Brett Hooper | Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Biomedical Engineering) | 1998-2004 | |
| Ashutosh Kotwal | Assistant Professor | 1998-2005 | |
| Associate Professor | 2005-2010 | ||
| Professor | 2010-2014 | ||
| Fritz London Professor | 2014-present | ||
| David Morrison | J. B. Duke Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) | 1998-2008 | |
| Arlie O. Petters | William and Sue Gross Associate Professor of Mathematics | 1998-2003 | |
| Benjamin Powell Professor of Mathematics and Physics | 2003-2008 | ||
| Benjamin Powell Professor of Mathematics, Physics | 2009-present | ||
| and Business Administration | |||
| Vaclav Vylet | Adjunct Assistant Professor | 1999-present | |
| Harold U. Baranger | Professor | 1999-present | |
| Chair | 2002-2005 | ||
| Glenn Edwards | Professor | 1999-present | |
| Professor, Director DFELL | 1999-2008 | ||
| Bruce West | Adjunct Professor | 1999-2013 | |
| Steffen Bass | Assistant Professor | 2000-2008 | |
| Associate Professor | 2008-2012 | ||
| Professor | 2012-present | ||
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Interim Chair | 2019-present | |
| Toni Feder | Adjunct Assistant Professor | 2000-2004 | |
| Gleb Finkelstein | Assistant Professor | 2000-2008 | |
| Associate Professor | 2008-2015 | ||
| Professor | 2015-present | ||
| Craig Fowler | Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Ophthalmology) | 2000-2003 | |
| Mark Kruse | Assistant Professor | 2000-2008 | |
| Associate Professor | 2008-present | ||
| Mary Creason | Lecturer | 2001-2006 | + |
| Anna Lin | Assistant Professor | 2001-2008 | |
| William W. McNairy | Lecturer | 2001-2009 | |
| Ghi R. Shin | Visiting Professor | 2001-2004 | |
| Visiting Professor | 2007-2008 | ||
| Michael Strickland | Visiting Assistant Professor | 2001-2002 | |
| Ying Wu | Assistant Professor | 2001-2007 | |
| Assistant Professor and Associate Director, DFELL | 2004-present | ||
| Associate Professor | 2007-2014 | ||
| Professor | 2014-present | ||
| Haiyan Gao | Associate Professor | 2002-2008 | |
| Associate Chair | 2006-2009 | ||
| Professor | 2008-2012 | ||
| Henry Newson Professor | 2012-present | ||
| Chair | 2011-2015 | ||
| Thomas Mehen | Assistant Professor | 2002-2008 | |
| Associate Professor | 2009-present | ||
| Denis Ullmo | Visiting Associate Professor | 2002-2005 | |
| Ehsan Samei | Assistant Professor,(Primary appt.: Radiology) | 2002-2006 | |
| Associate Professor, (Primary appt.: Radiology | 2006-2008 | ||
| Professor (Primary appt.: Radiology and Biomedical Engineering) | 2008-present | ||
| Albert M. Chang | Professor | 2003-present | |
| Dipangkar Dutta | Assistant Research Professor | 2003-2006 | |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor | 2007-2009 | ||
| Eduardo Mucciolo | Visiting Associate Professor | 2003-2004 | |
| Igor V. Pinayev | Assistant Research Professor | 2003-2004 | |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor | 2005 | ||
| Kate Scholberg | Assistant Professor | 2003-2007 | |
| Associate Professor | 2007-2008 | ||
| Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Associate Professor of Physics | 2009-2012 | ||
| Professor of Physics | 2012-present | ||
| Christopher Walter | Assistant Professor | 2003-2011 | |
| Associate Professor | 2011-present | ||
| Mohammad Ahmed | Assistant Research Professor | 2006-2013 | |
| Adjunct Associate Professor | 2013-2017 | ||
| Martine Chevrollier | Visiting Profesor | 2006-2008 | |
| Marcos Oria | Visiting Professor | 2006-2008 | |
| Anton Tonchev | Assistant Research Professor | 2007-2011 | |
| Adjunct Associate Professor | 2015-2018 | ||
| Karen Daniels | Adjunct Assistant Professor | 2008-present | |
| Kang Seog Lee | Visiting Professor | 2008-2009 | |
| Jian-Guo Liu | Visiting Professor | 2008-2009 | |
| Professor of Physics and Mathematics | 2009-present | ||
| Jacqueline Krim | Visiting Professor | 2008-2009 | |
| David Smith | Professor (Primary appt.: Electrical and Computer Engineering) | 2009-present | |
| Stefano Curtarolo | Associate Professor (Primary appt.: Mechanical Engineering and Material | 2009-2012 | |
| Science) | |||
| Professor (Primary appt.: Mechanical Engineering and Material Science) | 2012-present | ||
| Ayana Tamu Holloway Arce | Assistant Professor | 2009-present | |
| Ryohei Yasuda | Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Neurobiology) | 2009-present | |
| Matthew Hastings | Visiting Professor | 2009-2010 | |
| Associate Professor | 2010-2014 | ||
| Nicholas Buchler | Assistant Professor (Joint: Biology) | 2009-present | |
| Patrick Charbonneau | Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Chemistry) | 2009-2015 | |
| Associate Professor | 2015-present | ||
| David N. Beratan | Professor (Primary appt.: Chemistry) | 2009-present | |
| Igor Akushevich | Adjunct Assistant Professor | 2011-2014 | |
| Paul M. Baker | Adjunct Assistant Professor | 2011-present | |
| Hubert L. Bray | Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) | 2011-present | |
| James T. Dobbins III | Associate Professor (Primary appt.: Radiology) | 2011-present | |
| Jungsang Kim | Associate Professor (Primary appt.: Computer and Electrical Engineering) | 2011-present | |
| Hannah Petersen | Visiting Assistant Professor | 2011-2012 | |
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| John Kelley | Visiting Associate Professor | 2012-2014 | |
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| Warren S.Warren | Professor (Primary appt.:Chemistry) Member Duke Cancer institute | 2013- present | |
| Chair | Aug.2015- 2019 | ||
| Maiken Mikkelsen | Assistant Professor (Joint appt:Electrical and Computer Engineering) | 2013-present | |
| Phillip S. Barbeau | Assistant Professor | 2014-present | |
| Sara Haravifard | W.M. Fairbank Assistant Professor | 2015- present | |
| Thomas Barthel | C.H. Townes Assistant Professor | 2015-present |
+ Deceased, while at Duke, in the last year shown, or with indicated year.
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