Graduate Faculty for Physics
PHYS

Link to PHYS Program Description

Abazajian, Kevork Regular Member
B.S., University of Houston, 1996; M.S., UC San Diego, 1997; Ph.D., UC San Diego 2001;
- Assistant Professor, Physics

Alley, Carroll O., Jr. Regular Member
B.S., University of Richmond, 1948; M.A.,Princeton University, 1951; Ph.D., 1962.
- Professor, Physics

Anderson, James Robert Regular Member
B.S., Iowa State University, 1955; Ph.D., 1965.
- Professor, Physics

Anlage, Steven Regular Member
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1982; M.S.,California Institute of Technology, 1984; Ph.D., 1988.
- Professor, Physics
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Antonsen, Thomas M., Jr. Regular Member
B.S., Cornell University, 1973; M.S., 1976; Ph.D., 1977.
- Professor, Physics
- Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Baden, Andrew R. Regular Member
B.A.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975; B.A., San Francisco State University, 1981; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1986.
- Professor, Physics
- Chair, Physics

Bedaque, Paulo Regular Member
B.S., Universidade de Sao Paulo, 1985; M.S., Universidade de Sao Paulo, 1989; Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1994;
- Assistant Professor, Physics

Beise, Elizabeth J. Regular Member
B.A., Carleton College, 1981; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988.
- Professor, Physics

Bhagat, Satindar M. Regular Member
I.Sc., Punjab University, 1948; B.A.,Jammu and Kashmir University, 1950; M.Sc., University of Delhi, 1953; Ph.D., 1956.
- Professor, Physics

Boldt, Elihu A. Regular Member
B.S., MIT, 1953; Ph.D., MIT, 1958;
- Adjunct Professor, Physics

Boyd, Derek A. Regular Member
B.Sc., University of Capetown, 1964; B.Sc., 1965; M.Sc., 1967; Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology, 1973.
- Professor, Physics

Breuer, Herbert F. Adjunct Member
Diploma, University of Heidelberg, 1974 Ph.D., 1976.
- Associate Research Scientist, Physics

Brill, Dieter R. Regular Member
B.A., Princeton University, 1954; Ph.D., 1959.
- Professor, Physics
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Buonanno, Alessandra Regular Member
B.S., University of Pisa, Italy, 1993; Ph.D., University of Pisa, Italy, 1996;
- Assistant Professor, Physics

Chang, Chia-Cheh Regular Member
B.S., Tunghai University, 1961; M.A.,University of Southern California-Los Angeles, 1966; Ph.D., 1968.
- Professor Emeritus, Physics
- Senior Research Scientist, Physics

Chang, Chung-Yun Regular Member
B.S., National Taiwan University, 1954; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1965.
- Senior Research Scientist, Physics
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Chant, Nicholas S. Regular Member
B.A.,Downing College-Cambridge University, 1962; M.A., 1966; Ph.D., Lincoln College-Oxford University, 1966.
- Professor, Physics

Chen, Hsing-Hen Regular Member
B.S., National Taiwan University, 1968; M.A.,Columbia University, 1970; Ph.D., 1973.
- Professor, Physics

Cohen, Thomas D. Regular Member
A.B., Harvard University, 1980; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1985.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Physics

Coplan, Michael A. Regular Member
B.A., Williams College, 1960; Ph.D., Yale University, 1963.
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.ipst.umd.edu/Faculty/coplan.htm
- Director, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.ipst.umd.edu/Faculty/coplan.htm
- Professor, Physics

Currie, Douglas Regular Member
B.E.P., Cornell University, 1958; Ph.D.,University of Rochester, 1962.
- Professor Emeritus, Physics
- Senior Research Scientist, Physics

Das Sarma, Sankar Regular Member
B.S., Presidency College-Calcutta, 1973 Sc.M., Brown University, 1976; Ph.D., 1979.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Distinguished University Professor, Physics
- Director, Condensed Matter Theory Center

