Florida State University Program in Chemical Physics
Associated Faculty

  • Igor V. Alabugin Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., 1995, Moscow State University. Experimental and computational studies of stereoelectronic effects in ground and excited states; photochemistry in solution and solid state.
    Telephone: (850)644-5795; FAX: (850)644-8281;
    email:
    alabugin@chem.fsu.edu

  • Susan Davis Allen Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., 1971, University of Southern California. Laser Processing of materials.
    Telephone: (850)644-3206; FAX: (850)644-8281;
    email:
    sdallen@chem.fsu.edu

  • Jianming (Jim) Cao Assistant Professor of Physics, Ph.D., 1996, University of Rochester. Ultrafast electronic and structural dynamics in solids.
    Telephone: (850)644-0527; FAX: (850)644-5038;
    email:
    jcao@magnet.fsu.edu

  • Jerzy Cioslowski Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., 1987, Georgetown University. Density functional theory; ab initio and semiempirical calculations of electronic structure; methods of mathematical physics applied to quantum chemistry.
    Telephone: (850)644-8274; FAX: (850)644-8281;
    email: jerzy@kyoko.chem.fsu.edu

  • Jack E. Crow Professor of Physics, Ph.D., 1967, University of Rochester. Synthesis and characterization of transition metal oxides; temperature and magnetic field dependence of specific heat; magnetic susceptibility, magnetotransport and optical properites.
    Telephone: (850)644-0851; FAX: (850)644-9462;
    email: crow@magnet.fsu.edu

  • Naresh Dalal Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., 1985, University of British Columbia. Electric and magnetic properties of materials; synthesis and characterization of new materials exhibiting novel or improved properties; NMR and EPR experiments.
    Telephone: (850)644-3398; FAX: (850)644-8281;
    email:
    dalal@chem.fsu.edu

  • Ralph C. Dougherty Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., 1963, University of Chicago. Structure of liquid water and aqueous solutions; nmr and Raman studies of continuous phase transitions in liquids; molecular orbital theory and statistical mechanics applied to solvation.
    Telephone: (850)644-5725; FAX: (850)644-8281;
    email:
    ralphd@chem.fsu.edu

  • Robert L. Fulton Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., 1964, Harvard University. Theoretical investigations of polar and nonpolar fluids; theory of relaxation in the media; description of the behavior of electrons in molecules.
    Telephone: (850)644-6449; FAX: (850)644-8281;
    email: fulton@chem.fsu.edu

  • Lev David Gelb Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., 1995, Cambridge University. Molecular simulation and statistical mechanics; nanostructured materials; molecular machines and motors.
    Telephone: (850)645-0363; FAX: (850)644-8281;
    email:
    gelb@chem.fsu.edu

  • Edwin F. Hilinski Associate Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., 1982, Yale University. Mechanistic studies of photochemical and thermal reactions in solution; time-resolved laser spectroscopy; photoinduced phenomena in solids.
    Telephone: (850)644-5503; FAX: (850)644-8281;
    email: hilinski@chem.fsu.edu

  • David M. Lind Associate Professor of Physics, Ph.D., 1986, Rice University. Thin film synthesis of magnetic oxides using molecular beam epitaxy; structural and magnetic ordering studies using spin-resolved electron, neutron and x-ray diffraction.
    Telephone: (850)644-1576; FAX: (850)644-6504;
    email: lind@magnet.fsu.edu

  • Efstratos Manousakis Professor of Physics, Ph.D., 1985, University of Illinois. Theoretical condensed matter physics; superfluidity and superconductivity; low dimensional systems; phenomena on surfaces and interfaces; magnetic phenomena in low dimensions.
    Telephone: (850)644-3713; FAX: (850)644-8630;
    email: stratos@samos.martech.fsu.edu

  • Alan G. Marshall Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., 1970, Stanford University. Fourier transform ion cyclotron mass spectroscopy; optical spectroscopy of ions mass-selected by cyclotron resonance; optical/microwave/cyclotron triple resonance.
    Telephone: (850)644-0529; FAX: (850)644-1366;
    email: marshall@magnet.fsu.edu

  • Per Arne Rikvold Professor of Physics, Ph.D., 1983, Temple University. Condensed matter theory and computational statistical mechanics; electrochemistry; dynamics of magnetic systems; dynamics of phase ordering and phase separation.
    Telephone: (850)644-6011; FAX: (850)644-0098;
    email: rikvold@csit.fsu.edu

  • Sanford A. Safron Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., 1969, Harvard University. Dynamics of crystalline surfaces; surface phase transitions; epitaxial growth; chemi- and physisorption.
    Telephone: (850)644-5239; FAX: (850644-8281;
    email: safron@chem.fsu.edu

  • James G. Skofronick Professor of Physics, Ph.D., 1964, University of Wisconsin. Vibrational behavior of crystal surfaces by low energy helium atom-surface scattering; effects of physi- and chemisorption, phase changes, collision mechanisms; dynamics of epitaxial growth.
    Telephone: (850)644-5497; FAX: (850)644-6504;
    email: skofronick@phy.fsu.edu

  • Oliver Steinbock Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., 1993, Goettingen University. Non-linear dynamics in chemical systems; reaction kinetics; pattern formation in non-equilibrium systems; corrosion processes and dynamic electrochemistry.
    Telephone: (850)644-4824; FAX: (850)644-8281;
    email:
    steinbck@chem.fsu.edu

  • David H. Van Winkle Professor of Physics, Ph.D., 1984, University of Colorado. Experimental condensed mater physics; complex fluids and gels; surface physics.
    Telephone: (850)644-6019; FAX: (850)644-6504;
    email: rip@phy.fsu.edu

  • Stephen von Molnár Professor of Physics, Ph.D., 1965, University of California, Riverside. Experimental physics; magnetism and magnetic materials, including nanoparticles.
    Telephone: (850)644-5075; FAX: (850)644-6504;
    email: molnar@magnet.fsu.edu

  • Peng Xiong Assistant Professor of Physics, Ph.D., 1994, Brown University. Quantum phase transitions and fluctuations in low dimensional systems; electric properties of nanostructures.
    Telephone: (850)644-5849; FAX: (850)644-6504;
    email:
    xiong@martech.fsu.edu


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