2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Physics (PHYS)
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MATTHEW PELTON, Chair
JASON KESTNER, Associate Chair
THEODOSIA GOUGOUSI, Graduate Program Director
M.S., Ph.D. (Degree Types )
Professors
DEMOZ, BELAY, Ph.D., University of Nevada; Atmospheric physics and chemistry, meteorological observations.
GOUGOUSI, THEODOSIA, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Dielectric properties of thin films, surface and interface physics, nano-physics.
JOHNSON, ANTHONY, Ph.D., City College of the City University of New York; Non-linear optics, photonics, fast optical phenomena
KESTNER, JASON, Ph.D., University of Michigan; Theoretical physics, semiconductor quantum dots, cold atoms, quantum information
MARTINS, J. VANDERLEI, Ph.D., University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Atmospheric physics, aerosols, clouds, instrument development, in situ and remote sensing
OWEN, BENJAMIN, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
PELTON, MATTHEW, Ph.D. Stanford University; Optical Studies of Nanoscale Physics
PITTMAN, TODD B., Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Quantum optics, quantum information, non-linear optics.
ROUS, PHILIP J., Ph.D., Imperial College of Science and Technology and Medicine, U.K.; Theoretical physics, surfaces, interfaces and nano-structures
SHIH, YANHUA, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park; Non-linear and quantum optics, laser physics
ZHANG, ZHIBO, Ph.D., Texas A&M University; Remote Sensing, Cloud Physics,Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Interactions.
Associate Professors
ATACA, CAN, Ph.D., Bilkent University; computational physics, materials physics, low-dimensional materials.
BARBOSA, HENRIQUE, Ph.D., State University at Campinas, Climate modeling, the interaction of tropical rainforests with the atmosphere
DEFFNER, SEBASTIAN, Ph.D., University of Augsburg; quantum thermodynamics, quantum information theory, theoretical physics.
GEORGANOPOULOS, MARKOS, Ph.D., Boston University, high energy astrophysics, active galactic nuclei, relativistic jets, extragalactic background light.
HENRIKSEN, MARK J., Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park; X-ray astronomy, astrophysics.
MEYER, EILEEN, Ph.D., Rice University; Astrophysics. Galaxy formation; HST imaging
ZHAI, PENGWANG, Ph.D., Texas A&M University; Light scattering, radiative transfer, and remote sensing in coupled atmospheric and ocean systems.
Assistant Professors
FOORD, ADI, Ph.D., Astronomy & Astrophysics at University of Michigan, high-energy astrophysics.
ROCHA LIMA, ADRIANA, Ph.D., UMBC; Atmospheric Physics
ANZÀ, FABIO, Ph. D., University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 2018
DIEDERICH, GEOFFREY, Ph.D., University of Denver, 2019
Research Faculty: Professors
STROW, L. LARRABEE, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park; Infrared molecular spectroscopy, atmospheric physics.
Affiliated Faculty: Research Associate Professors
DE-SOUZA-MACHADO, SERGIO, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park; Atmospheric spectroscopy, plasma physics
VARNAI, TAMAS, Ph.D. McGill University, Canada; Cloud heterogeneities.
Affiliated Faculty: Assistant Professors
XU, XIAOGUANG, Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln; remote sensing, chemistry modeling of atmospheric aerosols
The Department of Physics offers graduate programs leading to the MS and PhD degrees in physics. The Department is located in the 78,000 sq. ft. Physics building (built in 1999), which contains numerous research and teaching labs, offices, classrooms, a machine shop, and a physics library.
Research in the UMBC Physics Department is centered in 4 main areas: condensed matter physics, quantum optics and quantum information science, astrophysics, and atmospheric physics. Faculty members are engaged in both theoretical and experimental research in these areas.
Detailed information about UMBC Physics Department research and facilities can be found at www.physics.umbc.edu
The admission process is competitive, with selections determined by an Admissions Committee comprised of faculty members of the Department of Physics. The number of available admission slots varies from year to year based on faculty and financial resources. Applicants are required to submit undergraduate transcripts, 3 recommendation letters, and a personal statement. GRE scores will not be taken into account in application evaluation.
All full-time PhD students are supported by 12-month Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships, or Research Fellowships. These include a stipend, tuition coverage, and health benefits.
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