USC
University of Southern California
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Physics and Astronomy

Main Departmental Office
Seeley G. Mudd Building 408
(213) 740-0848
FAX: (213) 740-8094
Email: physdept@usc.edu
http://physics.usc.edu

Undergraduate Office
Seeley G. Mudd Building 407
(213) 740-1140
FAX: (213) 740-8094

Chair: N. Eugene Bickers, Ph.D.

Faculty

Professors: Lloyd Armstrong, Jr., Ph.D. (Provost); Itzhak Bars, Ph.D.; Gerd Bergmann, Ph.D.; N. Eugene Bickers, Ph.D.*; Hans M. Bozler, Ph.D.; Tu-nan Chang, Ph.D.*; Werner Dappen, Ph.D.*; Jack Feinberg, Ph.D.*; Christopher M. Gould, Ph.D.*; Martin A. Gundersen, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering); Robert W. Hellwarth, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering); Clifford Johnson, Ph.D.; Darrell L. Judge, Ph.D.; Rajiv Kalia, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science); Anthony J. Levi, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering); Anupam Madhukar, Ph.D. (Materials Science); Kazumi Maki, D.S.; Dennis Nemeschansky, Ph.D.; John S. Nodvik, Ph.D.; Robert C. Penner, Ph.D. (Mathematics); Krzysztof Pilch, Ph.D.; Edward J. Rhodes, Jr., Ph.D.*; Hubert Saleur, Ph.D.; Robin Shakeshaft, Ph.D.; Priya Vashishta, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science); Christoph von der Malsburg, Ph.D. (Computer Science); William G. Wagner, Ph.D.; Nicholas P. Warner, Ph.D.*

Associate Professors: Stephan Haas, Ph.D.*; Vitaly Kresin, Ph.D.; Aiichiro Nakano, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science); Richard S. Thompson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor: Maxim Olshanii, Ph.D.

Research Professors: Geraldine J. Peters, Ph.D.; Israel Senitzky, Ph.D.; Chung-Yung (Robert) Wu, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professors: Robert K. Cole, Ph.D.; Melvin A. Daybell, Ph.D.; Harriet H. Forster, Ph.D.; Gibson Reaves, Ph.D.*; William G. Spitzer, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering and Materials Science)*

Associate Faculty with Titles in Physics and Astronomy: Joseph Kunc, Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering); Howard Taylor, Ph.D. (Chemistry)

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

Degree Programs

The Department of Physics and Astronomy offers the Bachelor of Science in Physics, Bachelor of Science in Astronomy, Bachelor of Science in Physics/Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts in Physics, Bachelor of Arts in Astronomy, Bachelor of Science in Biophysics, Bachelor of Science in Physical Sciences, a minor in physics or astronomy, Master of Science in Physics, Master of Science in Physics for Business Applications, Master of Arts in Physics and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics.