Faculty (by research area or institution)
This page lists faculty members grouped by their research area. To see a grouping by position, click here. To see an alphabetical list, click here.
- Accelerator and Beam Physics
Sergey Belomestnykh
Adjunct Professor Office: Physics A-139B, Phone: (630) 840-5015
Accelerator Physics 
Ilan Ben-Zvi
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, C-AD, MS-911B
accelerator physics 
Maria Chamizo-Llatas
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg. 703
maria.chamizo-llatas@stonybrook.edu
Particle Physics 
Mikhael Fedurin
Adjunct Associate Professor Office: BNL, Phone: (631) 344-4381
Accelerator Physics 
Vladimir Litvinenko
Professor Office: Physics D-102, Phone: (631)-632-8093
vladimir.litvinenko@stonybrook.edu
Francois Meot
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Phone: (631) 344-8204
Steve Peggs
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, RHIC, Phone: (631) 344-3104
Accelerator Physics 
Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi
Associate Professor Office: D-101, Phone: (631)-632-7023
navid.vafaei-najafabadi@stonybrook.edu
Accelerator Physics 
- Astronomy
Simon Birrer
Assistant Professor Office: ESS 457-A, Phone: (631)-632-8606
Astrophysics 
Alan Calder
Professor Office: ESS-438, Phone: (631)-632-1176
Astronomy 
Will Farr
Associate Professor Office: ESS 457 B, Phone: (631)-632-5732
Physics 
Jin Koda
Professor Office: ESS 455, Phone: (631)-632-8063
Astronomy 
Kenneth Lanzetta
Professor Office: ESS 456, Phone: (631)-632-8222
Extragalactic Astronomy 
James Lattimer
Distinguished Professor Office: ESS 449, Phone: (631)-632-8227
Astrophysics 
Marilena Loverde
Associate Adjunct Professor Office: Math Tower 6-103
marilena.loverde@stonybrook.edu
Cosmology 
Vivian Miranda
Assistant Professor Office: ESS 453
Astrophysics 
Rosalba Perna
Professor Office: ESS 461, Phone: (631)-632-1558
Theoretical Astrophysics 
Deane Peterson
Associate Professor Emeritus Office: ESS 454, Phone: (631)-632-8223/(631)-632-8758
Stellar and Galactic Astronomy 
Neelima Sehgal
Associate Professor Office: ESS 454, Phone: (631)-632-8229
Astrophysics 
Michal Simon
Professor Emeritus and Research Professor Office: ESS 351
Star Formation 
Anze Slosar
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Astrophysics 
F. Swesty
Research Associate Professor Office: ESS 463, Phone: (631)-632-8055
Anja von der Linden
Associate Professor Office: ESS 453, Phone: (631)-632-8226
anja.vonderlinden@stonybrook.edu
Astrophysics 
Frederick Walter
Professor Office: ESS 459, Phone: (631)-632-8232
frederick.walter@stonybrook.edu
Astronomy and Astrophysics 
Michael Zingale
Professor Office: ESS 452, Phone: (631)-632-8225
michael.zingale@stonybrook.edu
Computational Astrophysics - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Quantum Electronics
Thomas Allison
Associate Professor Office: Physics A-101, Phone: (631)-632-8199/(631)-632-7767
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Experiment 
Martin Cohen
Visiting Scholar Office: Physics S-232, Phone: (631)-632-8646
Applied physics 
Eden Figueroa
Associate Professor Office: Physics A-104, Phone: (631)-632-9492
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Experiment Christopher Johnson
Affiliated Associate Professor in Physics and Astronomy and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Office: 521 Chemistry, Phone: (631)-632-7577
Peter Koch
Professor Emeritus Experimental atomic physics; nonlinear dynamical systems 
Aishwarya Kumar
Assistant Professor Office: Physics A-103, Phone: (631)-632-4069
aishwarya.kumar@stonybrook.edu
Quantum Computation 
Harold Metcalf
Distinguished Teaching Professor Office: Physics S-225/S-145, Phone: (631)-632-8185/(631)-632-8184
Atomic physics; level crossing techniques 
Dominik Schneble
Professor Office: Physics A-106/S-114, Phone: (631)-632-8043/(631)-632-4497
dominik.schneble@stonybrook.edu
Experimental atomic physics; ultracold quantum gases 
Thomas Weinacht
Professor Office: Physics A-102/S-105, Phone: (631)-632-8163/(631)-632-4906
