College of Science & Engineering

Physics - Department of Chemistry & Physics

Physics - Department of Chemistry & Physics

Faculty and Staff CONTACT INFORMATION

Physics Advisers

B.S. Physics – Bigelow, Dalton, Haglin, and Lee (astrophysics)
Physical Science, Physics Emphasis (teachers) – Lee
Pre-Engineering – Dalton, Harlander, Kalia
Nuclear Medicine Technology and the Radiologic Technology programs – Please send email to medicalphysics@stcloudstate.edu

Faculty

Undergraduate Faculty Bios and
Graduate Faculty Bios

EMAIL DOMAIN - @stcloudstate.edu (unless otherwise listed)

	Gary Bohannan Adjunct Professor of Physics B.S. (Physics) 1971, Washington State University-Pullman; M.S. (E.E.) 1977, Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, CA; Ph.D. (Physics) 2000, Montana State University-Bozeman. Specialty: Electronic Materials, Fractional Order Dynamics Email: gwbohannan Office: Wick Science Building 313 Telephone: (320) 308-3718			Annette Lee, M.A. Physics/Astrophysics, M.F.A. Painting. Assistant Professor of Physics B.S. 1992 University of California-Berkeley; B.A. 1998 University Illinois-Urbana; M.F.A. 2000 Yale University; MS 2008 Washington University-St. Louis Specialty: Extrasolar Planets, Native American Star Knowledge, Science/Math Education Email: aslee Website: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/aslee Office: Wick Science Building 314 Telephone: (320) 308-2013

	Bill Dalton, Ph.D. (teaching Spring semesters only through 2013) Professor of Physics B.S. 1963, M.S. 1966, Ph.D. 1970, Florida State University Specialty: Foundation of electrodynamics Email: bjdalton Office: Wick Science Building 308 Telephone: (320) 308-2774			Russ Lidberg, M.S. Assistant Professor of Physics B.S. 1988, University of Nebraska-Omaha; B.S. 2001, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; M.S. 1995 in University of Nevada-Las Vegas; ABD, 2011, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities Specialty: Optical spectroscopy Email: rllidberg Website: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rllidberg Office: Wick Science Building 318 Telephone: (320) 308-4858

	Kevin Haglin, Ph.D. Professor of Physics; Chairperson B.A. 1985, Hamline University; Ph.D. 1990, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Specialty: Electromagnetic probes, heavy flavor, heavy ion collisions, nuclear (hadronic) matter, nuclear theory, quark gluon plasma Email: klhaglin Website: http://feynman.stcloudstate.edu/haglin Office: Wick Science Building 310 Telephone: (320) 308-2012			Zengqiang "John" Liu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Physics B.S. 2000, Nankai University, P.R. China; Ph.D. 2007, University of Minnesota Specialty: Structures and phase transitions of smectic liquid crystals Email: zliu Office: Wick Science Building 311 Telephone: (320) 308-3154

	John Harlander, Ph.D. Professor of Physics B.A. 1982, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire; M.S. 1986, Ph.D. 1991, University of Wisconsin, Madison Specialty: Instrumental spectroscopy, optical design Email: jmharlander Website: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/jmharlander Office: Wick Science Building 315 Telephone: (320) 308-4974			Steven T. Ratliff, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Physics B.S. 1975, M.S. 1977, Ph.D. 1982, UCLA Speciality: Medical Physics Email: stratliff Website: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/stratliff/ Office: Wick Science Building 316 Telephone: (320) 308-3274

	Sneh Kalia, Ph.D. Professor of Physics B.Sc. 1970, M.Sc. 1972, Dehli University (India); Ph.D. 1984, Lucknow University (India) Specialty: Theoretical physics Email: skalia Website: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/skalia Office: Wick Science Building 317 Telephone: (320) 308-4285			Maria Womack, Ph.D. (on leave of absence from 1/31/12 to 1/31/13) Professor of Physics B.S. 1985, Florida State University; Ph.D. 1991, Arizona State University Specialty: Chemical composition of comets, spectroscopy and imaging of comets Email: mwomack Website: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/mwomack Office: Wick Science Building 309 Telephone: (320) 308-4171

Any questions regarding the Radiologic Technology and Nuclear Medicine Technology programs can be emailed to: email: medicalphysics@stcloudstate.edu				David Williams Adjunt Professor of Physics B.S. 1970, University of Minnesota; M.S. 1984, University of North Dakota Specialty: Astronomy and Physics Education, Variable Star Research Email: dlwilliams Office: Wick Science Building 339 Telephone: (320) 308-4161

Staff

Linette Simonson Office and Administrative Specialist Email: linette Office: Wick Science Building 324 Telephone: (320) 308-2011	Steven Zinsli College Laboratory Services Specialist, sets up the physics laboratory equipment Email: szinsli Office: Wick Science Building 304 Telephone: (320) 308-3242

Faculty & Staff Retirees

Professor Charles Eckroth Years of Service at SCSU: 1969-1998	Professor Wendell Pou Years of Service at SCSU: 1966-1999
Professor David Jerde Years of Service at SCSU: 1969-1999	Professor Richard Schoenberger Years of Service at SCSU: 1986-2002
Professor Arnold Lesikar Years of Service at SCSU: 1966-2004	Professor Donald Trummel Years of Service at SCSU: 1960-1997
Professor Mike Garrity Years of Service at SCSU: 1968-2008	Jim Simonson College Laboratory Services Specialist, Planetarium technical support Years of Service at SCSU: 1972-2011
No photos available: Professor Phil Youngner Years of Service at SCSU: 1949-1982 Professor Ben Moore Years of Service at SCSU: 1960-1982 Professor Alexander McWilliams Years of Service at SCSU: 1962-1992

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