There is a definite need in high-tech industries for graduates who fall in the gap between someone graduating with an engineering degree and a regular Physics Ph.D. Students in this category might work in R&D, process control, interdisciplinary fields (such as medical physics and biophysics), stockpile stewardship and nuclear forensics, or computational physics. While none of our faculty specifically identify themselves as applied physicists, many have projects which naturally fall into the niche this program fills and have graduated students from within this program. Specifically, there are opportunities in the fields of: condensed matter/solid state physics; atomic and molecular physics/quantum optics; detector R&D; nuclear physics; accelerator physics; and instrumentation in observational astronomy.
Faculty Researchers
Girish Agarwal
- Joint Appointment in Physics and Astronomy
- Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Office: MPHY 574 (main office)
- Phone: 979-458-7939
- Email: girish.agarwal@tamu.edu
Alexey Belyanin
- Associate Department Head
- Professor
- Ed Rachal Foundation Endowed Chair in Science
- Office: MIST M426 (main office)
- Phone: 979-845-7785
- Email: belyanin@tamu.edu
Darren DePoy
- Professor
- Rachal/Mitchell/Heep Professorship in Physics
- Office: MASS 204 (main office)
- Phone: 979-862-2082
- Email: depoy@tamu.edu
Carl Gagliardi
- Professor Emeritus
- Office: CYCL 334 (main office)
- Phone: 979-845-1411
- Email: c-gagliardi@tamu.edu
David Lee
- University Distinguished Professor
- Office: MPHY 572 (main office) - MPHY B41 (aux. location)
- Phone: 979-458-7938
- Email: dmlee@physics.tamu.edu
Igor Lyuksyutov
- Professor
- Office: MPHY 452 (main office) / MPHY B39 (aux. location)
- Email: lyuksyutov@tamu.edu
Rupak Mahapatra
- Professor
- Mitchell-Heep Chair in Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office: MIST M417 (main office)
- Phone: 979-229-4196
- Email: mahapatra@physics.tamu.edu
Jennifer Marshall
- Associate Professor
- Arseven/Mitchell Chair in Astronomical Statistics
- Office: MIST M420 (main office) - MASS 203 (aux. location)
- Phone: 979-862-2782
- Email: marshall@tamu.edu
Peter M. McIntyre
- Professor Emeritus
- Office: MPHY 414 (main office)
- Phone: 979-255-5531
- Email: mcintyre@physics.tamu.edu
Nader Mirabolfathi
- Research Associate Professor
- Office: MPHY 459 (main office)
- Email: mirabolfathi@physics.tamu.edu
Donald Naugle
- Professor Emeritus
- Office: MPHY 408 (main office)
- Phone: 979-845-4429
- Email: naugle@physics.tamu.edu
Joe Ross
- Professor
- Office: MPHY 448 (main office) - ENPH B03 (aux. location)
- Phone: 979-845-3842
- Email: ross@physics.tamu.edu
Hans Schuessler
- Professor
- Schüessler/Mitchell/Heep Chair in Optical and Biomedical Physics
- Office: MPHY 442 (main office) - ENPH B11-B12 (aux. location)
- Phone: 979-422-1801
- Email: schuessler@physics.tamu.edu
Marlan Scully
- Distinguished Professor
- Herschel E. Burgess Chair in Physics
- Office: MPHY 566B (main office)
- Phone: 979-862-2333
- Email: scully@tamu.edu
Alexei Sokolov
- University Distinguished Professor
- Stephen E. Harris Professorship in Quantum Optics
- Office: MPHY 543 (main office) / CHEN 416 (aux. location)
- Phone: 979-845-7733
- Email: sokol@physics.tamu.edu
Nicholas Suntzeff
- University Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Office: MIST M513 (main office)
- Email: nsuntzeff@tamu.edu
Farit Vagizov
- Assistant Research Scientist
- Office: MPHY B36 (main office)
- Phone: 979-326-4750
- Email: vagizov@physics.tamu.edu
Aart Verhoef
- Joint Professor in Physics and Astronomy
- Assistant Professor of Soil and Crop Science
- Office: MPHY B22 (aux. location)
- Phone: 979.845.2423
- Email: aart.verhoef@tamu.edu
M. Suhail Zubairy
- University Distinguished Professor
- Munnerlyn/Heep Endowed Chair in Quantum Optics
- Office: MPHY 546 (main office)
- Phone: 979-862-4047
- Email: zubairy@physics.tamu.edu
