Professor of Physics
Ph. D., University of Colorado, 1989

Jim Doyle is an experimentalist in plasma and materials physics with an emphasis on materials used in thin film solar cells.  Students are regular participants in his NSF-funded studies of reactive sputtering, computer modeling of plasma systems, and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition.

Email him at doyle@macalester.edu

Office: Olin-Rice Hall 131
Telephone: (651) 696-6627

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Professor of Physics and Chair
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1992

James Heyman is interested in experimental condensed matter physics and ultrafast laser spectroscopy. Students regularly collaborate with him in his NSF-funded research on ultrafast processes in semiconductors and the generation of picosecond pulses of electromagnetic radiation..

Email him at  heyman@macalester.edu

Office: Olin-Rice Hall 130
Telephone: (651) 696-6369

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Professor of Physics
Ph. D, Duke University, 1965

Sung Kyu Kim is Professor of Physics at Macalester.  He is the author of Physics: The Fabric of Reality (Macmillan, 1975) and co-author of Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Macmillan, 1978).  He is a contributor to Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics (Simon and Schuster Macmillan, 1996).   His work on a book manuscript on introductory cosmology in collaboration with the late Professor David N. Schramm of the University of Chicago is currently being revised by Professors Krauss and Starkman of  Case Western Reserve University under a contract with Prentice Hall.    His current teaching assignment includes "Contemporary Concepts of Physics", which enrolls about 200 students per year, and a lecture series, "Cosmos: Perspectives and Reflections".  He also runs the Macalester Summer Physics Institute for pre-medical students, which typically draws about 60 students from some 20 colleges and universities.  He received the 1993 Burlington Northern Excellence in Teaching award.

Email him at kim@macalester.edu .

Office: Olin-Rice Hall 132
Telephone: (651) 696-6453

Assistant Professor
Ph. D., Purdue University (1993)

Dr. Tonnis ter Veldhuis is a theoretical elementary particle physicist.  His interests include the physics of the Higgs boson, the elusive particle currently being hunted for at the world's most powerful particle accelerators, and the physics of dark matter, the stuff recent observations indicate to be the dominant component of particles in our universe.  Professor ter Veldhuis also studies supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model, and he investigates scenarios in which our Universe is embedded in a higher dimensional space-time .

Email him at terveldhuis@macalester.edu

Office:  Olin-Rice 126
Telephone:  (651) 696-6838

Laboratory Supervisor and Observatory Manager
M.S., Astrophysics, Iowa State University (1991)

Brian Adams is the department's Laboratory Supervisor and Observatory Manager.  He teaches the introductory level physics lab courses and provides lecture demonstration and general support for the department.  He joined the Physics and Astronomy department in 1998.

Email him at adams@macalester.edu

Office:  Olin-Rice Hall 127
Telephone:  (651) 696-6456

Administrative Assistant

Barb joined the Chemistry Department in September, 1988 as Administrative Assistant. In 1997, her role expanded to become the Department Coordinator for both the Physics and Geology Departments.  In her position she provides secretarial support to the faculty and manages the Chemistry Department budget. She enjoys getting to know the students each year. For relaxation she likes tennis, gardening, traveling and watching professional basketball.

Email her at ekeberg@macalester.edu

Office:  Olin-Rice Hall  118
Telephone:  (651) 696-6105

Professor of Physics (retired)
Ph. D., Physics, University of Illinois, 1965

Dr. Mikkelson has published research in a number of physics areas, including designs for special-purpose optical fibers and their applications in fiber optic sensors.  He is co-inventor on two optical fiber patents with colleagues at the 3M Company Fiber Optics Laboratory.

Email him at mikkelson@macalester.edu

Office: Olin-Rice Hall 128
Telephone: (651) 696-6363