Physics and astronomy alumni

Graduates from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Wayne State University have used their education for a variety of career paths. Alumni are encouraged to send updated information to share with other WSU physics alumni and prospective students.

A – D

  • Albers, Walter P., Jr. (Ph.D. 1960, M.S. 1954)
  • Alvarez, David A. (B.S. 2000)
  • Atems, D. Elisabeth (Ph.D. 1993) network administrator, Dept. of Physics, Wayne State University
  • Auner, Gregory W. (Ph.D. 1990, M.S. 1985, B.S. 1982) professor, Dept. of ECE, Wayne State University
  • Bielecki, Joseph W. (M.S. 1993) senior testing engineer, North American Lighting, Inc. (Farmington Hills, MI)
  • Bloch, Charles (B.S. 1978) associate professor, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
  • Bursott, Andrea C. (B.S. 1999)
  • Catchings, Robert M., III (Ph.D. 1970) professor, Dept. of Physics, Howard University
  • Chalmers, Joseph S. (Ph.D. 1967) chair and professor, Dept. of Physics, Louisville University
  • Ciolek, Glenn E. (B.S. 1983) Ph.D., University of Illinois, research associate, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnical University
  • Clark, Bunny C. (Ph.D. 1973) distinguished university professor, Dept. of Physics, Ohio State University
  • Cowan, Michael D. (M.S. 1965, B.S. 1962) MS EE, Syracuse University, 1971. Senior technical staff member (retired 2002), IBM Corp., Microelectronics Division, East Fishkill, NY. Independent semiconductor industry market watcher and forecaster of global semi sales
  • Drallos, Paul J. (Ph.D. 1989, M.S. 1984, B.S. 1982) president, Plasma Dynamics Corp (Ferndale, MI)

E – I

  • Erpelding, John P. (B.S. 1991) emergency physician, MN (M.D. 1995 U of Michigan)
  • French, Albert (B.S. 1993)
  • Gomez, Romel (M.S. 1984) Ph.D., ECE, University of Maryland, associate professor, Dept. of ECE, University of Maryland
  • Hameed, Sithy F. (Ph.D. 2000) research associate, Texas A&M
  • Han, Xioayan (Ph.D. 1997) assistant professor, Dept. of ECE, Wayne State University
  • Harte, Michael (B.S. 1994)
  • Hawkins, Gary F. (Ph.D. 1978) Aerospace Corp.
  • Henry, Laurence L. (Ph.D. 1991) associate professor, Dept. of Physics, Southern University
  • Hilburger, John P. (M.S. 1992) science teacher, Rochester School System
  • Hill, Alisha C. (B.S. 1998)
  • Hoffman, Kevin (M.S. 1981) Energy Conversion Devices (Troy, MI)
  • Hunter, Gary W. Hunter (Ph.D. 1987) scientist, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Inglehart, (Hopkins) Lorretta J. (Ph.D. 1984, M.S. 1982, B.S. 1979) senior staff associate, National Science Foundation

J – M

  • Jaradat, Hazim A. (Ph.D. 2000) assistant professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Jesion, Gerald (B.S. 1975, M.S. 1976) staff member, Ford Research Laboratories (Dearborn, MI)
  • Kaiser, William J. (Ph.D. 1983, B.S. 1977) professor, Dept. of EE, UCLA, founder, Sensoria Corp (Culver City, CA)
  • Kim, Boglea (Ph.D. 2000) Scientist, Osmic Ic., (Troy, MI)
  • Korbiak, Kathryn (B.S. 2001) graduate student, University of Michigan
  • Kosko, Gary W. (M.S. 1984)
  • Kota, Chandrasekhar (M.S. 1992) associate professor, Dept. of Medical Physics, Wayne State U.
  • Kubinski, David J. (Ph.D. 1995) staff scientist, Ford Scientific Research Lab
  • Kullen, Mark K. (M.S. 1987, B.S. 1984) General Dynamics
  • Landman, Joseph (Ph.D. 1997) founder/CEO, Scalable Informatics LLC (Canton, MI)
  • Laperriere, Frank (B.S. 1975, M.S. 1979) Daimler-Chrysler Corporation (Auburn Hills, MI)
  • Lhota, James R., II (Ph.D. 1983, B.S. 1977) scientist, Thermal Wave Imaging
  • Ling, Dah-Chin (Ph.D. 1995) assistant professor, Dept. of Physics (Taiwan)
  • Luckwald, Eric (B.S. 2001) graduate student, UC-Santa Barbara
  • Lukaszew, Rosa A. (Ph.D. 1996, M.S. 1988) assistant professor, Dept. of Physics, Toledo University
  • Marburger, Richard E. (Ph.D. 1962, M.S. 1952, B.S. 1950) president emeritus, Lawrence Institute of Technology
  • Mbonye, Manasse (M.S. 1990) assistant professor of pPhysics, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • McKAGUE, Darren (B.S. 1993) Ph.D., U of Colorado, research associate, CIRA, Colorado State University
  • Militello, Maria C. (B.S. 1988) technical staff, General Motors R&D Center
  • Minhaj, Mohamedo S. (Ph.D. 1994) radiologist, Toms River Hospital (NJ)

