Oct 11, 2024  
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Physics and Astronomy


Chair 

Lepp, Stephen - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., University of Minnesota; M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder. Rebel since 1991.

Graduate Coordinator 

Kwong, Victor H. - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., Queen’s University; M.S., University of Windsor; Ph.D., University of Toronto. Rebel since 1984.

Graduate Faculty 

Chen, Changfeng - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., Ph.D., Peking University. Rebel since 1990.

Cornelius, Andrew - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., Drake University; Ph.D., Washington University. Rebel since 1999.

Farley, John W. - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., Harvard College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University. Rebel since 1987.

Kim, Eunja - Associate Graduate Faculty

Assistant Research Professor; MS, Ph.D., Jeonbuk National University, Korea. Rebel since 2003.

Kumar, Ravhi - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Research Professor; Ph.D., Anna University, Chennai. Rebel since 2001.

Lavina, Barbara - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Research Professor; MS, Ph.D.,  University of Pedova, Italy. Rebel since 2006.

Lepp, Stephen H. - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., University of Minnesota; M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder. Rebel since 1991.

Martin, Rebecca - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.A., MS, Churchill College, Cambridge Universsity UK, Ph.D., Institute of Astronomuy and Jesus College, Cambridge University, UK. Rebel since 2015.

Pang, Tao - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., Fudan University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Rebel since 1991.

Pravica, Michael  - Full Graduate Faculty

 Associate Professor; B.S., Cal Tech; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University. Rebel since 2003.

Proga, Daniel - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; M.S., Nicolaus Copernicus University; Ph.D. Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center. Rebel since 2005.

Rhee, George - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.A., Cambridge University; M.Sc., Leiden University; M.A., Cambridge University; Ph.D., Leiden University. Rebel since 1993.

Salamat, Ashkan - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; MS, Imperial College, UK, Ph.D., University College London, UK. Rebel since 2015.

Selser, James C. - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., U.S. Air Force Academy; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Rebel since 1981.

Shelton, David P. - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Manitoba. Rebel since 1988.

Steffen, Jason - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor; B.S., Weber State University, UT, MS, University of Washington, WA, Ph.D., Univerisity of Washington, WA. Rebel since 2015.

Wang, Liping - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Research Faculty; BS, University of Science and Technology, China, MS, Ph.D., University of Michigan, MI. Rebel since 2011.

Zhang, Bing - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Peking University. Rebel since 2004.

Zhao, Yusheng - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., M.S., Peking University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkely. Rebel since 2010.

Zygelman, Bernard - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., Ph.D., City College of New York. Rebel since 1990.

Professor Emeritus 

Cloud, Stan

Emeritus Professor; B.S. Stanford University; M.S., Ph.D., Duke University. UNLV Emeritus 1980-2005.

Pyper-Smith, Diane - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; A.B., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz.

Weistrop, Donna E. 

 Emeritus Professor; B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology. UNLV Emeritus 1990-2005.

Zane, Len - Full Graduate Faculty

Emeritus Professor; B.S., City College of New York; Ph.D. Duke University. UNLV Emeritus 1973-2011.