Physics
Faculty & Staff

Richard Crandall
Howard Vollum Adjunct Professor of Science, Physics
Quantum theory, signal processing, interdisciplinary problems, scientific computing
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B.A. 1969 Reed College, Ph. D. 1973 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

John Essick
David W. Brauer Professor of Physics
Solid state physics
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B.S. 1976 University of California/Berkeley, M.S. 1978 University of California/Los Angeles, Ph.D. 1988 University of Oregon

Joel Franklin
Assistant Professor
Field theory, computation
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B.A. 1997 Reed College, M.A. 1998 Brandeis University, Ph. D. 2003 Stanford University

David Griffiths
Emeritus Professor
Classical electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, elementary particles
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B.A. 1964, M.A. 1966, Ph D. 1970 Harvard University

Lucas Illing
Assistant Professor
Nonlinear dynamics; atomic, molecular, and optical physics
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Vordiplom 1996 Humboldt University, Berlin, Ph. D. 2002 University of California, San Diego
Mary James
Professor
Accelerator physics, classical electrodynamics, physics outreach
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B.A. 1976 Hampshire College, Ph.D. 1988 Stanford University

Johnny Powell
Professor
Neural biophysics, astrophysics, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
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B.S. 1971, M.S. 1972 California State University/Northridge, Ph.D. 1983 Arizona State University

Robert Reynolds
Professor
Astrophysics
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B.A. B.S. 1956, M.A. 1958, Ph.D. 1961 University of Texas

Darrell Schroeter
Assistant Professor
Condensed Matter Theory
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B.A. 1995 Reed College, Ph.D. 2002 Stanford University
Nicholas Wheeler
A. A. Knowlton Professor
Mathematical physics
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B.A. 1955 Reed College, Ph.D. 1960 Brandeis University
Staff
Trina McLaughlin
Department Administrative Assistant
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