Faculty in Physics Department, 1924 to 2012 *

Name Title Year
Charles W. Edwards Chair 1924-1937

Professor 1924-1944
Charles C. Hatley Professor 1924 - 1953
Walter M. Nielsen Assistant Professor 1925-1937

Chair 1938-1961

James B. Duke Professor 1946-1966

Professor Emeritus 1966-1981 +
David W. Carpenter Instructor 1929 -

Assistant Professor: Information on dates is lacking

Associate Professor 1946-1948

Professor 1948-1973

Professor Emeritus 1973-1985 +
Frank Woodbridge Constant Assistant Professor 1930-1943

Associate Professor 1943-1946
James Carlyle Mouzon Instructor 1932-end of 1930's
Hertha Sponer Professor 1936-1965

Professor Emeritus 1966-1968 +
Lothar W. Nordheim Professor 1937-1956

worked on Manhattan project, Oak Ridge, during World War II
Walter M. Gordy Associate Professor 1946-1948

Professor 1948-1958

James B. Duke Professor 1958-1979

Professor Emeritus 1979-1985 +
W. V. Smith Assistant Professor 1946-1948

Associate Professor 1948-1951
Eugene Greuling Assistant Professor 1948-1950

Associate Professor 1950-1951

Professor 1963-1975 +
Henry Newson Professor 1948-1968

Director, Nuclear Structure Laboratory and in 1968, TUNL 1961-1978

Chair, Physics Department 1973-1975

J. B. Duke Professor 1968-1978 +
Fritz London James B. Duke Professor (Physics and Chemistry) 1949-1954 +
Harold W. Lewis Assistant Professor 1950-1956

Associate Professor 1956-1959

Professor 1959-1986

Vice Provost and Dean 1963-1981

Chair 1981-1986

University Distinguished Service Professor 1983-1986

Professor Emeritus 1986-2000 +
P. Wang Visiting Professor 1950-1951
Eugene Merzbacher Visiting Asst. Professor 1951-1952
Martin M. Block Assistant Professor 1952-1957

Associate Professor 1957-1961
William M. Fairbank Associate Professor 1952-1959
R. M. Williamson Instructor, Research Associate 1952-1953

Assistant Professor 1953-1958

Associate Professor 1959-1961
T. D. Reynolds Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Dept. of Education) 1953-1955
Michael. J. Buckingham Visiting Assistant Professor 1956-1959
M. M. Duncan Visiting Assistant Professor 1956-1958
M. H. L. Pryce Visiting Professor 1957-1958
Horst Meyer Assistant Professor 1959-1960

Associate Professor 1960-1964

Professor 1964-1984

F. London Professor 1984-2005

F. London Professor Emeritus 2005-present
Hermann Robl Adjunct Professor 1959-1991 +
Lawrence C. Biedenharn Professor 1961-1991

J. B. Duke Professor 1987-1992

J. B. Duke Professor Emeritus 1992-1996 +
D. R. Tilley Visiting Assistant Professor 1961-1963

Assistant Professor 1963-1966
Roger Barton Lecturer 1963-1968
Edward G. Bilpuch Assistant Professor 1963-1966

Associate Professor 1966-1971

Professor 1971-1988

Professor and Director, TUNL 1989-1991

H. W. Newson Professor 1991-1997

H. W. Newson Professor Emeritus 1997-2012 +
Lawrence E. Evans Assistant Professor 1963-1968

Associate Professor 1968-1980

Professor 1980-2000

Chair 1988-1997

Professor Emeritus 2000-present
Henry A. Fairbank Professor 1963-1988

Chair 1963-1974

Professor Emeritus 1988-2011 +
Lloyd Fortney Assistant Professor 1963-1970

Associate Professor 1970-1987

Professor 1987-1999 +
Earle Fowler Professor 1963-1970
Russell Roberson Assistant Professor 1963-1968

Associate Professor 1968-1974

Professor 1974-1998

Director, TUNL 1992-1996

Professor Emeritus 1998-present
Hugh Robinson Associate Professor 1963-1970

Professor 1970-1995

Professor Emeritus 1995-present
Ichiro Miyagawa Assistant Professor 1963-1965
David S. Onley Assistant Professor 1963-1965
Charles Rika Lecturer 1963-1964
Dwight Saylor Assistant Professor 1963-1964
Richard L. Walter Assistant Professor 1963-1967