DeSilva, Alan W. Regular Member
B.S., University of California-Los Angeles, 1954; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1961.
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Dorfman, J. Robert Regular Member
B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1957; Ph.D.,1961.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Dorland, William D. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Texas, 1988 M.A., Princeton University, 1990 Ph.D., Princeton University, 1993
- Associate Professor, Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling
- Associate Professor, Physics
- Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Dragt, Alex J. Regular Member
A.B., Calvin College, 1958; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1963.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Professor, Physics

Drake, James F. Regular Member
B.S.,University of California-Los Angeles, 1969; M.S., 1972; Ph.D., 1975.
- Professor, Physics

Drew, H. Dennis Regular Member
B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1962; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1968.
- Professor, Physics

Einstein, Theodore L. Regular Member
B.A., Harvard University, 1969; M.A., 1969; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1973.
- Director, Physical Sciences Program
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~einstein/
- Professor, Physics
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Ellis, Richard F. Regular Member
B.A., Cornell University, 1966; M.A., Princeton University, 1968; Ph.D., 1970.
- Professor, Physics

Eno, Sarah C. Regular Member
B.A., Gettysburg College, 1984; M.A.,University of Rochester, 1986; Ph.D., 1990.
- Professor, Physics

Falk, David S. Regular Member
B.Eng.Phys., Cornell University, 1954; M.S., Harvard University, 1955; Ph.D.,1959.
- Assistant Vice President, Academic Affairs
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Fisher, Michael E. Regular Member
B.S., King's College-London, 1951; Ph.D., 1957; S.C.D., Yale University, 1987; Ph.D. Honoris Causa, Tel Aviv University, 1992.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Regents Professor, University System of Maryland
- Distinguished University Professor, Biophysics
- Distinguished University Professor, Physics
- Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.glue.umd.edu/~xpectnil/

Fuhrer, Michael Regular Member
Ph.D., Univ. of CA - Berkeley, 1998
- Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.physics.umd.edu/mfuhrer/
- Associate Professor, Physics

Galitski, Victor M. Regular Member
M.S., Moscow State University, 1998; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2002;
- Assistant Professor, Physics

Gammon, Robert W. Regular Member
A.B., Johns Hopkins University, 1961; M.S.,California Institute of Technology, 1963; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1967.
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.glue.umd.edu/~rgammon/
- Professor, Physics

Gates, Sylvester James, Jr. Regular Member
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973; Ph.D.,1977.
- Director, Center for Particle and String Theory
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Physics
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Professor, Physics

Girvan, Michelle Regular Member
B.S., MIT, 1999; Ph.D., Cornell University 2003;
- Assistant Professor, Physics

Glick, Arnold J. Regular Member
B.A., City University of New York-Brooklyn College, 1955; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1961.
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Gloeckler, George Regular Member
B.S., University of Chicago,1960; M.S., 1961; Ph.D., 1965.
- Distinguished University Professor, Physics
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Gluckstern, Robert L. Regular Member
B.E.E., City University of New York-City College, 1944; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.
- President Emeritus, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor Emeritus, Physics
- Senior Research Scientist, Physics

Goldenbaum, George C. Regular Member
B.S.,Muhlenberg College, 1957; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1966.
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Goodman, Jordan A. Regular Member
B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1973 M.S., 1975; Ph.D., 1978.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Physics

Greenberg, Oscar Wallace Regular Member
B.S., Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 1952; M.A.,Princeton University, 1954; Ph.D., 1957.
- Professor, Physics
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Greene, Richard L. Regular Member
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1967.
- Director, Superconductivity Research, Center for
- Professor, Physics
- Director, Physics

Griem, Hans R. Regular Member
Ph.D., Univ. of Gvttingen, 1953
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Griffin, James J. Regular Member
B.S., Villanova University, 1952; M.S.,Princeton University, 1955; Ph.D., 1956.
- Professor, Physics
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Hadley, Nicholas J. Regular Member
B.S., Yale University, 1976; M.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1978; Ph.D., 1983.
- Professor, Physics

Hall, Carter R. Regular Member
B.S., Virginia Tech, 1996; Ph.D. Harvard University, 2002;
- Assistant Professor, Physics