thomas.weinacht@stonybrook.edu
Experimental atomic physics; molecular dynamics - Brookhaven National Laboratory
Sergey Belomestnykh
Adjunct Professor Office: Physics A-139B, Phone: (630) 840-5015
Accelerator Physics Ilan Ben-Zvi
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, C-AD, MS-911B
accelerator physics Maria Chamizo-Llatas
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg. 703
maria.chamizo-llatas@stonybrook.edu
Particle Physics Hucheng Chen
Adjunct Professor Phone: (631) 344-3468
Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics 
Gabor David
Research Professor Office: Physics C-113, Phone: (631)-632-8120
Nuclear Physics 
Sally Dawson
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Phone: (631) 344-3854
Theoretical physics, collider phenomenology 
Dmitri Denisov
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg. 703
HEP Mikhael Fedurin
Adjunct Associate Professor Office: BNL, Phone: (631) 344-4381
Accelerator Physics Andrei Fluerasu
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory
andrei.fluerasu@stonybrook.edu
Condensed Matter Physics Haiyan Gao
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory
JoAnne Hewitt
Professor Office: BNL, Director's Office, Phone: 631-340-4608
Theoretical physics; elementary particles 
Jiangyong Jia
Adjunct Professor Office: Chemistry, Phone: (631) 632-7905/
Experimental Nuclear Physics Vladimir Litvinenko
Professor Office: Physics D-102, Phone: (631)-632-8093
vladimir.litvinenko@stonybrook.edu
Francois Meot
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Phone: (631) 344-8204
James Misewich
Professor Office: Physics B-112, Phone: (631)-632-7698
Rachid Nouicer
Adjunct Professor Phone: (631) 344-8433
Nuclear Physics Steve Peggs
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, RHIC, Phone: (631) 344-3104
Accelerator Physics Peter Petreczky
Research Professor Office: Physics B-132
Nuclear Theory 
Cedomir Petrovic
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Phone: (631) 344-5065
Bjoern Schenke
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg 555, Rm 126
high energy nuclear theory Qun Shen
Adjunct Professor Office: BNL, Phone: (631) 344-3465
Condensed Matter Experimental Anze Slosar
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Astrophysics 
Sergey Syritsyn
Associate Professor Office: Physics C-140, Phone: (631)-632-8128
sergey.syritsyn@stonybrook.edu
Nuclear Theory Alexei Tkachenko
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Phone: (631) 344-2130
Theoretical Condensed Matter 
Yimei Zhu
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Condensed Matter - C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics
Luis Alvarez-Gaume
Professor/Director SCGP Office: Simons Center 413, Phone: (631)-632-2818
luis.alvarez-gaume@stonybrook.edu
String Theory and Quantum Gravity Sally Dawson
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Phone: (631) 344-3854
Theoretical physics, collider phenomenology 
Rouven Essig
Professor Office: Math Tower 6-102, Phone: (631)-632-7990
High Energy Theory 
Alfred Goldhaber
Professor Emeritus Office: Math Tower 6-113, Phone: (631)-632-7975
alfred.goldhaber@stonybrook.edu
Theoretical physics, nuclear theory, particle physics, condensed matter, cosmology, astrophysics 
Maria Gonzalez-Garcia
Professor Office: Math Tower 6-115A, Phone: (631)-632-7971
concha@insti.physics.sunysb.edu
Theoretical physics; neutrino physics JoAnne Hewitt
Professor Office: BNL, Director's Office, Phone: 631-340-4608
Theoretical physics; elementary particles 
Zohar Komargodski
Professor Phone: (631)-632-2834
zohar.komargodski@stonybrook.edu
Theoretical Physics 
Vladimir Korepin
Professor Office: Physics D-147, Phone: (631)-632-7981
vladimir.korepin@stonybrook.edu
Mathematical Physics, Statistical Mechanics, Condensed Matter, Exactly Solvable Models, and Quantum Computing Marilena Loverde
Associate Adjunct Professor Office: Math Tower 6-103
marilena.loverde@stonybrook.edu
Cosmology 
Barry McCoy
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Office: Physics D-145, Phone: (631)-632-7984
