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Erik Bodegom, Chair, Department of
Physics; Professor of Physics. Ir. 1977 University of Technology,
Delft, The Netherlands; Ph.D. 1982 Catholic University of America.
Interests: charged coupled devices as imagers and their use in
medicine, dentistry, and astronomy, heat transfer and nucleation in
cryogenic liquids, chaos in physical systems.
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Jon Abramson, Professor of Physics.
B.S. 1968 City College of New York; M.A. 1970, Ph.D. 1975 University of
Rochester.
Interests: membrane biophysics, reconstitution of membrane bound
proteins, control of muscle contraction and relaxation, active and
passive Ca2+ transport across biological and artificial
membranes, redox control of Ca2+ transport, oxidative
stress, reactive oxygen species, ryanodine receptors, muscle fatigue
and aging. |
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John L. Freeouf,
Professor of Physics. B.A. 1967 University of Arizona, MS 1969 University of Chicago,
Ph. D. 1973 University of Chicago.
Interests: Optical
properties of solids, optical metrology of electronic materials,
spectroscopic ellipsometry, vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy, surface
passivation, high k dielectrics, physics of semiconductors,
semiconductor devices, nanotechnology.
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Jun
Jiao, Professor of Physics. B.S., Optics, Shandong
University (P.R.China), 1982; M.S., Physics, University of Arizona,
1994; Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona,
1997.
Interests: Structure-property relationships of materials on the
atomic scale. Growth mechanism of carbon nanoclusters including carbon
nanotubes and carbon encapsulated magnetic particles. Defects in
semiconductors, in particular in silicon-on-insulator structures.
Analytical techniques in electron microscopy and spectroscopy including
high resolution TEM, STEM, FESEM, and EDS. |
Aslam Khalil, Professor of Physics.
B.Phys., Physics, B.A., Mathematics, B.A., Psychology, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis 1970; M.S., Physics, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, 1972; Ph.D., Physics, Center for Particle Theory, University
of Texas, Austin, 1976; M.S., Environ. Sci., Oregon Graduate Center,
1979; Ph.D., Environmental Science, Oregon Graduate Center, 1979.
Interests: trace gases and their effect on the global climate. |
Rolf
Könenkamp, Gertrude Rempfer Professor of Physics.
M.S. 1980, Ph.D. 1984, Tulane University; habilitation 1998, Freie
Universitaet Berlin.
Interests: nano-scale devices, electron optics, photoelectron
microscopy, electron transport, semiconductor applications,
nano-crystalline, amorphous and organic thin films, photovoltaics. |
Andres
La Rosa, Associate Professor of Physics. B. S. Physics,
National University of Engineering, Lima-Peru. M.S. Physics, Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale. Ph.D. Physics, Near-field Optical
Microscopy, North Carolina State University, 1996.
Interest: Near-field Optical Microscopy. Optical MEMS. |
Pui-Tak
(Peter) Leung,
Professor of Physics. B.S. 1976 Chinese University of Hong Kong; M.A.
1979, M.Ed. 1979, Ph.D. 1982 State University of New York, Buffalo.
Interests: theoretical atomic and surface physics, optical detection of
molecules at surfaces, molecular fluorescence and biosensing based on
surface plasmon resonance, photo-ablation and laser cleaning of
surfaces. |
Peter
Möck, Associate Professor of Physics;
Diploma
(equivalent to BS/MS) in Crystallography, Leipzig University, 1983; Dr.
rer. nat. (equivalent to PhD) in Crystallography, Humboldt University
of Berlin 1991.
Interests: nano and micrometer scale materials science and engineering,
application of physical crystallography to materials science and
engineering problems of semiconductor technologies, self assembled
semiconductor quantum dots, transmission electron microscopy in both
parallel illumination and scanning probe modes (including atomic
resolution Z-contrast imaging), high energy transmission electron
diffraction and goniometry of direct and reciprocal lattice vectors,
X-ray diffraction and topography. |
Andrew Rice, Assistant Professor of
Physics. B.S. Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, 1995;
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 2002.
Interests: Understanding the roles of atmospheric trace gases in
climate and chemistry through the use of naturally occurring stable
isotopes. |
Erik Sanchez, Associate Professor of
Physics. B.A. Physics (Honors Program), Portland State University,
1989; M. S., Physics, Portland State University, 1993; Ph.D,
Environmental Sciences: Physics, Portland State University/Pacific NW
National Lab (PNNL/EMSL), 1999.
Interests: Development and implementation of nano-scale imaging
techniques. Study of the optical interaction of light and nanometric
objects in order to generate enhanced fields for fluorescence and Raman
spectroscopy/microscopy. Determination of new applications for Focused
Ion / Electron Beam systems towards the study of biological systems
using near-field and far-field microscopies. |
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Raj
Solanki, Professor of Physics. Ph.D. Physics, Colorado
State University, 1982.
Interests: Electronic and photonic materials and devices, high-k
dielectrics, copper interconnects, atomic layer deposition, bio-sensors,
nanoelectronics.
