Meet Our Faculty

Susan Mokhtari

Dr. Susan Mokhtari

Department Chair

Email: smokhtari@csustan.edu
Phone: 209-664-6728
Office: N175

Theoretical Black Hole Physics and Topological Quantum Field Theory
Ph.D., Imperial College, 1986 on Supergravity and Supersymmetry
Postdoc: International Center For Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

Dr. Liangmin (Leon) Zhang

Dr. Liangmin (Leon) Zhang

Email: lzhang@csustan.edu
Phone: 209-667-3553
Office: N168 & N165

Condensed Matter Experiments, Nanomaterials
Ph.D., Shandong Univ. (‘96)

Dr. Brian Morsony

Dr. Brian Morsony

Email: bmorsony@csustan.edu
Phone: 209-667-3535
Office: N174

Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics
Ph.D., Astrophysical and Planetary Science, UC, Boulder 2008
Postdoc: Univ. Wisconsin-Madison 2008, Univ. Maryland 2014-2018

Dr. Wing To

Dr. Wing To

Email: wto@csustan.edu
Phone: 209-664-6910
Office: N173

About Dr. Wing To

Experimental Particle Physics and Atmospheric Physics
Ph.D., Particle Physics from UC, Santa Barbara, 2006-2012
Postdoc: Experimental Dark Matter from Case Western Reserve Univ. 2012-2014
Postdoc: Experimental Dark Matter from Stanford Univ. 2014-2016

 

jason

Dr. Jason Veatch

Email: jveatch@csustan.edu
Phone: 209-667-3467
Office: N172

Experimental Particle Physics
Ph.D., Particle Physics, University of Arizona 2015

Postdoc: University of Goettingen, Germany, 2015-2021

Postdoc: California State University, East Bay, 2022-2023

Lecturer

physics

Dr. Daniel Birmingham

Email:dbirmingham@csustan.edu
Office: N167
Phone: TBA

Lecturer in Physics

Jeff

Dr. Jeffrey Mirocha

Email: jmirocha@csustan.edu
Phone: 209-667-3466
Office: N176

Research: Atmospheric Sciences and Wind Energy

Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, 2000-2005

Staff Atmospheric Scientist: Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL), 2005-Current

Ryan

Mr. Ryan Muoio

Email: rmuoio@csustan.edu
Phone: 209-667-3466
Office: N176

Research Field: Active Matter

Master's in the Science of Physics, CSU Fullerton, 2021

Zaya Pourtarvirdi

Mr. Zaya Pourtarvirdi

Email: zpourtarvirdi@csustan.edu
Office: TBA
Phone: TBA

Lecturer in Physics, Thin-Film Physics, Optical Coatings, Semiconductor Lasers
Master of Science in Applied Physics, Fresno State University
Currently also Full-Time Instructor at Merced College

Emeritus Faculty

Dr. Rose Zhang

Dr. Rose Zhang

Condensed Matter Physics

email: rzhang@csustan.edu

Dr. Ian Littlewood

Dr. Ian Littlewood

Atomic Physics, Thermal Collisions, Gas Plasmas, Spectroscopy

Ph.D., University of Oxford, 1976

Postdoc: Molecular Spectroscopy, McMaster University, 1981

Dr. Marvin Johnson

Dr. Marvin Johnson

Biophysics and Biomechanics

Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1977

Updated: February 22, 2024