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Physics Department

Location: 180-204
Phone: (805) 756-2448
Fax: (805) 756-2435
Email: physics@calpoly.edu
Chair: Jennifer Klay

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The Physics Department office is located in building 180, room 204. (map)

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Physics Department
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0404
Phone: 805–756-2448
Fax: 805–756–2435
physics@calpoly.edu

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Name Title phone Email Office
Klay, Jennifer

Professor, Physics, 

Department Chair

805-756-2447 jklay@calpoly.edu 180-204B
Bowers, Kelcie Administrative Support Coordinator II 805-756-1752 kbowers@calpoly.edu 180-204A
Coulombe, Kevin Instructional Support Technician, Physics 805-756-2449

kcoulomb@calpoly.edu

180-231
Soderberg, Steve Instructional Support Technician, Physics 805-756-6250 ssoderbe@calpoly.edu 180-640A
Thompson, Kevin Instructional Support Technician, Physics 805-756-6251 kthomp11@calpoly.edu 180-271A
Wardrop, Michelle Administrative Support Assistant 805-756-2448

mwardrop@calpoly.edu

180-204

 Current Full-Time Faculty

Name Title phone Email Office

Baylam Toker, Isinsu

Assistant Professor, Physics 805-756-6441 itoker@calpoly.edu 180-618
Beekman, Matt Associate Professor, Physics 805-756-7129 mbeekman@calpoly.edu 181-318
Bennert, Vardha N. Professor, Physics 805-756-7317 vbennert@calpoly.edu 180-622
Bensky, Tom (Sabbatical) Professor, Physics
Department Scheduler
805-756-7655 tbensky@calpoly.edu 180-616
Christiansen, Jodi Professor, Physics 805-756-2778 jlchrist@calpoly.edu 180-617
Culbreath, Christopher Full-Time Lecturer, Physics 805-756-1613 cculbrea@calpoly.edu 180-511
Dawoodbhoy, Taha Lecturer, Physics 805-756-0680 tdawoodb@calpoly.edu 180-111
Echols, Robert

Professor, Physics

805-756-7649 rechols@calpoly.edu 180-606
Echols, Sean Senior Lecturer, Physics 805-756-1692 sechols@calpoly.edu 25-200

Edwards, Louise 

 

Associate Professor, Physics 805-756-7674 ledwar04@calpoly.edu 180-619
Elbarbary,Ashraf Full Time Lecturer, Physics 805-756-0782 aelbarba@calpoly.edu 180-111
Fernsler, Jon Professor, Physics 805-756-2438 jfernsle@calpoly.edu 180-522
Fraser, Scott Senior Lecturer, Physics 805-756-2800 scfraser@calpoly.edu 25-206
Garcia, Antonio Professor, Geology 805-756-2430 afgarcia@calpoly.edu 180-607

Gillen, Glen 

Professor, Physics 805-756-2364 ggillen@calpoly.edu 180-612

Gillen, Katharina

Professor, Physics 805-756-2199 kgillen@calpoly.edu 180-615
Granger, Brian Professor, Physics [On Leave]   bgranger@calpoly.edu  
Gutierrez, Thomas D. Professor, Physics 805-756-2455 tdgutier@calpoly.edu 180-611
Hoellwarth, Chance Professor, Physics
CESaME Director
805-756-1665 choellwa@calpoly.edu 25-124
Holtzapple, Robert Professor, Physics 805-756-2602 rholtzap@calpoly.edu 180-512
Horst, William Full-Time Lecturer, Physics 805-756-7650 whorst@calpoly.edu 26M-108
Jacks, Hilary Assistant Professor, Physics 805-756-1604 hjacks@calpoly.edu 180-605
Jasbinsek, John J. Professor,
Geology & Geophysics
805-756-2013 jjasbins@calpoly.edu 180-520
Jeffery, Elizabeth Associate Professor, Physics 805-756-2019 ejjeffer@calpoly.edu 180-604
Johnston, Scott Professor, Geology 805-756-1650 scjohnst@calpoly.edu 180-521
Kuriabova, Tatiana Associate Professor, Physics 805-756-1664 tkuriabo@calpoly.edu 180-519
Lu, Lei Full-Time Lecturer, Physics 805-756-1612 lelu@calpoly.edu 180-508
Marlow, Colleen Associate Professor, Physics 805-756-2065 camarlow@calpoly.edu 181-319
Mastoridis, Themis Associate Professor, Physics 805-756-2197 tmastori@calpoly.edu 180-609
Mewes, Matt Associate Professor, Physics 805-756-2881 mmewes@calpoly.edu 180-510

