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