Faculty

Department of Physics

Expertise that spans universal phenomena

Faculty experts in Drexel's Department of Physics lead world-class programs of research in five core areas: astrophysics, biophysics, condensed matter, particle physics and physics education research. Students and faculty work side-by-side as they explore a wide span of universal phenomena — including high-performance computing, ultra-low temperature physics, nanotechnology and nonlinear dynamics. Our dedicated faculty mentors provide students across all levels of scholarship with a solid grounding in physical principles, introduce novel approaches to problem solving, teach mathematical and computational skills, as well as provide broad experimental training.

Meet Our Faculty Emeriti

Faculty Member	Departments & Centers	Research & Scholarship
Eric Brewe Associate Dean of Graduate Education; Professor of Physics and Science Education; Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum; CASTLE Disque Hall, #918 eb573@drexel.edu 215.895.2779	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Physics Education Research (PER); Introductory Physics Course Transformation; Social Network Analysis, Social dimensions of learning; Quantitative/Computational methods in PER
Luis Cruz Cruz Associate Professor Disque Hall 912 ccruz@drexel.edu 215.895.2739	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Spiking Neural Networks; Synchronization in the firings of Neuronal Networks; Micro/Minicolumns in the brain; Brain Plasticity; Traveling Waves in Low Dimensional Neuronal Networks; Spatial correlations of neurons in the brain; Confinement effects on the folding of amyloidogenic proteins
N. John DiNardo Professor Disque Hall 707 dinardoj@drexel.edu 215.895.2790	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Physics education research, surface physics, condensed matter physics, materials science.
Michelle Dolinski Professor Disque Hall, room 913 dolinski@drexel.edu 215.895.6860	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Particle physics; Nuclear physics; Neutrino physics; Neutrinoless double beta decay; Detector R&D
Frank A. Ferrone Professor Disque Hall, room 922 fferrone@drexel.edu 215.895.2778	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Sickle cell; protein self-assembly theory; molecular crowding; novel optical methods; microscopy; kinetics
David Goldberg Professor; Department Head, Physics Disque Hall 815 goldberg@drexel.edu 215.895.2715	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Theoretical and computational cosmology, extragalactic astrophysics, gravitational lensing, popular science writing
Jesse Goldman Assistant Teaching Professor Disque 804 jg3845@drexel.edu 215.895.1985	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Neutrinos, Cosmology, Muons, Cosmic Rays
Goran Karapetrov Professor Disque Hall 609 goran@drexel.edu 215.571.4090	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Experimental Solid State Physics, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Nanoscale Catalysis, Mesoscopic Superconductivity
Rachael Kratzer Associate Teaching Professor Disque Hall, Room 904 kratzer@drexel.edu 215.895.6669	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Quasars, Active Galactic Nuclei, Radio Astronomy, Active Learning Techniques
Naoko Kurahashi Neilson Professor Disque Hall, 914 naoko@drexel.edu 215.895.2725	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Particle Astrophysics; Neutrino Astronomy; High Energy Physics and Astronomy
Charles E. Lane Professor Disque Hall 911 charles.e.lane@drexel.edu 215.895.1545	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Experimental tests of invariance principles and conservation laws, neutrino oscillations and properties
Christina Love Associate Teaching Professor; Director, Start Talking Science Disque Hall, 807 love@drexel.edu 215.571.3699	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Astroparticle physics, neutrino physics and astronomy, citizen science, science communication, physics education, outreach
Russell Neilson Associate Professor Disque Hall 905 russell.g.neilson@drexel.edu 215.895.2729	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Dark matter, Neutrino physics
Gordon T. Richards Professor; Chair, Faculty Senate Budget, Process, and Development (BP&D) Committee Disque 812 gordon.t.richards@drexel.edu 215.895.2713	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Quasars, active galactic nuclei, supermassive black holes, galaxy evolution, sky surveys, infrared/X-ray/radio astronomy
Jonathan E. Spanier Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Affiliated Faculty LeBow 440 spanier@drexel.edu 215.895.2301	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Light-matter interactions in electronic materials, including ferroelectric semiconductors, complex oxide thin film science; laser spectroscopy, including Raman scattering
Niharika Sravan Assistant Professor Disque 805 ns3527@drexel.edu 215.895.2940	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Machine learning; Astronomical surveys; Dynamic resource allocation; Transients; Multimessenger astronomy
Somdev Tyagi Associate Department Head for Non-Major Studies, Professor Disque Hall 806 tyagi@drexel.edu 215.895.6956	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Nanobiophysics, Raman spectroscopy, Magnetic materials
Brigita Urbanc Professor; Associate Department Head for Graduate Studies 3141 Chestnut Street, 12-909, Philadelphia, PA 19104 bu25@drexel.edu 215.895.2726	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Intrinsically disordered proteins; Biophysics of protein folding and self-assembly relevant to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease; Protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions; Discrete and all-atom molecular dynamics; Molecular dynamics force field development
Bryan VanSaders Assistant Professor 906 Disque Hall bv336@drexel.edu 215.895.1670	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Active matter; Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; Thermodynamics of information; Crystal plasticity; Metamaterials; Self/directed assembly
Jörn Venderbos Assistant Professor Disque Hall, 610 jwv34@drexel.edu 215-895-2714	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Theory of quantum materials: topological Insulators, topological semimetals, materials prediction and design, strongly correlated electron materials, complex electronic ordering phenomena, unconventional superconductors
Michael S. Vogeley Professor Disque Hall 811 vogeley@drexel.edu 215.895.2710	Department Department of Physics	Research & Teaching Interests Cosmology, Galaxy formation and evolution, Statistical analysis of large data sets, Active galactic nuclei

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Faculty

Department of Physics

Expertise that spans universal phenomena

Faculty Member

Departments & Centers

Research & Scholarship

Eric Brewe

Luis Cruz Cruz

N. John DiNardo

Michelle Dolinski

Frank A. Ferrone

David Goldberg

Jesse Goldman

Goran Karapetrov

Rachael Kratzer

Naoko Kurahashi Neilson

Charles E. Lane

Christina Love

Russell Neilson

Gordon T. Richards

Jonathan E. Spanier

Niharika Sravan

Somdev Tyagi

Brigita Urbanc

Bryan VanSaders

Jörn Venderbos

Michael S. Vogeley

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