Department Committees

Committee Descriptions

Academic Year 2024–2025

Administration

Chair
Kevin Black
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Program and Academic Affairs
Maxim Vavilov
Associate Chair for Graduate Program
Keith Bechtol
Associate Chair for Alumni Relations & Board of Visitors
Brian Rebel
Department Administrator
Aimee Lefkow
Director of Communications
Sarah Perdue
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Jim Reardon
Physics Council
Black (ex officio) | Bechtol (ex officio) | Vavilov (ex officio) | Eriksson (ex officio)
Rebel (ex officio) | Everett | Egedal | Gilbert | Walker | Lu

University Committees

Faculty Senators
Hashimoto (Sarff) | Hanson (Bose) | Pan (McCammon) | Carlsmith (Saffman)
Divisional Committee
Yavuz
Committee of Undergraduate Recruitment and Financial Aid
Carlsmith
Graduate Faculty Executive Committee
Black
Budget Committee
Black
University Committee
Zweibel

Sabbatical

Semester I:
Vandenbroucke, Eriksson
Semester II:
Vandenbroucke, Chung, Everett, Halzen

Departmental Committees

Climate & Diversity
Bose (Chair) | Bergmann | Rebel | Moloni | Perdue | Zizmann | Banes | Nowak | Sanwalka | Kemeny | Mills
Colloquium
Saffman (Chair) | Bergmann | Chung |  Fang | Levchenko | Soares | Timbie | Zhdankin | Arifa | Curtis-Ginsberg
Curriculum Committee
Timbie (Chair) | Hanson | Münchmeyer | Otten | Sarff | Francis | Heintz | Reardon
Space Committee
Eriksson (Chair) | Dasu | Rzchowski | Saffman | Sarff | Lefkow
Facilities (Computing, Shops & Library)
McDermott (chair) | Brar | Kuzmin | Bradley | Lefkow | Narf |Bernhardt
New Staff (Faculty), Promotions & Mentoring
Shiu (Chair) | Forest | Herndon | McCammon | Lefkow (ex-officio)
Outreach, Communications, Web Content & Museum
Bergmann (Co-Chair) | Perdue (Co-Chair) | Joynt | Song | Parker | Atkinson | McLean | Seys | Mand | Sharma | Tripathi
Staff Recognition
Chung (Chair) | Carlsmith | Woods | Friesen | Lefkow
Staff Salaries
Brar (Chair) | Chung | Esterlis | Pan | Lefkow
Faculty Recognition and Salaries
Karle (Chair) | Balantekin | Chung | Saffman | Shiu | Lefkow
Department Finances
Balantekin (Chair) | Bose | Forest | Jorge | Moloni | Lefkow
Strategic Planning
Dasu (Chair) | Bai | Brar | Forest | Gilbert | Karle | Levchenko | Rebel | Walker
Staff Strategic Planning
Walker (Co-Chair) | Lefkow (Co-Chair) | Balantekin | Dasu | Kahn | Moloni | Perdue
Student Awards
Zweibel (Chair) | Carlsmith | Song | Zhdankin | Anderson | Heintz | Lefkow
Alumni and Board of Visitors Committee
Rebel (Chair) | Forest | Joynt | Shiu | Lefkow | Perdue

Undergraduate Committees

Physics Majors Program
McCammon (Chair) | Carlsmith | Lu | Timbie | Francis | Heintz | Reardon
Service Courses
Boldyrev (Chair) | Pan | Francis| Nossal | Mohammadi | Spike | Thurs | Unks | Weber
Undergraduate Advisors
Adams | Heintz | Bose | Yavuz
Link to Advisors Page

Graduate Committees

Ph.D. Graduate Program
Bechtol  (Chair) | Lu | König | McDermott | Kahn
Ph.D. First Year
Bechtol  (Chair) |Hashimoto | Hanson | Herndon | Jorge | Kuzmin | McCammon | Timbie | Yavuz | Kahn
Ph.D. Graduate Recruiting
Münchmeyer (Chair) | Esterlis | Lu | Kahn | Moloni
Ph.D. Graduate Admissions & Fellowships
Egedal (Chair) | Bai |  Friesen | Herndon | Kuzmin | Münchmeyer | Plourde | Woods | Zhdankin | Kahn
Ph.D. Qualifying Exam
Everett (Co-Chair)  | Herndon  (Co-Chair) | Bai | Boldyrev | Egedal | Kuzmin | Levchenko | Rebel | Walker | Kahn
Ph.D. Preliminary Exam
Hashimoto (Chair) | Bai | Carlsmith | König | Pan
MS in Physics – Quantum Computing
Yavuz (chair)  | Joynt | Otten | Saffman | Friesen | Moloni
MS in Physics – Quantum Computing – Admissions
Yavuz (chair ) | Balantekin | Esterlis | Joynt | Saffman | Moloni  | Friesen