Associate Professor 1967-1974

Professor 1974-2004

Professor Emeritus 2004-present
Robert A. Guyer Instructor 1964-1966

Assistant Professor 1966-1969
Lukas Schaller Lecturer 1964-1965
William Beres Assistant Professor 1965-1969
Dwight Carpenter Assistant Professor 1965-1972
Earle Hunt Assistant Professor 1965-1969
Michael Danos Visiting Professor 1966-1968
Morris Davis Adjunct Professor 1966-1969
Max Huber Assistant Professor 1966-1969
David Morris Adjunct Professor 1966-1967
Morris Binkley Assistant Professor 1967-1970
Robert A. Cook Assistant Professor 1967-1970
Moo-Young Han Assistant Professor 1967-1971

Associate Professor 1971-1978

Professor 1978-2011

Professor Emeritus 2011-present
Ray Poore Assistant Professor 1967-1970
Carol M. Rose, Jr. Assistant Professor 1967-1973
John Sykes Assistant Professor 1967-1974
Katherine Way Adjunct Professor 1967-1987 +
George S. Hayne Assistant Professor 1968-1969
Thomas G. Dzubay Assistant Professor 1969-1976
Nelson Lipshutz Assistant Professor 1969-1970
Louis Wright Visiting Assistant Professor 1969-1970
Pieter J. Brussaard Visiting Professor 1970-1071
Ronald Y. Cusson Associate Professor 1970-1978

Professor 1978-1988
William D. Walker Professor 1970-1990

Chair 1975-1981

J. B. Duke Professor 1990-1994

J. B. Duke Professor Emeritus 1994-2010 +
Eberhard K. Riedel Assistant Professor 1970-1974

Associate Professor 1974-1975
Frank C. DeLucia Assistant Professor 1971-1976

Associate Professor 1977-1983

Professor 1983-1990

Chair 1986-1987
Rainer Bass Visiting Professor 1971-1972
Thomas D. Hayward Assistant Professor 1971-1972
Wayne J. Holman III Visiting Associate Professor 1971-1972
George R. Reiter Visiting Assistant Professor 1971-1972
Ronald Blum Adjunct Associate Professor 1972-1973
Joseph S. Loos Assistant Professor 1972-1976
Alfred Goshaw Assistant Professor 1973-1978

Associate Professor 1978-1984

Professor 1984-2000

J.B.Duke Professor 2000-present
Geoffrey Golner Assistant Professor 1974-1975
Dewey T. Lawson Assistant Professor 1974-1979

Adjunct Associate Professor 1983-2000

Adjunct Professor 2000-present
Paul W. Lisowski Assistant Professor 1974-1976
Sven Maripuu Lecturer 1974-1975
Zvi Friedman Visiting Assistant Professor 1975-1979
Fearghus O'Foghludha Adjunct Professor 1975-1993
Kent Smith Assistant Professor 1975-1979
Brian Buck Visiting Professor 1977-1978
Mikael Ciftan Adjunct Professor 1977-present
Peter Lucas Assistant Professor 1977-1982

Associate Professor 1983-1984
Charles E. Nelson Assistant Professor 1977-1979

Adjunct Assistant Professor 1979-1986
Richard G. Palmer Assistant Professor 1977-1982

Associate Professor 1983-1991

Professor of Physics (Secondary appts.: Computer Science, and  Psychology and Neuroscience) 1991-present
Stephen Wender Assistant Professor 1977-1980
John Kolena Visiting Assistant Professor 1978-1979

Assistant Professor 1979-1980

Adjunct Assistant Professor 1981-2001

Adjunct Professor 2001-2008
Henry Weller Visiting Associate Professor 1978-1979

Associate Professor 1979-1981

Professor 1981-2009

Professor Emeritus 2009-present
Mickey Mukkunda Visiting Professor 1979-1980
Roger C. Byrd Assistant Professor 1981-1982

Assistant Professor 1983-1984
Bob D. Guenther Adjunct Professor 1981-present
Eric Herbst Associate Professor 1981-1985

Professor 1985 -1993
George L. Rogosa Adjunct Professor 1981-2008
Robert P. Behringer Assistant Professor 1982-1986

Associate Professor 1986-1991

Professor 1991-1995

J. B. Duke Professor (Secondary appts.: Computer Science, Mechanical 1995-present

Engineering and Material Sciences)

Chair 1999-2002
Yossef Dothan Visiting Associate Professor 1984-1985
Seog Oh Assistant Professor 1984-1991

Associate Professor 1991-2000

Professor 2000-present
Joan Adler Visiting Assistant Professor 1985-1986

Visiting Professor 1996-1997
Philippe Martin Visiting Associate Professor 1985 -1986
Laurence B. Meyer Visiting Lecturer 1985-1986
Werner Tornow Assistant Research Professor 1985-1990

