Associate Dean of Research and Department Chair, Computer Science

Assistant Professor

Gregg Harry works to detect gravitational waves from supernovas, neutron stars, pulsars, and possibly the Big Bang. In this way, he is testing Einstein’s theory of gravity against Newton’s. An astrophysicist by trade, Harry works on the National Sci... [More]

Department Chair, Physics

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 processing application... [More]

Associate 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]

Associate Professor

Teresa Larkin is an Associate Professor of Physics Education in the Department of Physics. She also serves as Faculty Liaison to the Pre-engineering Program at American University.Dr. Larkin received her BS and MS degrees in Engineering Physics from ... [More]

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

Adjunct Instructor

Associate Professor Emeritus

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]

Professor Emeritus

Adjunct Instructor

Adjunct Instructor

Research Assistant Professor

Professor Emeritus

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]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Professor Emeritus

Adjunct Instructor

Assistant Director-D.C. Space Grant

Senior Administrative Assistant

Adjunct Instructor

Senior Optical/Laser Engineer