Physics | Faculty & Staff

Associate Professor

Prof. Gray received his PhD in Physics from Pennsylvania State University in 1968, after which he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto in 1968-1969. In 1969-1972, he was an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Oregon Graduate Cente... [More]

Associate Professor

Professor Harshman pursues research in theoretical physics, focusing his studies on the intersection of quantum information theory and particle physics.  Entanglement is a fundamental resource for many future quantum information processi... [More]

Assistant Professor

Professor Johnson is a theoretical and computational physicist doing research on a number of topics ranging from quantum computing to ultracold atoms in optical lattices to the quantum mechanics of dark energy. He is particularly interested in fundam... [More]

Professor Emeritus

Assistant Director-D.C. Space Grant

Associate Professor

Teresa Larkin is an Associate Professor of Physics Education in the Department of Computer Science, Audio Technology, and Physics. She also serves as Faculty Liaison to the Pre-engineering Program at American University.Dr. Larkin received her B.S. a... [More]

Lecturer

Research Assistant Professor

Professor Emeritus

Romeo Segnan came to American University in 1967, where he pursued his career in physics. In 1987 he was appointed chair of the physics department, which he held for the next ten years. During the years of teaching and research, Segnan spent differen... [More]

Senior Administrative Assistant

Department Chair, Physics

Senior Optical/Laser Engineer

Assistant Professor

Jessica Uscinski recently joined the Physics Department at American University as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2008. She received her PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Arizona in 2008. Her research primarily involves investigating t... [More]

Professor Emeritus