Faculty : Physics : UMass Amherst

Anthony Dinsmore

Professor and Department Head

Michael Baker

Assistant Professor

Michael Baker is a theoretical particle physicist with a strong interest in dark matter.

Guy Blaylock

Associate Professor

Paul Bourgeois

Senior Lecturer, Director of Physics Teaching Laboratories

Paul Bourgeois is the Director of Physics Teaching Laboratories whose research dives into Experimental Nuclear Physics.

Benjamin Brau

Associate Professor

Benjamin Brau, Associate Professor, bases his research around Experimental Particle Physics.

Donald Candela

Professor, Undergraduate Program Director

Donald Candela specializes in Condensed Matter Physics with a focus on research interests in the field.

Rafael Coelho Lopes de Sa

Associate Professor

Carlo Dallapiccola

Professor

Benny Davidovitch

Professor

John Donoghue

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Irene Dujovne

Senior Lecturer

Lori Goldner

Professor, Associate Head, and Graduate Program Director

Eugene Golowich

Professor Emeritus

Robert Hallock

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

David Hamilton

Lecturer

Heath Hatch

Senior Lecturer II

Ben Heidenreich

Assistant Professor

Scott Hertel

Associate Professor

Barry Holstein

Professor Emeritus

Manasa Kandula

Assistant Professor

David Kastor

Senior Lecturer II

David Kawall

Professor

Krishna Kumar

Gluckstern Professor of Physics

Jonathan Machta

Professor Emeritus

Varghese Mathai

Assistant Professor

Narayanan Menon

Professor

Rory Miskimen

Professor

Verena Martinez Outschoorn

Associate Professor

Professor Martinez Outschoorn earned her bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics from Harvard University in 2005, followed by her Ph.D. in physics from the same institution in 2011.

Andrea Pocar

Professor

Rudolf Podgornik

Visiting Professor

Nikolay Prokofiev

Professor

Monroe Rabin

Emeritus Professor

Michael Ramsey-Musolf

Professor & Director, Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions

Michael Ramsey-Musolf, Professor & Director, Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions, is interested in Theoretical physics at the interface of nuclear physics, high energy physics, and cosmology.

Tigran Sedrakyan

Associate Professor

Lorenzo Sorbo

Professor

Boris Svistunov

Professor

Shubha Tewari

Senior Lecturer II

Andrea Thamm

Assistant Professor

Andrea Thamm works on effective field theories and simplified models of new physics beyond the Standard Model.

Brokk Toggerson

Senior Lecturer

Jennie Traschen

Professor

Mark Tuominen

Professor, CNS Associate Dean of Innovation and Research

Romain Vasseur

Associate Professor

Chen Wang

Associate Professor

Stephane Willocq

Professor

Jun Yan

Associate Professor

Jiang-hao Yu

Visiting Professor

Shuang Zhou

Assistant Professor

Building/Location Codes

LGRT - Lederle Graduate Research Tower
HAS - Hasbrouck Laboratory
PSB - Physical Science Building
CONTE - Conte Polymer Research Building
GOESS - Goessman Laboratory
CERN - Center for European Nuclear Research (Switzerland)
FNAL - Fermi National Laboratory (Illinois)
JLAB - Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory (Virginia)
BNL - Brookhaven National Laboratory (New York)

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Physics

Award-winning teaching, research opportunities, and interdisciplinary programs in a diverse, inclusive community of excellence.

Main Office:
Department of Physics
1126 Lederle Graduate Research Tower (LGRT)
University of Massachusetts
710 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003-9337 USA

Phone: (413) 545-2545
Fax: (413) 545-0648