Statistical mechanics 
Patrick Meade
Professor Office: Math Tower 6-104, Phone: (631)-632-7969
High Energy Theory Vivian Miranda
Assistant Professor Office: ESS 453
Astrophysics 
Leonardo Rastelli
Renaissance Chair in Theoretical Physics Office: MT 6-115B, Phone: (631)-632-4158
leonardo.rastelli@stonybrook.edu
Theoretical physics 
Martin Rocek
Distinguished Professor Office: Math Tower 6-116A, Phone: (631)-632-7965
Theoretical physics; supersymmetry, string theory 
Shu-Heng Shao
Assistant Professor Office: Math Tower 6-103, Phone: (631)-632-7973
Theoretical Physics 
Robert Shrock
Distinguished Professor Office: Math Tower 6-111, Phone: (631)-632-7986
Particle physics, field theory, statistical mechanics 
Warren Siegel
Professor Emeritus Office: Math Tower 6-112, Phone: (631)-632-7978
Theoretical physics; strings 
George Sterman
Distinguished Professor Office: Math Tower 6-108, Phone: (631)-632-7967
Theoretical physics; elementary particles 
Peter van Nieuwenhuizen
Distinguished Professor Emeritus/ Simons Lecturer Office: Math Tower 6-110, Phone: (631)-632-7972
peter.vannieuwenhuizen@stonybrook.edu
Theoretical physics 
Tzu-Chieh Wei
Professor Office: Math Tower 6-101, Phone: (631)-632-7966
Quantum Theory 
William Weisberger
Professor Emeritus Office: Math Tower 6-112, Phone: (631)-632-7974
weisberg@insti.physics.sunysb.edu
Theoretical physics 
Chen Yang
Albert Einstein Professor Emeritus Office: Math Tower 6-107/6-108, Phone: (631)-632-7980/(631)-632-0666
Theoretical physics; field theory; statistical mechanics; particle physics 
Alexander Zamodlochikov
C.N.Yang/Wei Deng Endowed Chair Office: Math 6-109, Phone: (631)-632-7962
alexander.zamolodchikov@stonybrook.edu
Theoretical Physics - Condensed Matter - Experimental and Device Physics
Matthew Dawber
Professor Office: Physics B-104, Phone: (631)-632-4978
Condensed Matter experimental 
Xu Du
Associate Professor Office: Physics B-106, Phone: (631)-632-8019
Experimental condensed matter physics Andrei Fluerasu
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory
andrei.fluerasu@stonybrook.edu
Condensed Matter Physics 
Vladimir Goldman
Professor Office: Physics B-137/S-176, Phone: (2-9001/(631)-632-8162
vladimir.goldman@stonybrook.edu
Experimental solid-state physics 
Michael Gurvitch
Professor Emeritus Office: Physics B-147, Phone: (631)-632-7298
michael.gurvitch@stonybrook.edu
Experimental solid-state physics 
Qiang Li
Professor Office: Physics B-143, Phone: (631)-632-8081
Condensed Matter 
Konstantin Likharev
Distinguished Professor Emeritus/Research Professor Office: Physics B-135, Phone: (631)-632-8159
konstantin.likharev@stonybrook.edu
Nanodevice physics 
Mengkun Liu
Associate Professor Office: Physics B-105, Phone: (631)-632-8175
Emilio Mendez
Professor Office: Physics B-142, Phone: (631)-632-8065
Experimental solid-state physics 
Laszlo Mihaly
Distinguished Service Professor Office: Physics B-145/S-259, Phone: (631)-632-8178/(631)-632-8155
Experimental solid-state physics James Misewich
Professor Office: Physics B-112, Phone: (631)-632-7698
Cedomir Petrovic
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Phone: (631) 344-5065
Yuri Polyakov
Research Professor Office: Physics B-132, Phone: (631)-632-8209
Physics of Semiconductors 
Vasili Semenov
Research Professor Office: Physics B-108, Phone: (631)-632-8931
nanodevice physics Qun Shen
Adjunct Professor Office: BNL, Phone: (631) 344-3465
Condensed Matter Experimental 
Peter Stephens
Distinguished Professor Emeritus/Research Professor Office: Physics B-134, Phone: (631)-632-8156/(631) 344-5816
Experimental solid-state physics Yimei Zhu
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Condensed Matter - Condensed Matter - Theory
Alexandre Abanov
Professor Office: Physics B-102/SCGP 412, Phone: (631)-632-8174/(631)-632-2820
alexandre.abanov@stonybrook.edu
Interference effects in strongly correlated electronic systems 
Philip Allen
Professor Emeritus/Research Professor Office: Physics B-146, Phone: (631)-632-8179
Theoretical solid-state physics 
Dmitri Averin
