Tenure-Track Faculty

Dr. Gregory Wurtz

Associate Professor of Physics 

Chair, Department of Physics

E-mail:  g.wurtz@unf.edu

Phone:  (904) 620-3977
Office:  Building 50, Room 2600

Dr. Thomas Pekarek  

Terry Presidential Professor of Physics

Ph. D. Experimental Solid State Physics, Purdue University

Director: Helium Liquefier Facility

E-mail:  tpekarek@unf.edu
Phone:  (904) 620-1939
Office:  Building 50, Room 1524

Dr. Lev Gasparov

Terry Presidential Professor of Physics
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Ph.D. Experimental Solid State Physics,

Institute for Solid State Physics, Moscow 

E-mail: lgasprov@unf.edu
Phone: (904) 620-1933

Office: Building 51, 3315

Faculty Bio page

Dr. Jane MacGibbon

Associate Professor of Physics 

Ph. D. Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Cambridge

E-mail:  jmacgibb@unf.edu
Phone:  (904) 620-1923
Office:  Building 50, Room 1500

Dr. James L. Garner

Professor of Physics and Interim Chair Criminal Justice

Ph.D. Theoretical Solid State Physics, Ohio State University  

E-mail: jgarner@unf.edu
Phone:  (904) 620-2729

Office:  Building 50, Room 2100

Dr. Daniel Santavicca

Associate Professor of Physics

Ph. D. Experimental Solid State Physics, Yale University

E-mail: daniel.santavicca@unf.edu

Phone: (904) 620-5209

Office: Building 50, Room 1502

Faculty Bio page

Dr. Chris Kelso

Assistant Professor of Physics

Society of Physics Students Advisor

Email: ckelso@unf.edu

Phone: (904) 620-1937

Office: Building 50, Room 1504

Dr. Kelso's webpage

Dr. Maitri Warusawithana

Assistant Professor of Physics

Ph.D. Experimental Solid State Physics, University of Illinois

Email: maitriw@unf.edu 

Phone: (904) 620-2155

Office: Building 50, Room 1516

Dr. Jason Haraldsen

Assistant Professor of Physics

Email: j.t.haraldsen@unf.edu

Phone: (904) 620-2235

Office: Building 50, Room 1518

Faculty Bio page 

Dr. Haraldsen's webpage 

Dr. John Hewitt

Assistant Professor of Physics

Email: john.w.hewitt@unf.edu

Phone: (904) 620-1965

Office: Building 50, Room 1508

Faculty Lecturers

Dr. John Anderson

Associate Lecturer in Physics

Ph.D. Biophysics, Harvard University

Director, Science and Culture Initiative

Astronomy Club Advisor 

E-mail: jeanders@unf.edu
Phone:  (904) 620-3988
Office:  Building 50, Room 2808

Dr. Nirmal Patel

Associate Lecturer in Physics

Ph.D. Experimental Solid State Physics, Patel University (India)

Director, SEM Facility

E-mail:  npatel@unf.edu
Phone:  (904) 620-1670
Office:  Building 50, Room 2806

Dr. Barry Albright

Associate Lecturer in Earth Sciences 

Ph.D. Geology 1997, University of California, Riverside

E-mail:  lalbrigh@unf.edu
Phone:  (904) 620-2238
Office:  Building 50, Room 2810  

Dr. Grace Bossé

Lab Manager and Instructor

E-mail: g.bosse@unf.edu
Phone: (904) 620-1389
Office:  Building 50, Room 2816

Mr. Jim Montgomery

Lecturer in Physics

Dr. Warren Huelsnitz

Lecturer in Physics

Faculty Emeritus

Dr. Dennis L. Gay (Emeritus)

Associate Professor of Physics

Ph.D. Experimental and Computational Nuclear Physics,

Florida State University

E-mail:  dgay@unf.edu
Phone:  (904) 620-1941
Office:  Building 50, Room 1532

Dr. Jay Huebner (Emeritus)

Physics Professor Emeritus 

E-mail:  jhuebn@unf.edu

Visiting Faculty

E-mail: n01387593@unf.edu

Phone: (904) 620-1957

Office: Building 50, Room 1520
Ph.D. Physics, University of Toronto

Email: anelson@unf.edu

Phone: (904) 620-5285

Office: Building 50, Room 2822

M.S. Meteorology & Oceanography, Naval Post-Graduate School

Email: @unf.edu

Phone: (904) 620-2729

Office: Building 50, Room 2818

Ph.D. Physics, University of Allahabad 

 

Part-time Faculty

Dr. Karl Pezdirtz  

E-mail: k.pezdirtz.144793@unf.edu  

Ph.D. Experimental Solid State Physics, SUNY

Staff

Mrs. Loraine Morgan

Physics Office Manager

E-mail:  l.morgan@unf.edu

Phone:  (904) 620-2729

Office:  Building 50, Room 2600