Hamilton, Douglas C. Regular Member
A.B., University of Kansas, 1969; S.M.,University of Chicago, 1971; Ph.D., 1977.
- Professor, Physics

Hammer, David M. Regular Member
B.A., Princeton University, 1982; M.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1987; Ph.D., 1991.
- Professor, Physics
- Professor, Education: Curriculum and Instruction

Hassam, Adil B. Regular Member
M.A.,Princeton University, 1976; Ph.D., 1978.
- Professor, Physics
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Hill, Wendell T., III Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Irvine, 1974; M.S., Stanford University, 1976; Ph.D., 1980.
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://hillslab.umd.edu/
- Affiliate Professor, Physics

Hoffman, Kara D. Regular Member
B.S., University of Kentucky, 1992; M.S., Purdue University, 1994; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1998;
- Assistant Professor, Physics

Holmgren, Harry D. Regular Member
B.S., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1949;M.A., 1950; Ph.D., 1954.
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Hu, Bei-Lok Regular Member
A.B., University of California-Berkeley, 1967; M.A., Princeton University, 1969; Ph.D., 1972.
- Professor, Physics
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Ipavich, Fred M. Adjunct Member
B.S., Manhattan College, 1967; Ph.D.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1972.
- Senior Research Scientist, Physics

Jacobson, Theodore A. Regular Member
B.A., Reed College, 1977; Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1983.
- Professor, Physics

Jawahery, Abolhassan Regular Member
B.S., Tehran University, 1976; M.S., Tufts University, 1977; Ph.D., 1981.
- Professor, Physics

Ji, Xiangdong Regular Member
B.S., Tongji University/Tungchai University, 1982; M.S., Drexel University, 1985; Ph.D., 1987.
- Professor, Physics

Kacser, Claude Regular Member
D. Phil., Oxford Univ. 1959
- Associate Professor Emeritus, Physics

Kane, Bruce E. Regular Member
B.S., UC Berkeley, 1983; Ph.D., Princeton, 1988;
- Senior Research Scientist, Physics

Kelly, James J. Regular Member
B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1977; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981.
- Professor, Physics

Kim, Young Suh Regular Member
B.S., Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1958; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1961.
- Professor, Physics
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Kirkpatrick, Theodore R. Regular Member
B.S., University of California-Los Angeles, 1977; Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1981.
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.ipst.umd.edu/Faculty/kirkpatrick.htm
- Professor, Physics

Korenman, Victor Regular Member
B.A., Princeton University, 1958; M.A., Harvard University, 1959; Ph.D., 1965.
- Professor, Academic Affairs
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Assistant Provost, Academic Affairs
- Professor, Physics

La Porta, Arthur Regular Member
B.A., Columbia University, 1984; Ph.D., UC San Diego, 1996;
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~alaporta/LaPorta.html
- Assistant Professor, Physics
- Assistant Professor, Biophysics

Langenberg, Donald N. Regular Member
B.S., Iowa State University, 1953;M.S., University of California-Los Angeles, 1955; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1959.
- Chancellor Emeritus, University System of Maryland
- Professor, Physics

Lathrop, Daniel P. Regular Member
B.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1987; Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1991.
- Director, Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics
- Professor, Geology
   website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/pages/faculty/LATHROP/lathrop.htm
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://complex.umd.edu
- Professor, Physics

Layman, John W. Regular Member
A.B., Park College, 1955;M.S.Ed., Temple University, 1962; Ed.D., Oklahoma State University-Stillwater, 1970.
- Professor Emeritus, Physics
- Professor Emeritus, Education: Curriculum and Instruction

Liu, Chuan Sheng Regular Member
B.S.,Tunghai University, 1960; M.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1964; Ph.D., 1968; Honorary Doctor, Chalmers University of Technology-Sweden, 1994.
- Professor, Physics

Lobb, Christopher J. Regular Member
B.A., Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 1974; S.M., Harvard University, 1976; Ph.D., 1980.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Physics
- Associate Director, Superconductivity Research, Center for

