Physics Department People

Eugene V. Benton

Professor of Physics
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1968
Areas of interest:
Radiation physics, space science, health physics, medical physics.

personal home page

bentone@usfca.edu
(415) 422-6281
Harney Science Center Room 113

Thomas Böttger

Assistant Professor of Physics
Ph.D., Montana State University, 2002
Areas of interest:
Laser frequency stabilization, solid state laser spectroscopy, spectral hole burning.

personal home page

tbottger@usfca.edu
(415) 422-5716
Harney Science Center Room 105

Brandon Brown

Associate Professor of Physics
Associate Dean for the Sciences
Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1997
Areas of interest:
Electric perception in biological systems, low-temperature physics, superconductivity, science writing for mass media.

personal home page

brbrown@usfca.edu
(415) 422-5065
Harney Science Center Room 132

Horacio Camblong

Professor of Physics
Ph.D., New York University, 1993
Areas of interest:
Theoretical and mathematical physics, quantum field theory, many-body physics.

personal home page

camblong@usfca.edu
(415) 422-2364
Harney Science Center Room 114

Marcelo Camperi

Associate Professor of Physics
Physics Department Chair

Ph.D., Boston University, 1994
Areas of interest:
Theoretical neuroscience, electric perception in biological systems, computational physics.

personal home page

camperi@usfca.edu
(415) 422-2057
Harney Science Center Room 112

Aparna Venkatesan

Assistant Professor of Physics
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2000
Areas of interest:
Theoretical cosmology.

personal home page

avenkatesan@usfca.edu
(415) 422-
Harney Science Center Room 106

Maureen Fisher

Physics Program Assistant
M.A. (Counseling Psychology), University of San Francisco, 2005
fisher@usfca.edu
(415) 422-6155
Harney Science Center Room 141

Patrick McNeff

Physics Technician
B.S. (Physics), University of San Francisco, 2005
psmcneff@usfca.edu
(415) 422-6241
Harney Science Center Room 129

Terry Mulera

Instructor
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1974
Areas of interest:
Relativistic collisions of heavy ions, radiation detector development, neutrino oscillations, rare decays of the pion.
mulera@usfca.edu
(415) 422-5701
Harney Science Center Room 103