Faculty and Staff

Research scientists focused on teaching.

Physics and astronomy professors are intensely involved in every facet of education, from the classroom and laboratory to individual research and advising.

The physics and astronomy faculty at Valparaiso University has expertise in fields including:

• Computational Condensed Matter
• Nanoscience
• Nuclear Physics
• Observational Astronomy
• Particle Physics
• X-ray and Neutron Scattering

All teaching faculty members conduct research, and they use their projects as opportunities to mentor students in research.

• Adam Gibson-Even, Ph.D. – Professor
• Haiying He, Ph.D. – Associate Professor
• Todd Hillwig, Ph.D. – Professor
• Andrew Richter, Ph.D. – Professor, Department Chair
• Stan Zygmunt, Ph.D. – Professor
• Paul Nord – Curator of Physics
• Shirvel Stanislaus, Ph.D. – Senior Research Professor
• Bruce Hrivnak, Ph.D. – Senior Research Professor
• Donald Koetke, Ph.D. – Senior Research Professor