Professor Office: Physics B-140, Phone: (631)-632-8177
Solid state physics 
Jennifer Cano
Associate Professor Office: Physics B 103, Phone: (631)-632-8091
Condensed Matter Theory 
Cyrus Dreyer
Assistant Professor Office: Physics B 141, Phone: (631)-632-8132
Condensed Matter Theory 
Maria Fernandez-Serra
Professor Office: Physics B-139, Phone: (631)-632-8244
maria.fernandez-serra@stonybrook.edu
Condensed Matter Physics Paul Goldbart
Professor Office: Physics B-103
Condensed Matter Theory Konstantin Likharev
Distinguished Professor Emeritus/Research Professor Office: Physics B-135, Phone: (631)-632-8159
konstantin.likharev@stonybrook.edu
Nanodevice physics Alexei Tkachenko
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Phone: (631) 344-2130
Theoretical Condensed Matter - High Energy Physics - Experimental
Hannah Arnold
Assistant Professor Office: Physics D-137, Phone: (631)-632-8099
High Energy Physics 
Barry Barish
President's Distinguished Endowed Chair Office: Physics D-144
Hucheng Chen
Adjunct Professor Phone: (631) 344-3468
Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics 
Valerio Dao
Assistant Professor Office: Physics D-106, Phone: (631)-632-8087
Particle Physics Dmitri Denisov
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg. 703
HEP 
Paul Grannis
Research Professor Office: Physics D-142, Phone: (631)-632-8088/(631)-632-8095
Experimental high-energy physics 
John Hobbs
Professor Office: Physics D-139, Phone: (631)-632-8107
Experimental high energy physics 
Chang Jung
Distinguished Professor Office: Physics D-141, Phone: (631)-632-8108
Experimental high-energy physics 
Robert McCarthy
Professor Emeritus/Research Professor Office: Physics D-104, Phone: (631)-632-8086/(631)-632-8758
robert.mccarthy@stonybrook.edu
Experimental elementary particle physics 
Clark McGrew
Associate Professor Office: Physics D-134, Phone: (631)-632-8299
experimental high energy physics 
Giacinto Piacquadio
Associate Professor Office: Physics D-143, Phone: (631)-632-8295
giacinto.piacquadio@stonybrook.edu
High Energy Physics 
Ciro Riccio
Research Assistant Professor Phone: (631)-632-8104
Particle Physics 
Michael Rijssenbeek
Professor Emeritus Office: Physics D-137, Phone: (631)-632-8099
michael.rijssenbeek@stonybrook.edu
Experimental high-energy physics Robert Schamberger
Research Professor Office: Physics D-108/D-115, Phone: (631)-632-8084/(631)-632-8094
dean.schamberger@stonybrook.edu
Experimental high-energy physics 
Dmitri Tsybychev
Professor Office: Physics D-135, Phone: (631)-632-8106
dmitri.tsybychev@stonybrook.edu
Experimental high-energy physics 
Michael Wilking
Adjunct Professor Office: Physics D-106, Phone: (631)-632-8087
michael.wilking@stonybrook.edu
Chiaki Yanagisawa
Research Associate Professor Office: Physics D-138, Phone: (631)-632-8105
chiaki.yanagisawa@stonybrook.edu
Experimental high-energy physics - Nuclear Physics - Theory
David Asner
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg. 703
Jan Bernauer
Assistant Professor Office: Physics C 105, Phone: (631)-632-8113
Nuclear Experiment Maria Chamizo-Llatas
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg. 703
maria.chamizo-llatas@stonybrook.edu
Particle Physics Ross Corliss
Research Assistant Professor Office: Physics C-103
Klaus Dehmelt
Research Professor Office: Physics C-108, Phone: (631)-632-8115
Nuclear Experimental 
Abhay Deshpande
Distinguished Professor Office: Physics C-102, Phone: (631)-632-8109/(631) 344-8783
abhay.deshpande@stonybrook.edu
Nucleon spin and heavy ion physics 
Axel Drees
Distinguished Professor Office: Physics C-105/P-101, Phone: (631)-632-8114/(631)-632-4366/(631)-632-8067
Heavy ion physics Haiyan Gao
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Prakhar Garg
Research Assistant Professor Office: Physics C-103
Thomas Hemmick
Distinguished Teaching Professor Office: Physics C-107/S-200, Phone: (631)-632-8111/(631)-632-8150
Experimental relativistic heavy ion physics Jiangyong Jia
Adjunct Professor Office: Chemistry, Phone: (631) 632-7905/
Experimental Nuclear Physics 
Dmitri Kharzeev
