Faculty & Staff
Dr. Christine C. Helms
She/Her
Associate Professor of Physics
Chair, Department of Physics
Specialties:
- Biophysics
- Atomic Force Microscopy
- Nanomechanics
(804) 289-8256
Professor of Physics
E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in the Liberal Arts
Specialties:
- Big Bang cosmology (theory and data analysis)
(804) 287-6486
Professor of Physics
Robert Edward and Lena Frazer Loving Chair of Physics
Specialties:
- Electro-nuclear physics
- Computational methods
- Nuclear non-proliferation and science policy
- Active learning strategies in introductory and advanced physics courses
(804) 289-8255
Teaching Faculty of Physics
Specialties:
- Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
- Geometric-Phase Oscillations
(804) 662-3021
Associate Professor of Physics
Specialties:
- Discrete systems in Mathematical Physics
- Nonlinear models
- Stochastic processes
(804) 287-6670
Associate Professor of Physics
Specialties:
- Electronic transport
- Nanophotonics
- Plasmonics
- Design of optical-electro nanostructures
- Optical properties of metallic and semiconductor nanostructures
- Structure and electronic properties of semiconductor nanowires, quantum dots, hetrojunctions, and superlattices
(804) 662-3147
Associate Professor of Physics
Pre-Engineering Advisor
Specialties:
- Multiwavelength astrophysics analysis
- Data challenges in large survey astrophysics
- Studies of the diffuse radio background
- Instrumentation methods in visible and radio wavelengths
(804) 287-6537
Associate Professor of Physics
Specialties:
- Condensed matter physics and materials science
- Polymer materials and self assembly
- Black silicon
- Nanotechnology and microscopy
(804) 289-8253
