Faculty
Patrick Banner
Visiting Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
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Cacey Bester
Assistant Professor of Physics
Physics & Astronomy-Physics
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Research interests: experimental soft condensed matter, granular flow, and sediment transport
Michael Brown
Morris L. Clothier Professor of Physics
On Leave - Spring
Physics & Astronomy
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Research interests: Plasma physics, experiment (SSX), plasma turbulence, magnetic reconnection, solar physics, and fusion. I am past-chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and past-chair of my scientific society: American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics. I am currently a Councilor for the American Physical Society.
David Cohen
Professor of Astronomy
On Leave - Academic Year
Physics & Astronomy-Astronomy
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Research interests: Massive stars, stellar winds, X-ray astrophysics, and exoplanets.
Eva-Maria Collins
Associate Professor
On Leave - Calendar Year
Biology
Physics & Astronomy-Physics
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Catherine Crouch
Professor of Physics
Department Chair, Physics & Astronomy
Physics & Astronomy-Physics
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Research interests: Physics education, protein-cell membrane interactions, and nanoparticle physics
Ben Geller ’01
Associate Professor of Physics
Director, Swarthmore Summer Scholars Program and Coordinator of NSE Educational Support Initiatives
On Leave - Fall
Physics & Astronomy-Physics
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Jeff Hyde
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
Physics & Astronomy-Physics
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Research Interests: Particle astrophysics & cosmology, neutrino physics
Eric Jensen
Walter Kemp Professor in the Natural Sciences
Dean of Academic Success
Student Affairs
Physics & Astronomy-Astronomy
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Research interests: Extrasolar planets and planet formation, particularly in binary star systems.
Carolyn Raithel
Assistant Professor of Physics
Physics & Astronomy-Physics
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Research interests: Neutron stars, dense-matter physics, gravitational waves, compact object mergers
Jesus Rivera
Laboratory Lecturer and Observatory Manager of Astronomy
Physics & Astronomy-Astronomy
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Research interests: radio astronomy, dusty star-forming galaxies, gravitational lensing, galaxy formation and evolution
Hillary Smith
Associate Professor of Physics
Physics & Astronomy-Physics
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Research Interests: materials physics, energy storage materials, phonon dynamics, scattering
Tristan Smith
Associate Professor of Physics
On Leave - Fall
Physics & Astronomy-Physics
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Research interests: Early universe cosmology; tests of modified theories of gravity; analysis of the cosmic microwave background
Brian DiGiorgio Zanger
Visiting Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
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Research: Galaxy kinematics, barred galaxies
Lecturers
Mary Ann Klassen
Senior Laboratory Lecturer
Physics & Astronomy
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Kristen Recine
Laboratory Lecturer
On Leave - Fall
Physics & Astronomy
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Staff
Paul Jacobs
Electronics & Computer Coordinator
Physics & Astronomy
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Steven Palmer
Physics & Astronomy
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Eric Novak
Project Scientist II
Physics & Astronomy
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Emeriti
John Boccio
Emeritus Physics & Astronomy
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Research interests: Foundations of quantum mechanics and galaxy-galaxy collisions.
Peter Collings
Morris L. Clothier Professor Emeritus of Physics
Emeritus Physics & Astronomy
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Research interests: Soft condensed matter, liquid crystals, and molecular assembly.
Amy Graves
Walter Kemp Professor Emerita of Natural Science, Professor of Physics
Emeritus Physics & Astronomy
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Research Interests: Computer simulations of soft matter systems. We study the jamming phase transition between fluid and disordered solid. We also simulate "active matter", to understand transport and self-organized behavior in crowds of self-propelled particles.
Frank Moscatelli
Edward Magill Professor Emeritus of Physics
Emeritus Physics & Astronomy
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<p>Research interests: Biomedical imaging and spectroscopy; laser physics; atomic cooling and trapping.</p>