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| Special Faculty |
| Chris
Butenhoff, Adjunct Assistant Professor. MS, 1999,
Portland State University |
John Carruthers,
Distinguished Professor of Physics, BaSc University of Toronto, 1959,
M.S. Lehigh University, 1961, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering,
University of Toronto, 1967
Interests: Nanoelectronics and nanometrologies of materials and
nanoscale objects and devices, including imaging and characterization
of defects, surfaces, and interfaces relevant to integration of
nanotechnologies into microscopic host systems. Nanosensors for
biological and biomedical applications. |
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Chunfei
Li, Assistant Professor. B. Sc., Kirin
University, P.R. China, M. Sc. Materials Science and Engineering,
Institute of Metal Research, P.R. China, 1988, Ph.D., Materials Science
and Engineering, Osaka University, Japan, 1995.
Interests: electron microscopy, materials science.
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| Perla
Peszkin, Adjunct Assistant Professor. PhD, 1984,
University of Delaware. |
| John D. Ramshaw,
Research Professor. B.S.,
The College of Idaho, 1965;
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970. Interests:
theoretical and computational fluid dynamics and plasma physics,
theoretical statistical physics. |
Sergei
Rouvimov, Research Assistant Professor,
M.S. Physics (Semiconductor Physics), St. Petersburg (Leningrad) State
University, Ph.D. Physics (Materials Science) 1987 A.F. Ioffe
Physico-Technical Institute, St-Petersburg, Russia
Interests: Atomic structure and physical properties of epitaxial
hetero-structures (III-V, II-VI) and interfaces, including quantum
structures and novel materials, with emphasis on the structure-physical
properties relationship, advanced metrology (high resolution
electron microscopy, electron crystallography, EELS, EDX, XPS,
photo-luminescence, x-ray diffraction, etc.), semiconductor technology
and manufacturing, including nano-technology, crystal growth, defect
engineering and analysis, structure modeling and simulation.
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Björn Seipel, Adjunct Assistant
Professor. Diploma (equivalent to BS/MS) in Mineralogy University of
Tübingen, 1999; Dr. rer. nat. (equivalent to PhD) in Mineralogy,
University of Tübingen, 2003.
Interests: nano and micrometer scale materials science and engineering,
x-ray and neutron diffraction, crystal structure refinement
(Rietveld-analysis) corrosion of ceramic materials in several
environments. |
Ralf Widenhorn, Adjunct Professor.
Vordiplom 1997 Universitaet Konstanz, M. S. in Physics 2000 Portland
State University, Ph.D., 2005, Portland State University.
Interests: Characterization of Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) and other
solid state sensors: dark current in CCDs , Residual images in CCDs,
charge diffusion in CCDs. Thermally activated processes and the origin
of the Meyer-Neldel rule. |
| Emeritus Faculty |
| Carl
Bachuber, Professor Emeritus of Physics. Ph.D. 1964
University of Washington. |
Laird
C. Brodie, Professor Emeritus of Physics. B.A. 1944 Reed
College; M.S. 1949 University of Chicago; Ph.D. 1954 Northwestern
University.
Interests: low temperature physics, mechanics of the ear's basilar
membrane. |
John
Dash, Professor Emeritus of Physics. B.S. 1955
Pennsylvania State University; M.S. 1960 Northwestern University; Ph.D.
1966 Pennsylvania State University.
Interests: electrodeposition of metals, application of electron
microscopy to research in physical science. |
Donald C. Howard, Professor
Emeritus of Physics. A.A. 1957, A.B. 1959, Ph.D. 1964 University of
California, Berkeley.
Interests: Mössbauer spectroscopy, solid state studies of
naturally occurring minerals and rocks, chemical and physical study of
molecules adsorbed onto surfaces. |
Guang-jiong
Ni, Emeritus
Professor of Physics, formerly Professor of Physics
at Fudan University in China.
Research interest: fundamental problems in theoretical physics
including quantum mechanics, relativity, quantum field theory, and the
role of antimatter in general relativity. He is author/coauthor of 6
books and over 200 papers, including the recent text in English on
Advanced Quantum Mechanics:
http://www.rintonpress.com/books/gni.html |
Rudi
H. Nussbaum, Professor Emeritus of Physics. B.S. 1951,
Ph.D. 1954 University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
Present interests: radiation protection standards, epidemiological
studies on cancer induction at low doses of ionizing radiation. |
| Arnold
Pickar, Professor Emeritus of Physics. |
| Pieter
Rol, Professor Emeritus of Physics. |
Gertrude F. Rempfer, Professor Emerita
of Physics. B.S. 1934, Ph.D. 1939 University of Washington.
Interests: electron physics, electron optics, photoelectron microscopy.
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Jack S. Semura, Professor Emeritus
of Physics. B.A. 1963, M.S. 1964 University of Hawaii; Ph.D. 1972
University of Wisconsin.
Interests: statistical physics, complex systems, maximum entropy
methods, ultrasonic resonance spectroscopy, chaotic dynamics. |
Pavel K. Smejtek, Professor of
Physics. M.S. 1961 Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (USSR); Ph.D. 1965
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (Prague).
Interests: membrane biophysics, scanning tunneling microscopy, chemical
and solid state physics. |
Makoto
Takeo, Professor Emeritus of Physics. Diploma 1943
Tohoku University (Japan); M.S. 1951, Ph.D. 1953 University of
Oregon.
Interests: theoretical atomic physics, surface physics and gas kinetics
by optical methods, gas dynamics, lattice dynamics. |
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