Meet Our Department!
The faculty and staff of the Physics and Astronomy Department are here to help guide you toward success! Our faculty support a wide array of research areas, and teach using active learning techniques across the curriculum.
Beth Ellen Clark Joseph
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Astronomy, Planetary Science, Asteroids, Spectroscopy, Photometry
Colleen Countryman
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Physics Education Research, Development and Assessment of Smartphone Apps and Simulations, Active Learning Techniques, Educational Technologies, Instructional Videos, Introductory Physics for Life Sci
Jerome Fung
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Soft condensed matter/Optics
Luke Keller
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Astrophysics, spectroscopy, art-science connections and collaborations, natural science general education
Eric Leibensperger
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Environmental Physics, Climate Change, Air Quality
Matthew Price
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Physics and Astronomy Education, Small Ground-Based Telescope Observations
Kelley Sullivan
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Fluorescence Microscopy And Physics Education
Matthew C. Sullivan
Dana Professor and Chair, Physics and Astronomy
Specialty: Solid State Physics and Pedagogical Physics
Jennifer Mellott
Physics Equipment and Lab Coordinator, Physics and Astronomy
Casey Silidjian
Administrative Assistant, Environmental Studies and Science