Richard Brown ~ Adjunct Instructor of Physics & AstronomyAssociate Director of J.I. Holcomb Observatory & Planetarium(317) 940-8319rbrown@butler.edu
Education: B.S., M.S. Indiana University
Expertise: Astronomy education and public outreach.
H. Marshall Dixon ~ Emeritus Professor of Physics & Astronomy(317) 940-9407
Education: A.B., M.S., Ph.D. University of Virginia
Expertise: Digital and analog electronics, computer architecture, and mathematical physics
Xianming Han ~ Department HeadProfessor of Physics & Astronomy(317) 940-9873xhan@butler.edu
Education: B.S. University of Science and Technology of China; M.S., Ph.D. University of Colorado
Expertise: experimental atomic collision physics, theoretical and experimental nonlinear interactions between lasers and atoms, quantum optics and multiphoton ionizations, computational physics, and observational astronomy.
Dan Kosik ~ Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy(317) 940-9887dkosik@butler.edu
Education:B.S. Michigan State University; Ph.D. Ohio University.
Expertise: Intermediate energy theoretical nuclear physics (nuclear scattering, weapons), exploration geophysics (seismology data acquisition and processing), and computational physics (application of numerical techniques to physical problems).
Michael Morris ~ Adjunct Instructor of Physics & Astronomy(317) 940-8318msmorris@butler.edu
Education: B.S. Purdue University; Ph.D. California Institute of Technology.
Expertise: General relativity and cosmology.
Brian Murphy ~ Professor of Physics & AstronomyDirector - J. I. Holcomb Observatory & Planetarium(317) 940-9282bmurphy@butler.eduView Profile
Education: B.S. University of Iowa; M.A., Ph.D. Indiana University
Expertise: Dynamics of dense stellar systems, growth of supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei, variable stars in globular star clusters, computational astrophysics, and observational astrophysics.
Gonzalo Ordonez ~ Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy(317) 940-8310gordonez@butler.edu
Education: B.S. Monterry Institute of Technology, Mexico; Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin.
Expertise: Quantum three-body scattering, solvable models in one dimension, quantum dots and quantum wires, chaotic maps, atomic-light interactions, quantum Brownian motion, and computational physics.
Jennifer Poor ~ Instructor of Physics & AstronomyAssociate Dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences for Student Affairs(317) 940-9604jpoor@butler.edu
Education: B.A. Wittenburg University; Ph.D. Collge of William and Mary.
Expertise: Physics education, quantum chromodynamics and elementary particles.