N – Q

  • Nahar, Sultana (Ph.D. 1987, M.S. 1982) research professor, Dept. of Astronomy, Ohio State University
  • Nehmeh, Sadek A. (Ph.D. 2000) research associate, Sloan-Kettering Medical Center, NY
  • Obien, Jonathan M. (Ph.D. 1996) research associate, Dept. of Physics, U. of South Carolina
  • Ouyang, Zhong (Ph.D. 1999)
  • Papoulias, Panagiotis (B.S. 1994)

R – V

  • Radford, Stanley (Ph.D. 1980) associate professor, Marietta College (Ohio)
  • Rahhai-orabi, Nadia (Ph.D. 2000)
  • Rakes, Richard, Jr. (M.S. 1990) algorithm development manager, Autoliv North America Technical Center (Auburn Hills, MI)
  • Ravitsky,  Oleg (B.S. 1996) emergency physician, Henry Ford Hospital (MD, Wayne State)
  • Reid, David (Ph.D. 1995) executive officer, Dept. of Physics, University of Chicago
  • Repko, Wayne W. (Ph.D. 1967) professor, Dept. of Physics, Michigan State University
  • Rodriguez, James (M.S. 1991) staff, Osmic, Inc. (Troy, MI)
  • Ross, Robert A. (Ph.D. 1991) assistant professor, Dept. of Engineering, U. of Detroit-Mercy
  • Scheuermann, Michael R. (Ph.D. 1983, B.S. 1979) staff scientist, IBM
  • Sheen, Jeffrey M. (Ph.D. 2000, B.S. 1992) senior researcher, Software Architects, Columbus, OH
  • Shen, Weidian (Ph.D. 1988) associate professor, Dept. of Physics, Eastern Michigan University
  • Shepard, Steven (Ph.D. 1987) founder, Thermal Wave Imaging
  • Smart, Jeffrey (M.S. 1977) staff member, John Hopkins University – Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Smith, James L. (B.S. 1965) Ph.D. 1974, Brown University, fFellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, editor, Philosophical Magazine B
  • Smith, Steven (Ph.D. 1989, M.S. 1984, B.S. 1981) scientist, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA
  • Soltis, Richard L. (Ph.D. 1999) staff scientist, Ford Scientific Research Lab
  • Stein, Talbert S. (B.S. 1962) professor, Dept. of Physics, Wayne State University
  • Sun, Gang (Ph.D. 2000) senior research scientist, Therma-Wave Inc., Fremont, CA
  • Surdutovich, Anatoliy (M.S. 1995) Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
  • Surdutovich, Eugene (Ph.D. 1998) research associate, Dept. of Physics, Wayne State University
  • Svinarich, Kathryn (Ph.D. 1991) associate professor, Dept. of Physics, Kettering University
  • Tatham, Alicia (B.S. 1995)
  • Talagala, Punya (Ph.D. 1995) lecturer, Dept. of Physics, Wayne State University
  • Thompson, David J. (Ph.D. 1996) research scientist, Visteon Corp
  • Twesten, Ray D. (B.S. 1990) Ph.D., University of Illinois

W – Z

  • Wang, Tie (M.S. 1986) staff scientist, Ford Scientific Research Lab
  • Wang, Yingxia (Ph.D. 1997)
  • Wei, Lanhua (Ph.D. 1992) sr. staff research, Therma-Wave Inc., Fremont, CA
  • Weston, Gary (B.S. 1979) Ph.D., UCLA, professor, Dept. of Physics, Cal State - Hayward
  • Win, winston W. (Ph.D. 1990) Engineer, Motorola
  • Wolshon, Brian (B.S. 1988) associate professor of Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University
  • Yong, Grace (Ph.D. 1996) research associate, Dept. of Physics, Lehigh University