Faculty & Staff

Mark Beck
Professor of Physics
Quantum optics; Quantum information
Email
|
Website
BS 1985, PhD 1992 University of Rochester
Noah Charles
Scholar in Residence
Email
BA 2013 Northwestern University, PhD 2020 Ohio State University

Eryn Cook
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Email
BS 2005 University of Washington, PhD 2017 University of Oregon

Alison Crocker
Associate Professor of Physics
Astrophysics
Email
|
Website
BA 2006 Dartmouth College. DPhil 2009 University of Oxford

Joel Franklin (Department Chair)
Professor
Field theory, computation
Email
|
Website
BA 1997 Reed College, MA 1998 Brandeis University, PhD 2003 Stanford University

Lucas Illing
Professor
Nonlinear dynamics; atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Email
|
Website
Vordiplom 1996 Humboldt University, Berlin, PhD 2002 University of California, San Diego

Mary James
A.A. Knowlton Professor of Physics
Accelerator physics, classical electrodynamics, physics outreach
Email
|
Website
BA 1976 Hampshire College, PhD 1988 Stanford University

Darrell Schroeter
Professor
Condensed Matter Theory
Email
|
Website
BA 1995 Reed College, PhD 2002 Stanford University
Emeritus Faculty

John Essick
David W. Brauer Professor
Solid state physics
Email
|
Website
BS 1976 University of California/Berkeley, MS 1978 University of California/Los Angeles, PhD 1988 University of Oregon

David Griffiths
Professor Emeritus
Classical electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, elementary particles
Email
|
Website
BA 1964, MA 1966, PhD 1970 Harvard University

Johnny Powell
Professor Emeritus
Astrophysics, spectroscopy, and biophysics
Email
|
Website
BS 1971, MS 1972 California State University/Northridge, PhD 1983 Arizona State University

Robert Reynolds
David W. Brauer Professor Emeritus
Astrophysics
Email
|
Website
BA BS 1956, MA 1958, PhD 1961 University of Texas

Nicholas Wheeler
A. A. Knowlton Professor Emeritus
Mathematical physics
Email
|
Website
BA 1955 Reed College, PhD 1960 Brandeis University
Staff

Cory Chambers
Faculty Administrative Coordinator
Email
BA 2017 Portland State University, MS 2019 Portland State University
Faculty Alumni
Richard Crandall
Howard Vollum Adjunct Professor, 1978-2012
Quantum theory, signal processing, interdisciplinary problems, scientific computing
Website
| In Remembrance
BA 1969 Reed College, PhD 1973 Massachusetts Institute of Technology