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
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
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.
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 and Graduate Advisor of Record
Office: AET 3.396
Phone: (210) 458-5457
Email: Liao.Chen@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Biophysics
- Theoretical and Computational Physics
Thayne Currie , Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: AET 3.388
Phone: (210) 458-5446
Email: Thayne.Currie@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Adaptive Optics
- Astrophysics
- Extrasolar Planets
- High-Contrast Imaging
- Instrumentation
- Planet Formation
Dina Drozdov, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Instruction
Office: AET 3.344
Phone: (210) 458-8179
Email: Dina.Drozdov@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Interstellar Medium
- Supernovae
Lindsay Fuller, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Office: AET 3.358
Email: Lindsay.Fuller@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Active Galaxies
- Environments of Supermassive Black Holes
- Infrared Telescopes
Ichishiro Konno, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Instruction
Office: AET 3.376
Phone: (210) 458-5759
Email: Ichishiro.Konno@utsa.edu
Nicolas Large, Ph.D.
Associate 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 Success
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
Lisa Shepard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Instruction
Email: Lisa.Shepard@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Astronomy
- Astrophysics
- Masers
- Stardust
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
Damien Villarreal
Senior Lecturer
Office: MS 3.02.47
Phone: (210) 458-4921
Email: Damien.Villarreal@utsa.edu
Xinting Yu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: Xinting.Yu@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Astronomy
- Exoplanets
- Material Characterization
- Planetary Science
- Theoretical Astrophysics
- Titan
Xuan Zhou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: AET 3.374
Phone: (210) 458-7845
Email: Xuan.Zhou@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Electrocatalysis
- Materials under High Pressures and Shock
- Nano-Optics and Photonics
- Photopolymerization
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