Associate Research Professor 1988-1994

Research Professor 1994-1999

Professor 1999-2011

Professor Emeritus 2011-present

Director of TUNL 1996-2006
Calvin Howell Assistant Professor 1986-1992

Associate Professor 1992-2001

Professor 2001-present

Director TUNL 2006-present
David Skatrud Adjunct Assistant Professor 1986-1992

Adjunct Associate Professor 1992-2000

Adjunct Professor 2000-present
John Thomas Associate Professor 1986-1991

Professor 1991-2006

F. London Professor 2006-2011

F. London Professor Emeritus 2011-present
Douglas Holmgren Visiting Assistant Professor 1987-1988
Donald N. Bittner Visiting Assistant Professor 1987-1988
Henry Greenside Associate Professor (Joint: Computer Science) 1987-2000

Professor 2000-present
Michael Stroscio Adjunct Professor 1987-2001
John M. J. Madey Professor and Director of DFELL 1989-1998
Gerald J. Iafrate Adjunct Professor 1989-1997
G. Allen Johnson Associate Professor (Joint: Radiology) 1989-1996

Professor (Joint: Radiology) 1996-2002

Charles E. Putnam Professor (Joint: Radiology) 2002-present
Stephen Teitsworth Assistant Professor 1989-1995

Associate Professor 1995-present

Associate Professor and Associate Chair 2009 - present
Stephen Benson Assistant Research Professor 1990-1992
Hayward Evans Adjunct Professor 1990-1992
Max Lohe Visiting Associate Professor 1990-1991
Robert Brown Visiting Assistant Professor 1990-2006

Visiting Professor 2006-2010

Lecturer 2010-present
Berndt Mueller Professor 1990-1996

J. B. Duke Professor 1996-present

Chair 1997-1999

Dean of Natural Sciences 1999-2005
Alec Schramm Lecturer 1990-1992
Allan H. Sorenson Visiting Associate Professor 1990-1991
Leslie E. Bauman Visiting Professor 1991-1992
Reza Haque Lecturer 1991-2001
Vladimir Litvinenko Associate Research Professor 1991-1995

Assistant Professor 1995-1996

Associate Professor 1996-2004

Adjunct Professor 2004-2006
Thomas Phillips Assistant Research Professor 1991-1999

Associate Research Professor 1999-present
Daniel Gauthier Assistant Professor 1992-1998

Associate Professor 1999-2002

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Associate Professor 2002-2004

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor 2005-2007

Professor of Physics 2007-2011

Robert C. Richardson Professor 2011-present

Chair 2005-2011
Henry Everitt Adjunct Assistant Professor 1992-2000

Adjunct Professor 2000-present
Alfred M. Lee Assistant Professor 1992-2000
Ricardo Pantazis Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Computer Science) 1992-1994
Joshua Socolar Assistant Professor 1992-1999

Associate Professor 1999-2011

Professor 2011-present
Roxanne P. Springer Assistant Professor 1992-2000

Associate Professor 2000-2011

Professor 2011-present
David K. Straub Visiting Professor 1992-1993

Research Professor 1993-1997
Abhijit Nagchaudhuri Assistant Research Professor 1994-1995
Carsten H. Greiner Visiting Assistant Professor 1994-1995
Patrick G. O'Shea Assistant Professor 1994-1999
Peter Thompson Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Engineering) 1994-1996
Wesley Scott Wilburn Lecturer 1994-1996
John Townsend Visiting Professor 1995-1996
Atanas Troyanov Adjunct Assistant Professor 1995-1996
Ludwig DeBraeckeleer Assistant Professor 1996-2002
Konstantin Matveev Assistant Professor 1996-2000

Associate Professor 2000-2005
Dirk Rischke Visiting Assistant Professor 1996-1997
Sergei G. Matinian Visiting Professor 1997-2000
M. Ronen Plesser Assistant Professor 1997-2002

Associate Professor 2003-present

Associate Professor and Associate Chair 2003-2006
Paul S. Aspinwall Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) 1998-2004

Associate Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) 2004-2008

Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) 2008-present
Andrea Bertozzi Associate Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) 1998-1999

Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) 1999-2004

Adjunct Professor 2005-2008
Shailesh Chandrasekharan Assistant Professor 1998-2004

Associate Professor 2004-present
Eom Chang-Beom Associate Professor (Primary appt.:Electrical and Computer Engineering) 1998-2002
Brett Hooper Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Biomedical Engineering) 1998-2004
Ashutosh Kotwal Assistant Professor 1998-2005

