Physics and Astronomy Faculty

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

Kristopher E. Anderson, Ph.D.

(B.S., California State University - Fresno; M.S., Ph.D., University of California Davis 2005)

Computational physics of materials

NAU 2007

Nadine G. Barlow, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1987)

Planetary science

NAU 2002  

Gary E. Bowman, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Northern Arizona University; M.S., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame 2001)

Foundations of quantum mechanics

NAU 1994

David M. Cornelison, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department Chair

(B.S., University of Arizona; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1990)

Surface physics, scanning tunneling microscopy, astrophysical ices

NAU 1990  

David M. Cole Ph.D., Senior Lecturer

(B.S., M.S., Colorado School of Mines; Ph.D., Texas A&M 1997)

Magnetic resonance imaging, science education

NAU 1996  

William G. Delinger, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Chadron State College; M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Ph.D., University of Iowa 1972)

Solid state, electronic instrumentation, solar energy, computers

NAU 1972  

T. Randall Dillingham, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of Southern Colorado; M.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University 1983)

Surface physics, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, accelerator-based atomic physics

NAU 1989  

Kathleen DeGioia Eastwood, Ph.D., Professor

(A.B., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., University of Wyoming 1982)

Optical and infrared astronomy: star formation, interstellar medium, stellar populations

NAU 1988  

Mark James, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., M.S., University of Missouri–St. Louis; Ph.D., Kansas State University 2003)

Physics education, analogy-making as cognition

NAU 2003

David Koerner, Ph.D., Associate Professor

David.Koerner@nau.edu

(B.S., California State University–Long Beach; M.S., Ph.D., California Institute of Technology 1995)

Planetary science, extra-solar planets, astrobiology

NAU 2002  

Barry L. Lutz, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Lebanon Valley College; A.M., Ph.D., Princeton University 1968)

Atomic and molecular astrophysics: spectroscopy of planets, comets and the interstellar medium, molecular processes, lab molecular spectroscopy

NAU 1991

Timothy L. Porter, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., M.S., California State University–Fresno; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1988)

Surface physics, scanning probe microscopy, low energy ion scattering from surfaces, microsensors

NAU 1988  

Stephen C. Tegler, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., State University of New York–Stony Brook; M.S., Rice University; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1989)

Visible and infrared astronomy, origins of solar systems, comets

NAU 1995

Adjunct Faculty

Ralph Baierlein, Ph.D.

(A. B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Princeton University 1962)

Thermal physics, science for nonscience students

NAU 1999

David H. Begay, Ph.D.

(B.A., M.A. University of Arizona; Ph.D. California Institute Integral Studies 1998)

Indigenous astronomy

NAU 2007

Conard C. Dahn, Ph.D.

(B.A., Wesleyan University; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University 1967)

Astronomy

NAU 1997  

John Gallagher III

Deidre A. Hunter, Ph.D.

(B.S., University of Arizona; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois 1982)

Star formation in external galaxies

NAU 1988  

Tobias J. Kreidl, Ph.D.

(University of Vienna, Austria 1979)

Ap stars, variable stars

NAU 1988

Nancy C. Maryboy, Ph.D.

(B.A. Smith College; M.F.A. Goddard College; Ph.D. California Institute Integral Studies 1998)

Indigenous astronomy

NAU 2007

Philip Massey, Ph.D.

(B.S., M.S., California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Colorado 1980)

Evolution of massive stars, star formation

NAU 1993  

Keran O’Brien, B.S.

(Fordham University 1953)

Physics of ionizing radiation, cosmic rays

NAU 1988

Jeffrey Pier

NAU 2008

David G. Schleicher, Ph.D.

(B.S., University of Michigan; M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland 1983)

Chemical abundances and physical properties of comets

NAU 1993  

Gary Schmidt, Ph.D

(B.A.,  University of Iowa, Ph.D., University of Arizona 1978)

Optical Astronomy and Instrumentation

NAU 2006

Carolyn S. Shoemaker, M.A.

(B.S., M.A., Chico State College 1950)

Asteroids, comets

NAU 1989

John A. Stansberry, Ph.D.

(B.A., Colorado College; Ph.D., University of Arizona 1994)

Planetary science

NAU 1997  

Robert L. Swift, M.B.S.

(B.A., University of California–Berkeley; M.B.S., University of Colorado 1965)

Pre-college science education

NAU 1989

Timothy Titus

NAU 2008

Donna Weistrop

NAU 2008

Robert Young, Ph.D.

(B.S., Illinois Institute of Chicago; Ph.D., Purdue University 1967)

Biophysics of proteins

NAU 2004

Faculty Emeriti

Richard C. Hall, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Indiana University 1965)

Photometry, polarimetry, cinematography

NAU 1965 (retired 2001)

Henry O. Hooper, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of Maine; M.S., Ph.D., Brown University 1961)

Atomic bonding in solid state, glasses, platinum anti-cancer complexes

NAU 1981 (retired 2000)  

Gordon P. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Augsburg College; M.S., University of Wisconsin; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota 1968)

Science education

NAU 1969 (retired 1995)  

R. Gary Layton, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., M.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., Utah State University 1965)

Nucleation and surface interactions, cloud physics, atmospheric aerosols

NAU 1969 (retired 2000)

Andrew P. Odell, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin 1974)

Stellar evolution and pulsation, radiation transfer in planetary atmospheres

NAU 1981 (retired 2003)  

Wirt C. Ward, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Purdue University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri 1965)

Imperfections in solids, physics education, medical physics

NAU 1965 (retired 1988)

William R. Willis, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., West Virginia Wesleyan College; M.S., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University 1954)

Nuclear radiation

NAU 1967 (retired 1989)