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Department of Physics and Astronomy

Standing Committees of the Department 2025-2026

Listed below are the standing committees for the current academic year.

DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES

Astronomy Committee

  • Enrique Lopez Rodriguez (chair)
  • Tae-Sun Kim
  • Varsha Kulkarni
  • Mehrnoosh Tahani
  • Alice Churukian (ex officio)
  • Alexey Petrov (ex officio)

Awards Committee

  • Yuriy Pershin (chair)
  • Wenli Bi
  • Scott Crittenden
  • Vladimir Gudkov (Sp 26)
  • Alice Churukian (ex officio)
  • Alexey Petrov (ex officio)
  • Steffen Strauch (ex officio)

Colloquium Committee

  • Yaroslaw Bazaliy
  • Enrique Lopez Rodriguez

Course Scheduling

  • Alice Churukian
  • Steffen Strauch

Department Culture & Excellence Initiatives

  • Varsha Kulkarni (chair)
  • Richard Creswick
  • Timir Datta
  • Roberto Petti

Department Newsletter

  • Nancy Kesar
  • Pawel Nadel-Turonski
  • Alexey Petrov

Executive Committee

  • Alexey Petrov (chair)
  • Thomas Crawford
  • Richard Creswick
  • Ralf Gothe
  • Rongying Jin
  • Matthias Schindler
  • David Tedeschi
  • Alice Churukian (ex officio)
  • Steffen Strauch (ex officio)

Faculty Evaluations

   Tenure-Track

  • Alexey Petrov (chair)
  • Thomas Crawford
  • Vladimir Gudkov
  • Steffen Strauch

   Professional-Track

  • Alexey Petrov (chair)
  • Yaroslaw Bazaliy
  • Alice Churukian

Faculty Senators 

  • Richard Creswick (24/25-26/27)
  • Milind Kunchur (23/24-25/26)
  • Sai Mu (24/25-26/27)

Infrastructure Committee

  • Roberto Petti (chair)
  • Wenli Bi
  • Timir Datta

Library Representative

  • Mehrnoosh Tahani

LON-CAPA Coordinator

  • James Clawson

Peer Review of Teaching

  • Scott Crittenden (chair) (24/25-26/27)
  • Thomas Crawford (25/26-27/28)
  • Matthias Schindler (25/26-27/28)

Post-Tenure Review

  • Thomas Crawford (chair) (24/25-26/27)
  • Ralf Gothe (25/26-27/28)
  • David Tedeschi (23/24-25/26)

Seminar Committees

   Condensed Matter Physics (CMP)

  • Rongying Jin (faculty contact)

   Nuclear, Astro, & Particle Physics (NAPP)

  • Pawel Nadel-Turonski
  • Roberto Petti

Strategic Planning

  • Matthias Schindler (chair)
  • Rongying Jin
  • Milind Kunchur
  • Enrique Lopez Rodriguez
  • David Tedeschi
  • Alice Churukian (ex officio)
  • Alexey Petrov (ex officio)
  • Steffen Strauch (ex officio)

Tenure & Promotion Chair

  • Ralf Gothe

Website and Social Media

  • Nancy Kesar (chair)
  • James Clawson
  • Edoardo Vergallo Gazzina (student rep)
  • Alice Churukian (ex officio)
  • Alexey Petrov (ex officio)
  • Steffen Strauch (ex officio)

GRADUATE PROGRAM COMMITTEES

Graduate Admissions and Recruiting

  • Milind Kunchur (chair)
  • Brett Altschul
  • Varsha Kulkarni
  • Alexander Monin
  • Yury Pershin
  • Roberto Petti
  • Steffen Strauch (ex officio)

Graduate Advisement

  • Matthias Schindler (chair)
  • Steffen Strauch (ex offico)

Graduate Assessment

  • Richard Creswick (chair)
  • Vladimir Gudkov (Sp 26)
  • Sai Mu

Graduate Curriculum

  • Brett Altschul (chair)
  • Richard Creswick
  • Yuriy Pershin
  • Steffen Strauch (ex officio)

PhD Candidacy

  • Alexander Monin (chair)
  • Brett Altschul
  • Yaroslaw Bazaliy
  • Pawel Nadel-Turonski
  • Sai Mu
  • Roberto Petti
  • Steffen Strauch (ex officio)
 

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM COMMITTEES

Society of Physics Students (SPS)

  • Yanwen Wu

Undergraduate Education & Retention

  • Alice Churukian (chair)
  • Wenli Bi
  • Scott Crittenden
  • Yuriy Pershin

Undergraduate Mentors

  • Alice Churukian
  • Tae-Sun Kim
  • David Tedeschi
  • Yanwen Wu

Undergraduate Outreach & Recruiting

  • Yanwen Wu (chair)
  • James Clawson
  • Timir Datta
  • Enrique Lopez Rodriguez
  • Milind Kunchur
  • Alice Churukian (ex officio)

Intro Physics Studio Oversight

  • Alice Churukian (chair)
  • James Clawson
  • Albert Dearden
  • Joseph Ryan
  • David Tedeschi

 


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