Faculty & Staff

The physics department faculty teach or manage all of the Loyola physics courses. Areas of interest and expertise cover a wide variety of physics subfields. If you are interested in the physics curriculum or working on a research project, feel free to contact any faculty member to discuss what is available in the department.

	Randall S. Jones Department Chair, Associate Professor B.S., Brown University Ph.D., Cornell University Areas of Interest: computational physics, oceanography rsj@loyola.edu, 410-617-2706, KH 212d
	Mary L. Lowe Professor A.B., Harvard University Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Areas of Interest:  fluid dynamics, biophysics, bioengineering, robots in the introductory labs, student projects mlowe@loyola.edu, 410-617-2709, KH 212b
	Gregory N. Derry Professor B.S., Union College Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Areas of Interest: experimental condensed matter physics, experimental surface physics, ultrahigh vacuum electron spectroscopy, history and philosophy of physics gderry@loyola.edu, 410-617-2662, KH 212e
	Joseph W. Ganem Professor B.S., University of Rochester M.S., University of Wisconsin Ph.D., Washington University (St. Louis) Areas of Interest: condensed matter physics, laser spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance ganem@loyola.edu, 410-617-2048, KH 212a
	Andrea Erdas Associate Professor B.A., University of Cagliari, Italy M.A. and Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Areas of Interest: neutrino physics, quantum field theory, atomic and nuclear physics aerdas@loyola.edu, 410-617-2606, KH 214
	Rev. Frank R. Haig, S.J. Professor Emeritus B.A., S.T.B., S.T.L., Woodstock College Ph.L., Bellarmine College Ph.D., Catholic University of America Areas of Interest: theoretical physics, nuclear structure, elementary particle physics, cosmology fhaig@loyola.edu, 410-617-2574, KH 212c
	Helene F. Perry Associate Professor Emerita A.B., Sweet Briar College M.A., Johns Hopkins University Areas of Interest: experimental particle physics, optical physics, physics education research hperry@loyola.edu, 410-617-2521, KH 216
	Charles Gehrman Part-time Affiliate Instructor B.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County Master's Equivalent cagehrman@loyola.edu, 410-617-5604, KH 216
	Howard Moore Laboratory Manager hmoore@loyola.edu, 410-617-2572, KH 205