St. Cloud State University

Department of Physics, Astronomy & Engineering Science

Department of Physics, Astronomy & Engineering Science

Faculty and Staff CONTACT INFORMATION

Departmental Advisors

Advisors, B.S. Physics – Bigelow, Dalton, Haglin
Advisor, B.E.S. Physics – Dalton
Advisor, Physical Science, Physics Emphasis (teachers) – Williams, Haglin
Advisors, Pre-Engineering – Dalton, Harlander, Kalia
Advisors, Nuclear Medicine Technology and the Radiologic Technology programs – All Department Faculty and Reshma Ismail (first point of contact, see contact information below)

Faculty

Undergraduate Faculty Bios and
Graduate Faculty Bios

Matt Bigelow, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering Science B.S. 1998, Colorado State University; Ph.D. 2004, University of Rochester Specialty: Ultra-slow light propagation, spatial solitons, atom optics, quantum optics, and extreme nonlinear optics. Email: mbigelow@stcloudstate.edu Website: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/mbigelow/ Office: Wick Science Building 312 Telephone: (320) 308-3145		Sneh Kalia, Ph.D. Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering Science B.Sc. 1970, M.Sc. 1972, Dehli University (India); Ph.D. 1984, Lucknow University (India) Specialty: Theoretical physics Email: skalia@stcloudstate.edu Website: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/skalia Office: Wick Science Building 317 Telephone: (320) 308-4285
Bill Dalton, Ph.D. (On sabbatical Spring 2008) Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering Science B.S. 1963, M.S. 1966, Ph.D. 1970, Florida State University Specialty: Foundation of electrodynamics Email: bjdalton@stcloudstate.edu Office: Wick Science Building 308 Telephone: (320) 308-2774		Russ Lidberg, M.S. Assistant Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering Science B.S. 1988, University of Nebraska-Omaha; B.S. 2001, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; M.S. 1995 in University of Nevada-Las Vegas; currently working on Ph.D, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities Specialty: Optical spectroscopy Email: rllidberg@stcloudstate.edu Website: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rllidberg Office: Wick Science Building 318 Telephone: (320) 308-4858
Mike Garrity, Ph.D. Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering Science B.S. 1964, Saint John’s University; M.S. 1965, Ph.D. 1968, Arizona State University Specialty: Diagnostic imaging, health physics, medical physics, nuclear medicine, radiation oncology Email: mkgarrity@stcloudstate.edu Office: Wick Science Building 316 Telephone: (320) 308-3274		Zengqiang "John" Liu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering Science 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@stcloudstate.edu Office: Wick Science Building 311 Telephone: (320) 308-3154
Kevin Haglin, Ph.D. Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering Science; 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@stcloudstate.edu Website: http://feynman.stcloudstate.edu/haglin Office: Wick Science Building 310 Telephone: (320) 308-2012		David Williams, M.S. Assistant Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering Science Planetarium Director B.S., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; M.S. 1984, University of North Dakota Specialty: Astronomy education, variable stars Email: dlwilliams@stcloudstate.edu Website: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/dlwilliams Office: Wick Science Building 314 Telephone: (320) 308-2013
John Harlander, Ph.D. Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering Science 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@stcloudstate.edu Website: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/jmharlander Office: Wick Science Building 315 Telephone: (320) 308-4974		Maria Womack, Ph.D. (*On sabbatical Fall 2007 and Spring 2008) Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering Science* B.S. 1985, Florida State University; Ph.D. 1991, Arizona State University Specialty: Chemical composition of comets, spectroscopy and imaging of comets Email: mwomack@stcloudstate.edu Website: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/mwomack Office: Wick Science Building 309 Telephone: (320) 308-4171
Yoshinao Hirai,Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering Science B.S. 1996, Ph.D. 2007, University of Wisconsin- Madison Specialty: Highly correlated electron systems, high-temperature superconductors, magnetic materials, magnetic susceptometry, VUV & x-ray spectroscopy Email: yhirai@stcloudstate.edu Office: Wick Science Building 339 Telephone: (320) 308-3718		Ms. Reshma Ismail Graduate Assistant First Point of Contact for all students in: • Nuclear Medicine Technology • Radiologic Technology Email: isre0701@stcloudstate.edu Office: Wick Science Building 325 Telephone: (320) 308-2011

Staff

Linette Simonson Office and Administrative Specialist Email: linette@stcloudstate.edu Office: Wick Science Building 324 Telephone: (320) 308-2011	Steven Zinsli College Laboratory Services Specialist, sets up the physics laboratory equipment Email: szinsli@stcloudstate.edu Office: Wick Science Building 304 Telephone: (320) 308-3242
Jim Simonson College Laboratory Services Specialist, Planetarium technical support Email: jasimonson@stcloudstate.edu Office: Wick Science Building 55 Telephone: (320) 308-2973

Faculty Emeriti who have retired from the department

Professor Charles Eckroth Email: ceea@charter.net Years of Service at SCSU: 1969-1998	Professor Wendell Pou Email: wmpou@stcloudstate.edu Years of Service at SCSU: 1966-1999
Professor David Jerde Email: davidjerde@seanet.com Years of Service at SCSU: 1969-1999	Professor Richard Schoenberger Email: rjschoenberger@stcloudstate.edu Years of Service at SCSU: 1986-2002
Professor Arnold Lesikar Email: avlesikar@stcloudstate.edu Years of Service at SCSU: 1966-2004	Professor Donald Trummel Email: drtrummel@stcloudstate.edu Years of Service at SCSU: 1960-1997
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