Losert, Wolfgang Regular Member
Ph.D., City College of New York 1998
- Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.ipr.umd.edu/~wlosert
- Associate Professor, Biophysics
- Associate Professor, Physics
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Luty, Markus A. Regular Member
B.S., University of Utah, 1987; B.S., 1987;Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1991.
- Professor, Physics

Lynn, Jeffrey W. Regular Member
B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1969; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1970; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1974;
- Adjunct Professor, Physics

Mason, Glenn M. Regular Member
B.A., Harvard University, 1965; M.S., University of Chicago, 1967; Ph.D.,1971.
- Professor Emeritus, Physics
- Senior Research Scientist, Physics

Mather, John C. Regular Member
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1968; Ph.D. UC Berkeley, 1974;
- Adjunct Professor, Physics

Milchberg, Howard M. Regular Member
B.S., McMaster University-Hamilton, 1979; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1985.
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.ece.umd.edu/faculty/milch.html
- Professor, Physics
- Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Misner, Charles W. Regular Member
B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1952; M.A., Princeton University, 1954; Ph.D., 1957.
- Professor Emeritus, Physics
- Senior Research Scientist, Physics

Mohapatra, Rabindra N. Regular Member
B.Sc.,Utkal University, 1964; M.Sc., University of Delhi, 1966; Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1969.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Physics
- Professor, Physics

Oehrlein, Gottlieb Regular Member
B.S., Wurzburg University, 1976; Ph.D., SUNY-Albany, 1981.
- Affiliate Professor, Physics
- Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering

Orozco, Luis A. Non-Member
Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, 1987 Quantum optics; precision measurement; fundamental interactions.
- Professor, Physics

Ott, Edward Regular Member
B.S., The Cooper Union, 1963; M.S., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1965; Ph.D., 1967.
- Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.chaos.umd.edu/personnel/ott.html
- Distinguished University Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Distinguished University Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Distinguished University Professor, Physics

Ouyang, Min Regular Member
B.S., Peking University, 1995; M.S., Peking University, 1996; A.M., Harvard University, 1999; Ph.D., Harvard University, 2001;
- Assistant Professor, Physics

Paik, Ho Jung Regular Member
B.S., Seoul National University, 1966; M.S., Stanford University, 1970; Ph.D., 1974.
- Professor, Physics

Papadopoulos, Konstantinos Dennis Regular Member
B.Sc, University of Athens-Greece, 1960; M.Sc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965; Ph.D.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1968.
- Professor, Physics
- Professor, Astronomy
   website: kp@astro.umd.edu

Park, Robert L. Regular Member
B.S., University of Texas-Austin, 1958; M.A., 1960; Ph.D., Brown University, 1964.
- Professor, Physics

Pati, Jogesh C. Regular Member
B.S., Ravenshaw College,1955; M.S., Delhi University, 1957; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1961.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor Emeritus, Physics
- Senior Research Scientist, Physics

Phillips, William D. Adjunct Member
B.S., Juniata College, 1970; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976.
- Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.physics.umd.edu/amo/
- Distinguished University Professor, Physics

Prange, Richard E. Regular Member
M.S., University of Chicago,1955; Ph.D., 1957.
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Redish, Edward F. Regular Member
B.S., Princeton University, 1963; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Affiliate Professor, Education: Curriculum and Instruction
- Professor, Physics

Richard, Jean-Paul Regular Member
Ph.D., Univ. of Paris, 1963;Doctorat d'Etat, Univ. of Paris, 1965
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Ritz, Steven M. Regular Member
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1981; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988;
- Adjunct Professor, Physics

Roberts, Douglas A. Regular Member
B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1988;M.S., University of California-Los Angeles, 1992; Ph.D., 1994.
- Associate Professor, Physics
- Associate Chair, Physics

Rolston, Steven L. Non-Member
Ph.D. SUNY, Stonybrook, 1986. Laser cooling of neutral atoms;ultra cold plasmas; Bose-Einstein condensation; quantum information.
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.physics.umd.edu/rgroups/amo/rolstonwebsite/index.html
- Professor, Physics
- Associate Chair, Physics

Roos, Philip G. Regular Member
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1960; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964.
- Professor, Physics

