Contact the Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Faculty
Ryan Behunin
Assistant Professor
Email: ryan.behunin@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-0443
Research interests: Optomechanics, Quantum Physics, Fluctuation-Induced Phenomena
Bertrand Cambou
Professor
Email: bertrand.cambou@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-7824
Research interests: Cybersecurity, Nanotechnology, Memristors, ReRAMs, Post Quantum Cryptography
Randy Dillingham
Professor
Email: Randy.Dillingham@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-2959
Research Interests: Experimental condensed matter physics
Ethan M. Dolle
Senior Lecturer
Email: Ethan.Dolle@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-9248
Teaching Interests: Classical mechanics, Electromagnetism, Thermodynamics, Optics, Math methods, Quantum mechanics, General relativity
Brad A. Fobar
Instructor
Email: Brad.Fobar@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-9468
Teaching Interests: General Physics and University Physics
John G. Gibbs
Associate Professor
Email: john.gibbs@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-1916
Research interests: Dr. Gibbs is an experimental condensed matter physicist who primarily focuses upon inorganic nanomaterials and their applications. Currently his two main research areas are: (1) the fabrication and optical properties of metamaterials with nanoscale features, and (2) active transport and collective behavior of self-propelled particles at the micro- and nanoscale.
Gerrick Lindberg
Associate Professor
Email: gerrick.lindberg@nau.edu
Phone: (928) 523-3897
Research interests: Molecular scale modeling, modeling of soft condensed matter, biophysics, astrochemistry, enhanced sampling methods.
Christopher Mann
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
Email: Christopher.mann@nau.edu
Research interests: Optical Interferometry, holography, machine vision, materials imaging
Jennifer S. Martinez
Professor
Email: jennifer.martinez@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-4304
Research interests: Biomaterials, fluorescent nano clusters, recombinant polymers, device integration and biosensors
Gabriel A. Montaño
Professor and Department Chair
Email: Gabriel.montano@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-2353
Research interests: Bio-inspired membrane materials, non-equilibrium materials, scanning-probe microscopy application development
Inès Montaño
Associate Professor
Email: ines.montano@nau.edu
Research interests: Quantum photonics, optoelectronics, quantum information physics, condensed matter physics
Matthew Rush
Assistant Research Professor
Email: Matthew.Rush@nau.edu
Research interests: Biomaterials, Nanotechnology, Cell-Material Interactions, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Tissue Engineering, Recombinant Polymers
Gregory Uyeda
Laboratory/Research Facility Administration Manager
Email: Gregory.Uyeda@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-2625
Research interests: Spectroscopy, scanning probe microscopy, optical microscopy, photochemistry, photosynthesis
Robert L. Whetten
Professor
Email: Robert.Whetten@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-5517
Research interests: Molecular & discrete metallurgy; chemical physics of protected metallic clusters; structure and bonding
Miguel Jose Yacaman
Professor
Email: Miguel.Yacaman@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-5518
Research interests: Properties of Nanomaterials, Synthesis of nanostructures, Electron Microscopy, Nanoparticles