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Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro

Department Chair, Professor of Physics and Harbert Family Distinguished Chair for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship
208 Olin Physical Laboratory | Lab: 216 Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.4993
shapiro@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Experimental and some computational biophysics, Nitric Oxide, Hemoglobin and other heme proteins, Blood flow, Sickle cell and other cardiovascular diseases
  • Publications
  • Website
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Martin Guthold

Professor of Physics, Associate Chair
Office: 302 Olin Physical Laboratory | Lab: 213 Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.4977
gutholdm@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Atomic force and fluorescence microscopy of biological samples, Mechanical properties of biological fibers and molecules
  • Publications
  • Website
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Keith Bonin

Professor of Physics and Associate Provost for Research and Scholarly Inquiry
Office: 310 Olin Physical Laboratory | Lab: 200 Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.4962
bonin@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Optics, Biophysics, Microscopy
  • Publications
  • Website
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Fred Salsbury

Physics Graduate Program Director, Professor of Physics and Scott Family Fellow
301A Olin Physical Laboratory | Lab: 305B Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.4975
salsbufr@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Computational and theoretical biophysics, molecular physics, drug discovery
  • Publications
  • Website

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Paul Anderson

Professor of Physics and MacDonough Family Fellow
208 Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.4992
anderson@wfu.edu

  • Fields: General Relativity, Quantum Field Theory, Cosmology
  • Publications
  • Website
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Stephen Baker

Visiting Assistant Professor
108B Olin Physical Laboratory
bakersr@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Experimental Physics
  • Publications
  • Website

 

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Eric D. Carlson

Associate Professor of Physics
306 Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.4994
ecarlson@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Particle physics, Astrophysics
  • Publications
  • Website

David Carroll

Professor of Physics
Office: 108A Olin Physical Laboratory | Lab: Nanotechnology Center
336.727.1804
carroldl@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Nanostructures, Low-dimensional systems, Biotechnology, Microscopy
  • Publications
  • Website
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Sam Cho

Associate Professor and Shively Family Faculty Fellow
Olin 301B | Manchester 227
336.758.3922
choss@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Computational biophysics, Protein and RNA folding, Biomolecular assembly, Molecular machines, GPU-based programming
  • Publications
  • Website
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Greg Cook

Associate Professor of Physics and ZSR Foundation Fellow
304 Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.4987
cookgb@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Theoretical and computational general relativity; gravitational waves produced by black-hole and neutron-star binaries; high-accuracy modeling of black holes
  • Publications
  • Website
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Jack Dostal

Associate Teaching Professor
303B Olin Physical Laboratory
3367584948
dostalja@wfu.edu

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Natalie A. W. Holzwarth

Professor of Physics
300 Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.5510
natalie@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Theoretical solid state physics, computer simulations of electronic and structural properties of solids
  • Publications
  • Website
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Oana D. Jurchescu

Baker Physics Professor
217 Olin Physical Laboratory | Lab: 209B Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.4407
jurchescu@wfu.edu

  •  Fields: Experimental condensed matter physics, Organic and Flexible Electronics
  • Publications
  • Website: Organic Electronics Lab
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Ajay Ram Srimath Kandada

Assistant Professor of Physics
212 Olin Physical Laboratory | Lab: 209A Olin Physical Laboratory
srimatar@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
  • Publications
  • Website
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Jed Macosko

Professor of Physic
Office: 215 Olin Physical Laboratory | Lab: 213 Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.4981
macoskjc@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Mechanics of protein machines
  • Publications
  • Website
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Melissa Pashayan

Visiting Assistant Professor
108C Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.4988
pashayml@wfu.edu

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Timo Thonhauser

Wright Family Professor of Physics and Director of Center for Functional Materials
303A Olin Physical Laboratory
thonhauser@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Theoretical and computational condensed matter physics
  • Publications
  • Website
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Stephen M. Winter

Assistant Professor of Physics
214 Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.7165
winters@wfu.edu

Steve Winter concentrates on theoretical condensed matter physics in the area of Quantum Materials — including quantum magnets and topological insulators. We use a variety of theoretical approaches – including large numerical simulations and analytical (pen on paper) calculations – to try to model experiments on real materials, as well as classify and predict new quantum phases.

  • Fields: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
  • Publications
  • Website

Research Faculty

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Swati Basu

Research Associate Professor
basus@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Experimental biophysics
  • Publications
  • Website
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William C. Kerr

Research Professor and Emeritus Professor
216 Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.5339
wck@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Theoretical solid state and statistical physics, computer simulation studies of phase transitions, and soliton effects in condensed matter
  • Publications
  • Website
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George Holzwarth

Research Professor and Emeritus Professor
300 Olin Physical Laboratory
336.758.5533
gholz@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Experimental biophysics
  • Publications
  • Website
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Rick Matthews

Research Professor of Physics
matthews@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Condensed Matter Physics, Physics Education
  • Publications
  • Website
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K. Burak Üçer

Research Associate Professor
336.758.4989
ucerkb@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Ultrafast laser physics and spectroscopy, optical materials
  • Publications
  • Website
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Howard W. Shields

Research Professor of Physics
336.758.5519
shields@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Solid state physics, biophysics, electron spin resonance studies in irradiated organic solids of biological interest, high temperature superconductors, structural phase changes

Affiliate and Adjunct Faculty

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J. Daniel Bourland

Professor of Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Engineering
336.713.6503
bourland@wakehealth.edu

  • Fields: Radiation oncology and biomedical engineering
  • Publications
  • Website

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Erin Henslee

Assistant Professor of Engineering
455 Vine Street, Bldg 60 South, Room 4511
336.702.1963

  • Fields: Red blood cell electrophysiology, cell separation and patterning, understanding electrophysiological parameters.
  • Publications
  • Website
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Lauren E. L. Lowman

Assistant Professor of Engineering
Wake Downtown 4509
336.702.1966
lowmanle@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Land-atmosphere interactions, Hydrometeorology, Ecohydrology, Remote sensing, Fluid dynamics, Numerical and statistical modeling
  • Publications
  • Website
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Michael Munley

Professor of Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Engineering
Wake Forest School of Medicine
336.713.6538
mmunley@wakehealth.edu

  • Fields: Radiosurgery; Lung Neoplasms; Brain Neoplasms; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • Publications
  • Website
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Adam R. Hall

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Wake Forest School of Medicine
336.716.5384
arhall@wakehealth.edu

  • Fields: Basic and Applied Nanobiotechnology
  • Publications
  • Website
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Mark W. Roberson

President of Goldfinch Sensor Technologies and Analytics LLC
mwr@goldfinchsta.com

Research Associates

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Hurriyet Yuce Cakir

Postdoctoral Researcher with Jurchescu group
206 Olin Physical Lab
cakirhy@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Semiconductor materials and devices
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Saif Ullah

Postdoctoral Researcher with Thonhauser group
303C Olin Physical Laboratory
ullahs@wfu.edu

  • Fields: Theoretical Condensed Matter

Staff

Eric Chapman

Instructional Resources Manager
Olin 110
336.758.5532
chapmaek@wfu.edu

Heather Chapman

Grants & Contracts Manager
Olin 305A
336.758.4971
chapmahn@wfu.edu

Bob Morris

Laboratory Technician
Olin Machine Shop

Candace Ring

Academic Coordinator
Olin 100
336.758.3223
currencr@wfu.edu

Joe Showalter

Machine Shop Instructor
joesgarage@triad.rr.com

Ching-Wan Yip

Instructional Technology Analyst
305C
336.758.4985

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