Distinguished Professor Office: C-142A, Phone: (631)-632-8118/(631) 344-7231
dmitri.kharzeev@stonybrook.edu
Theoretical Particle and Nuclear Physics 
Joanna Kiryluk
Associate Professor Office: C-109, Phone: (631)-632-7734
Nuclear and Heavy Ion Physics - Nucleon spin and neutrino physics 
Linwood Lee
Professor Emeritus Office: Physics C-106, Phone: (631)-632-8116
Experimental nuclear structure 
Robert McGrath
Professor Emeritus and former Provost, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Vice President for Brookhaven Laboratory Affairs experimental nuclear Rachid Nouicer
Adjunct Professor Phone: (631) 344-8433
Nuclear Physics Bjoern Schenke
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg 555, Rm 126
high energy nuclear theory 
Edward Shuryak
Distinguished Professor Office: Physics C-139, Phone: (631)-632-8127
Theoretical nuclear physics Sergey Syritsyn
Associate Professor Office: Physics C-140, Phone: (631)-632-8128
sergey.syritsyn@stonybrook.edu
Nuclear Theory 
Derek Teaney
Professor Office: Physics C-135, Phone: (631)-632-4489
Nuclear Theory 
Jacobus Verbaarschot
Distinguished Professor Office: Physics C-142B, Phone: (631)-632-8123
jacobus.verbaarschot@stonybrook.edu
Statistical Theory of Spectra 
Ismail Zahed
Professor Office: Physics C-141, Phone: (631)-632-8129
Theoretical nuclear physics - Nuclear and Heavy Ion Physics - Experimental
David Asner
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg. 703
Jan Bernauer
Assistant Professor Office: Physics C 105, Phone: (631)-632-8113
Nuclear Experiment Maria Chamizo-Llatas
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg. 703
maria.chamizo-llatas@stonybrook.edu
Particle Physics Ross Corliss
Research Assistant Professor Office: Physics C-103
Gabor David
Research Professor Office: Physics C-113, Phone: (631)-632-8120
Nuclear Physics Klaus Dehmelt
Research Professor Office: Physics C-108, Phone: (631)-632-8115
Nuclear Experimental Abhay Deshpande
Distinguished Professor Office: Physics C-102, Phone: (631)-632-8109/(631) 344-8783
abhay.deshpande@stonybrook.edu
Nucleon spin and heavy ion physics Axel Drees
Distinguished Professor Office: Physics C-105/P-101, Phone: (631)-632-8114/(631)-632-4366/(631)-632-8067
Heavy ion physics Haiyan Gao
Adjunct Professor Office: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Prakhar Garg
Research Assistant Professor Office: Physics C-103
Thomas Hemmick
Distinguished Teaching Professor Office: Physics C-107/S-200, Phone: (631)-632-8111/(631)-632-8150
Experimental relativistic heavy ion physics Jiangyong Jia
Adjunct Professor Office: Chemistry, Phone: (631) 632-7905/
Experimental Nuclear Physics Joanna Kiryluk
Associate Professor Office: C-109, Phone: (631)-632-7734
Nuclear and Heavy Ion Physics - Nucleon spin and neutrino physics Linwood Lee
Professor Emeritus Office: Physics C-106, Phone: (631)-632-8116
Experimental nuclear structure Robert McGrath
Professor Emeritus and former Provost, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Vice President for Brookhaven Laboratory Affairs experimental nuclear - Physical Biology
Ken A. Dill
Distinguished Professor Office: Laufer Center 117, Phone: (631)-632-5401
Biological and statistical physics Jin Wang
Affiliated Professor in Physics and Professor in Chemistry Office: Physics B-103/Chemistry 104
biological physics - Physics Education
Erlend Graf
Associate Professor Office: Physics B-101, Phone: (631)-632-8173
Education 
Angela Kelly
Professor Office: Physics A-141B/Life Sciences 001, Phone: (631)-632-8168/(631)-632-7075
Science Education 
- Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
Alexandre Abanov
Professor Office: Physics B-102/SCGP 412, Phone: (631)-632-8174/(631)-632-2820
alexandre.abanov@stonybrook.edu
Interference effects in strongly correlated electronic systems Luis Alvarez-Gaume
Professor/Director SCGP Office: Simons Center 413, Phone: (631)-632-2818
luis.alvarez-gaume@stonybrook.edu
String Theory and Quantum Gravity Zohar Komargodski
Professor Phone: (631)-632-2834
zohar.komargodski@stonybrook.edu
Theoretical Physics