Associate Professor 2005-2010

Professor 2010-present
David Morrison J. B. Duke Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) 1998-2008
Arlie O. Petters William and Sue Gross Associate Professor of Mathematics 1998-2003

Benjamin Powell Professor of Mathematics and Physics 2003-2008

Benjamin Powell Professor of Mathematics, Physics 2009-present

and Business Administration
Vaclav Vylet Adjunct Assistant Professor 1999-present
Harold U. Baranger Professor 1999-present

Chair 2002-2005
Glenn Edwards Professor 1999-present

Professor, Director DFELL 1999-2008
Bruce West Adjunct Professor 1999-present
Steffen Bass Assistant Professor 2000-2008

Associate Professor 2008-2012

Professor 2012-present
Toni Feder Adjunct Assistant Professor 2000-2004
Gleb Finkelstein Assistant Professor 2000-2008

Associate Professor 2008-present
Craig Fowler Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Ophthalmology) 2000-2003
Mark Kruse Assistant Professor 2000-2008

Associate Professor 2008-present
Mary Creason Lecturer 2001-2006 +
Anna Lin Assistant Professor 2001-2008
William W. McNairy Lecturer 2001-2009
Ghi R. Shin Visiting Professor 2001-2004

Visiting Professor 2007-2008
Michael Strickland Visiting Assistant Professor 2001-2002
Ying Wu Assistant Professor 2001-2007

Assistant Professor and Associate Director, DFELL 2004-present

Associate Professor 2007-present
Haiyan Gao Associate Professor 2002-2008

Associate Chair 2006-2009

Professor 2008-present

Chair 2011-present
Thomas Mehen Assistant Professor 2002-2008

Associate Professor 2009-present
Denis Ullmo Visiting Associate Professor 2002-2005
Ehsan Samei Assistant Professor,(Primary appt.: Radiology) 2002-2006

Associate Professor, (Primary appt.: Radiology 2006-2008

Professor (Primary appt.: Radiology and Biomedical Engineering) 2008-present
Albert M. Chang Professor 2003-present
Dipangkar Dutta Assistant Research Professor 2003-2006

Adjunct Assistant Professor 2007-2009
Eduardo Mucciolo Visiting Associate Professor 2003-2004
Igor V. Pinayev Assistant Research Professor 2003-2004

Adjunct Assistant Professor 2005
Kate Scholberg Assistant Professor 2003-2007

Associate Professor 2007-2008

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Associate Professor of Physics 2009-2012

Professor of Physics 2012-present
Christopher Walter Assistant Professor 2003-2011

Associate Professor 2011-present
Mohammed Ahmed Assistant Research Professor 2006-present
Martine Chevrollier Visiting Profesor 2006-2008
Marcos Oria Visiting Professor 2006-2008
Anton Tonchev Assistant Research Professor 2007-2011
Karen Daniels Adjunct Assistant Professor 2008-present
Kang Seog Lee Visiting Professor 2008-2009
Jian-Guo Liu Visiting Professor 2008-2009

Professor of Physics and Mathematics 2009-present
Jacqueline Krim Visiting Professor 2008-2009
David Smith Professor (Primary appt.: Electrical and Computer Engineering) 2009-present
Stefano Curtarolo Associate Professor (Primary appt.: Mechanical Engineering and Material 2009-2012

Professor (Primary appt.: Mechanical Engineering and Material Science) 2012-present
Ayana Tamu Holloway Arce Assistant Professor 2009-present
Ryohei Yasuda Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Neurobiology) 2009-present
Matthew Hastings Visiting Professor 2009-2010

Associate Professor 2010-present
Nicholas Buchler Assistant Professor (Joint: Biology) 2009-present
Patrick Charbonneau Assistant Professor (Primary appt.: Chemistry) 2009-present
David N. Beratan Professor (Primary appt.: Chemistry) 2009-present
Igor Akushevich Adjunct Assistant Professor 2011-2014
Paul M. Baker Adjunct Assistant Professor 2011-2014
Hubert L. Bray Professor (Primary appt.: Mathematics) 2011-present
James T. Dobbins III Associate Professor (Primary appt.: Radiology) 2011-present
Jungsang Kim Associate Professor (Primary appt.: Computer and Electrical Engineering) 2011-present
Hannah Petersen Visiting Assistant Professor 2011-2012

+ Deceased, while at Duke, in the last year shown.

* This list may be incomplete or have some inaccuracies. If you know of any corrections
that should be made, please contact <maxine@phy.duke.edu>