Faculty

Research/Visiting | Adjoint

Richard Anantua, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Office: AET 3.386
Phone: (210) 458-6564
Email: Richard.Anantua@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Astronomy
Black Holes
Computational Astrophysics
General Relativity

Arturo Ayón, Ph.D.
Professor and Graduate Advisor of Record

Office: MEMS 1.100
Phone: (210) 458-7245
Email: Arturo.Ayon@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Materials Science of Thin Films
Metamaterials
Microdevices
Photovoltaics
Sensors

Cristian Botez, Ph.D.
Professor and Assistant Vice President for Research

Office: 2.130K GSR
Phone: (210) 458-8227
Email: Cristian.Botez@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Materials Physics
Nanomagnetism
X-ray and Neutron Scattering

Lorenzo Brancaleon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Office: AET 3.378
Phone: (210) 458-5694
Email: Lorenzo.Brancaleon@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Molecular Biophysics
Optical Spectroscopy
Photophysics

Andrey Chabanov, Ph.D.
Professor

Office: AET 3.356
Phone: (210) 458-6426
Email: Andrey.Chabanov@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Advanced Photonic Materials
Wave Phenomena in Periodic and Random Media

Chonglin Chen, Ph.D.
Professor

Office: AET 3.354
Phone: (210) 458-6427
Email: Chonglin.Chen@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Electronic Thin Films and Heterostructures
Energy Materials and Catalysis
Smart Materials and Control Systems
Surface and Interface

Liao Chen, Ph.D.
Professor

Office: AET 3.396
Phone: (210) 458-5457
Email: Liao.Chen@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Biophysics
Theoretical and Computational Physics

Dina Drozdov, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer

Office: AET 3.344
Phone: (210) 458-8179
Email: Dina.Drozdov@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Interstellar Medium
Supernovae

Lindsay Fuller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Research

Office: AET 3.358
Email: Lindsay.Fuller@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Active Galaxies
Environments of Supermassive Black Holes
Infrared Telescopes

Robert Hamby
Lecturer II

Office: MS 3.02.24
Phone: (210) 458-5749
Email: Robert.Hamby@utsa.edu

Zlatko Koinov, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Office: AET 3.388
Phone: (210) 458-5446
Email: Zlatko.Koinov@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Bose-Einstein Condensation
Magnetooptics
Nanophysics
Strongly Correlated Systems

Ichishiro Konno, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer

Office: AET 3.376
Phone: (210) 458-5759
Email: Ichishiro.Konno@utsa.edu

Nicolas Large, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Office: AET 3.392
Phone: (210) 458-8279
Email: Nicolas.Large@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Condensed Matter Theory
Nanophotonics
Plasmonics
Physics of Materials and Nanostructures

Xóchitl López-Lozano, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Office: AET 3.380
Phone: (210) 458-5062
Email: Xochitl.Lopezlozano@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Condensed Matter Theory
Optical Spectroscopy
Physics of Nanostructures

Rafael Lopez-Mobilia, Ph.D.
Professor of Instruction and Undergraduate Advisor of Record

Office: AET 3.350
Phone: (210) 458-5460
Email: Rafael.Lopezmobilia@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Cosmology
Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
Theoretical Particle Physics

Marcelo Marucho, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Office: AET 3.374
Phone: (210) 458-7862
Email: Marcelo.Marucho@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Computational and Theoretical Biophysics
Computational and Theoretical Nanomaterials
Computational and Theoretical Neurophysics
Scientific Software Developer

Kathryn Mayer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Office: SRL 1.416
Phone: (210) 458-8278
Email: Kathryn.Mayer@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Biophysics
Optical Techniques
Plasmonics
Single Molecule Studies

Jose Morales, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Office: FLN 4.01.40
Phone: (210) 458-5735
Email: Jose.Morales4@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Computational Electronics
Inverse Problems in Electrochemistry
Kinetic Theory
Quantum Information

Kelly Nash, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Office: AET 3.203
Phone: (210) 458-6153
Email: Kelly.Nash@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Biophotonics
Nano-Bio Interfaces
Nanoparticle Synthesis and Spectroscopy
Nanotransducers

Chris Packham, Ph.D.
Professor

Office: AET 3.384
Phone: (210) 458-8671
Email: Chris.Packham@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Active Galactic Nuclei
Infrared Instrumentation
Infrared Observations
Stellar Discs

Arturo Ponce-Pedraza, Ph.D.
Professor and Assistant Department Chair

Office: AET 3.205F
Phone: (210) 458-8267
Email: Arturo.Ponce@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Nanostructured Materials
Structural Defects in Materials
Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Diffraction

James Powell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Practice

Office: AET 3.363
Phone: (210) 458-5698
Email: James.Powell@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Cosmic Microwave Background
Cosmology
Early Radiation Universe

Eric Schlegel, Ph.D.
Professor

Office: AET 3.324
Phone: (210) 458-6425
Email: Eric.Schlegel@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Astrophysics of Interacting Binary Stars
Supernovae
X-ray Emission of Spiral Galaxies

David Silva, Ph.D.
Professor and Dean

Office: BSE 2.110D
Phone: (210) 458-4450
Email: DavidR.Silva@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Astronomical Data Services and Systems
Extragalactic Stellar Populations
Host Stars of Exoplanets
International Observatory Development, Implementation, and Operation

Elizabeth Sooby, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Office: SRL 1.414
Phone: (210) 458-7901
Email: Elizabeth.Sooby@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Corrosion
High Temperature Materials Synthesis
Materials Physics
Nuclear Materials
Reaction Kinetics
Thermal Analysis

Angela Speck, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair

Office: AET 3.205C
Phone: (210) 458-6954
Email: Angela.Speck@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Astronomy
Astrophysics
Infrared
Mineralogy
Optical Properties

R. Tyler Sutherland, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Office: BSE 1.530
Email: Robert.Sutherland@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Quantum Computing
Quantum Optics
Quantum Simulation
Quantum Technology

Research and Visiting

Larry Tankersley, Ph.D.
Specialist

Email: Larry.Tankersley@utsa.edu

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