Roy, Rajarshi Regular Member
B.S., University of Delhi, 1973; M.S., 1975; M.A., University of Rochester,1977; Ph.D., 1981.
- Director, Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology (IPST)
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.ireap.umd.edu/~rroy/
- Professor, Physics

Sagdeev, Roald Z. Regular Member
B.S., University of Moscow, 1955;Ph.D., Institute of Physical Problems-Moscow, 1960; D.S.,U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences-Siberia, 1962.
- Director, East-West Space Science Center
- Distinguished University Professor, Physics
- Director, Physics

Schwab, Keith C. Regular Member
B.A., University of Chicago, 1990; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1996;
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Physics

Seo, Eun-Suk Adjunct Member
B.S., Korea University-Seoul, 1984; M.S., 1986; Ph.D., Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, 1991.
- Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://cosmicray.umd.edu/homepage/
- Associate Professor, Physics

Shawhan, Peter S. Regular Member
A.B., Washington University in St. Louis, 1990; M.S., University of Chicago, 1992; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1999;
- Assistant Professor, Physics

Skuja, Andris Regular Member
B.Sc., University of Toronto, 1966; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1972.
- Professor, Physics

Sreenivasan, Katepalli R. Regular Member
B.E.(Mech. Eng.), Bangalore University, 1968; M.E.(Aero. Eng.) Indian Institute of Science, 1970; Ph.D. (Aero. Eng.), Indian Institute of Science, 1975; M.A., Yale University, 1985.
- Distinguished University Professor, Physics

Sucher, Joseph Regular Member
B.S.,City University of New York-Brooklyn College, 1952; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1957.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Sullivan, Gregory W. Regular Member
B.S., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1983; M.S., 1985; M.S., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1986; Ph.D.,1990.
- Professor, Physics
- Associate Chair, Physics

Takeuchi, Ichiro Regular Member
B.S.,California Institute of Technology, 1987; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1996.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Physics
- Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering

Toll, John S. Regular Member
B.S., Yale University, 1944; A.M., Princeton University, 1948; Ph.D., 1952; S.C.D., University of Maryland-University College, 1973; S.C.D., University of Wroclaw-Poland, 1975; L.L.D., Adelphi Univers
- Chancellor Emeritus, University System of Maryland
- Chancellor Emeritus, Physics

Tycko, Robert Regular Member
A.B., Princeton University, 1980; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1984;
- Adjunct Professor, Physics

Upadhyaya, Arpita Regular Member
B.E. & M.S., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India, 1994; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2000;
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics
   website:  http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~arpitau/
- Assistant Professor, Biophysics
- Assistant Professor, Physics

Venkatesan, T. Venky Regular Member
B.S., Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, 1969; M.S.,Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, 1971; Ph.D.,City University of New York-Brooklyn College, 1977.
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://squid.umd.edu/csrpage/people/faculty/venky/index.htm
- Research Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Research Professor, Physics

Wallace, Stephen J. Regular Member
B.S., Case Institute of Technology, 1961; M.S.,University of Washington, 1969; Ph.D., 1971.
- Professor, Physics
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Weeks, John D. Regular Member
B.A., Harvard University, 1965; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1969.
- Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.glue.umd.edu/~jdw/
- Distinguished University Professor, Biophysics
- Affiliate Professor, Physics
- Distinguished University Professor, Chemistry

Wellstood, Frederick C. Regular Member
A.B., University of California-Berkeley, 1979; Ph.D., 1988.
- Professor, Physics
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Williams, Ellen D. Regular Member
B.S., Michigan State University, 1976;Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1982.
- Director, Materials Research Science & Engineering Center
- Director, Physics
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Distinguished University Professor, Physics
- Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.physics.umd.edu/spg/

Woo, Ching-Hung Regular Member
B.S., Louisiana Tech University, 1958; M.A.,University of California-Berkeley, 1959; Ph.D., 1962.
- Professor Emeritus, Physics

Yakovenko, Victor M. Regular Member
M.S., Moscow Physical-Technical Institute, 1984; Ph.D., Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 1987.
- Professor, Physics