Miller, Chad

Lecturer, Physics 805-756-2029 cmill138@calpoly.edu 180-111

Mitchell, David

Professor, Physics 805-756-5290 dsmitche@calpoly.edu 180-614
Moelter, Matt Professor, Physics 805-756-2656 mmoelter@calpoly.edu 180-616
Monadi, Reza Lecturer, Physics 805-756-0679 rmonadi@calpoly.edu 180-111
Parajuli, Bishal Lecturer, Physics 805-756-1635 bparajul@calpoly.edu 180-111
Powell, Ian Lecturer, Physics 805-756-0659 ipowell@calpoly.edu 180-111

Rios, Laura

Assistant Professor, Physics 805-756-2458 lrios02@calpoly.edu 180-610
Saunders, Karl Professor, Physics 805-756-1696 ksaunder@calpoly.edu 26M-107

Schwartz, Pete

Professor, Physics 805-756-1220 pschwart@calpoly.edu 180-608
Sharpe, John Professor, Physics 805-756-2069 jsharpe@calpoly.edu 180-621

Shlaer, Ben

Lecturer, Physics 805-756-1614 bshlaer@calpoly.edu 180-111
Stair, Nick Lecturer, Physics 805-756-2261 nstair@calpoly.edu 52-E43
Tabatabai, Pasha Assistant Professor, Physics 805-756-2473 pashatab@calpoly.edu 180-620
Vokos, Stamatis

Professor, Physics

STAR Director

805-756-2306 svokos@calpoly.edu 25-127
Walter, Ryan Associate Professor 805-756-1357 rkwalter@calpoly.edu 181-416

Part-Time Faculty

NAME TITLE PHONE EMAIL OFFICE

Field, Bob

Research Scholar-in-Residence

 

rfield@calpoly.edu

180-642

Heston, Nathan Ashesi Exchange Program Liaison   nheston@calpoly.edu  
Montakhab, Afshin Part-Time Lecturer, Physics 805-756-0678 amontakh@calpoly.edu 180-111

Veach, Erik

Part-Time Lecturer, Physics

805-756-2448

veach@calpoly.edu

TBA

Wang, Xiaofeng (Jack) Part-Time Lecturer, Physics 805-756-2071 xwang07@calpoly.edu

180-509

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Emeritus Faculty

NAME TITLE EMAIL
Balthaser, Lawrence

Professor Emeritus,

Geology

lbalthas@calpoly.edu
Brown, Nicholas Professor Emeritus, Physics nbrown@calpoly.edu
Brown, Ron Professor Emeritus, Physics rbrown@calpoly.edu
Buffa, Anthony Professor Emeritus, Physics abuffa@calpoly.edu
Cary, Arthur Professor Emeritus, Physics acary@calpoly.edu
Chipping, David Professor Emeritus Geology dchippin@calpoly.edu
Dickerson, Robert Professor Emeritus, Physics rdickers@calpoly.edu
Foster, Theodore Professor Emeritus, Physics tfoster@calpoly.edu
Frankel, Richard Professor Emeritus, Physics rfrankel@calpoly.edu
Hafemeister, David Professor Emeritus, Physics dhafemei@calpoly.edu
Hoffman, Kenneth Professor Emeritus, Physics khoffman@calpoly.edu
Knight, Randy Professor Emeritus, Physics rknight@calpoly.edu
Mottmann, John Professor Emeritus, Physics jmottman@calpoly.edu
Poling, John Professor Emeritus, Physics jpoling@calpoly.edu
Saenz, Richard A. Professor Emeritus, Physics rsaenz@calpoly.edu
Stowe, Keith Professor Emeritus, Physics kstowe@calpoly.edu
Sungar, Nilgun Professor Emeritus, Physics nsungar@calpoly.edu
Wall, Leonard Professor Emeritus, Physics lwall@calpoly.edu
Wilson, Walter Professor Emeritus, Physics wwilson@calpoly.edu
Wyngaarden, Willem Van Professor Emeritus, Physics wvanwyng@calpoly.edu
Zammit, Ron Professor Emeritus, Physics rzammit@calpoly.edu

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