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.

Barry Dalrymple Laboratory Manager

• 410-617-2572
• badalrymple@loyola.edu
• KH 205

Gregory N. Derry Professor Emeritus

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

• 410-617-2662
• gderry@loyola.edu

Andrea Erdas Professor

B.A., University of Cagliari, Italy
M.A. and Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Interest: neutrino physics, quantum field theory, Casimir effect

• 410-617-2606
• aerdas@loyola.edu
• KH 212e

Joseph W. Ganem Department Chair, 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

• 410-617-2048
• jganem@loyola.edu
• KH 212c

Inge Heyer Teaching Professor

B.A., Smith College
M.S., University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ph.D., University of Wyoming
Areas of Interest: Astronomy, physical science education

• 410-617-2732
• iheyer@loyola.edu
• KH 212a

Randall S. Jones Associate Professor

B.S., Brown University
Ph.D., Cornell University
Areas of Interest: computational physics, oceanography

• 410-617-2706
• rsj@loyola.edu
• KH 212d

Gary Kapilevich Assistant Teaching Professor

B.S., Rutgers University
Ph.D., City University of New York
Areas of Interest: Quantum field theory, quantum chromodynamics (QCD), color glass condensate

• 410-617-5648
• gakapilevich@loyola.edu
• KH 216

Mary L. Lowe Professor

A.B., Harvard University
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Interest: fluid dynamics, biophysics, physics of medicine, robots in the introductory labs, student projects

• 410-617-2709
• mlowe@loyola.edu
• KH 212b

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

Bahram Roughani Associate Dean of Natural and Applied Sciences, Professor

B.S., Indiana State University
M.A., Indiana State University
M.S., University of Cincinnati
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Areas of Interest: nanotechnology, experimental condensed matter

• 410-617-2562
• broughani@loyola.edu
• DS 145

Grace Yong Assistant Teaching Professor

B.S. University of California, Berkeley
M.A. and Ph.D.  Wayne State University
Areas of Interest: Metamaterial superconductors, Manganite Perovskite films

• 410-617-2226
• gyong@loyola.edu
• KH 214