Physics and Astronomy

People - Faculty

• Astumian, R. Dean
  Professor of Physics
• Batuski, David J.,
  Department Chairperson, and Professor of Physics and Astronomy
• Camp, Paul R.
  Emeritus Professor of Physics
• Clark, David E.
  Lecturer in Physics
• Comins, Neil F.
  Professor of Physics and Astronomy
• Dudish, Frank
  Lecturer in Physics
• Harmon, Gerald S.
  Emeritus Associate Professor of Physics
• Hess, C. Thomas
  Professor of Physics
• Hess, Samuel T.
  Associate Professor of Physics
• Kleban, Peter H.
  Professor of Physics
• Lad, Robert J.
  Professor of Physics and Director of LASST (Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology)
• McClymer, James P.
  Associate Professor of Physics and Graduate Coordinator
• McKay, Susan R.
  Professor of Physics and Director of The Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research
• Meulenberg, Robert W.
  Assistant Professor of Physics
• Morrow, Richard A.
  Emeritus Professor of Physics
• Mountcastle, Donald B.
  Associate Professor of Physics
• Smith, Charles W.
  Emeritus Professor of Physics
• Tarr, Charles E.
  Emeritus Professor of Physics
• Thompson, John R.
  Associate Professor of Physics and Cooperating Associate Professor of Education
• Unertl, William N.
  Professor of Physics
• Wittmann, Michael C.
  Associate Professor of Physics and Cooperating Associate Professor of Education

The faculty members you will find in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Maine are not only instructors and lecturers, but researchers too. Everyone is actively engaged in one or more research and development areas. Some you can even join in as a student!

We pride ourselves in taking an active role in your education and growth. We provide constructive feedback in a timely manner. Imagine getting homework back the next day! We want to help you make the most of your college days, and prepare you for the rest of your life.

Memorials

• Brownstein, Kenneth R. (Deceased 3/21/08)
  Emeritus Professor of Physics
• Carr, Edward F. (Deceased 12/17/07)
  Emeritus Professor of Physics
• Krueger, George C.
  Emeritus Professor of Physics (Deceased 9/26/04)

Post Doctoral Associate in Physics Education Research

• Brian W. Frank

Cooperating Graduate Faculty

• Michael Grunze, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Institute for Molecular Biophysics, University of Maine
• Jayendran Rasaiah, Ph.D., Dept. of Chemistry, University of Maine
  Recent Publications:
  
      Jayendran C. Rasaiah and Jianjun Zhu, "Reaction                           Coordinates for Electron Transfer Reactions ", J. Chem. Phy. l29,             214503 (2008)

     Jayendran C. Rasaiah, Shekhar Garde ","Water in Nonpolar            Confinement: From Nanotubes to Proteins and Beyond",            Ann. Rev. Physical Chemistry 59, 713-740,(2008)

Research and Adjunct Graduate Faculty

• Christof Cremer, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maine and Adjunct Staff Member, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor Maine
• Paul Dolan, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maine
• David Frankel, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, LASST, University of Maine
• Jay Nadeau, Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maine and Adjunct Staff Member, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor Maine
• Joachim Spatz, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maine and Adjunct Staff Member, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor Maine

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