Faculty and Staff

Department of Physics

Chair

Simonetta Frittelli, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Physics
Associate Professor
General relativity and gravitational lensing, and mathematical physics.

209 Bayer Learning Center
Office Phone: 412.396.6355
Email: simo@mayu.physics.duq.edu

Faculty

Scott Cohen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Atomic physics, mathematical physics, and quantum information and quantum computing Office Phone: 412.396.6353 Email: cohensm@duq.edu

K. Thomas R. Davies, Ph.D. Professor Nonlinear dynamics (chaos), nuclear and particle physics, and mathematical physics Office Phone: 412.396.6351 Email: davies@duq.edu

Derrick Hilger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Education and experimental condensed matter Office Phone: 412.396.6348 Email: hilgerd@duq.edu

Darryl J. Ozimek, M.S. Instructor Education Office Phone: 412.396.1784 Email: ozimekd@duq.edu

Monica Sorescu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Experimental condensed matter Office Phone: 412.396.4166 Email: sorescu@duq.edu

Emeritus Professor

Shih-Chi Chang, Ph.D.
Experimental condensed matter

Adjunct Faculty

Michael Beran, M.S.Ed.
Ph.D. Candidate
Pitt, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Email: mikeb_15216@yahoo.com

Paul DiBucci, M.S.Ed.
Teacher
North Allegheny Senior High, Science Department
Email: dibucci@zoominternet.net

Topher Hughes
Ph.D. Candidate
Pitt, Department of Geology and Planetary Science
Email: cgh1@pitt.edu

Larry LaJohn, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Pitt, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Email: lal18+@pitt.edu

Josephine Palencia, M.S.
Senior High-Performance Computing Systems Administrator
CMU, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Email: josephin@psc.edu

Tom Pierce, M.S.
Mechanical Engineer (retired) 
Email: tvpierce@windstream.net

Raghu Reddy, M.S.
Senior Computational Science Consultant
CMU, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Email: rredy@psc.edu

Yang Wang, Ph.D.
Senior Scientific Specialist
CMU, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Email: ywg@psc.edu

Amy Wolfe
Ph.D. Candidate
Pitt, Department of Geology and Planetary Science
Email: alw11@pitt.edu