Departmental Committees: Academic Year 2012-13

Physics Council

Professor Edmund Bertschinger, Department Head, ex officio
Professor John Belcher, Associate Department Head for Education
Professor Deepto Chakrabarty, Head, Astrophysics Division
Professor Edward Farhi, Head, Center for Theoretical Physics
Professor Peter Fisher, Head, Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics Division
Professor Jacqueline Hewitt, Director, MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research
Professor Mehran Kardar, Member-at-Large
Professor Vladan Vuletic, Head, Atomic, Biophysics, Condensed Matter & Plasma Physics Division
Professor Richard Milner, Director, Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Mr. Matthew Cubstead, Administrative Officer

Education Committee

Professor John Belcher, Associate Department Head for Education (Chair)
Professor Edmund Bertschinger, Department Head, ex officio
Mr. Matthew Cubstead, Administrative Officer
Dr. Peter Dourmashkin, Training and Support Coordinator
Professor Iain Stewart, Graduate Student Coordinator
Professor Mehran Kardar, General Examination and Requirements Coordinator
Professor Nergis Mavalvala, Undergraduate Coordinator
Ms. Catherine Modica, Academic Administrator
Professor Christoph Paus, Teaching Assistant Coordinator
Dr. Sean Robinson, Flexible Major Program Coordinator
Professor Gunther Roland, Junior Lab Faculty Head
Professor Paul Schechter, Subject Coordinator
Professor Vladan Vuletic, Graduate Admissions Officer

PhysicsX Planning Group

Professor John Belcher, Chair
Professor Edmund Bertschinger, ex officio
Professor Deepto Chakrabarty
Professor Isaac Chuang
Professor Janet Conrad
Dr. Peter Dourmashkin
Professor Thomas Greytak
Professor Nergis Mavalvala
Professor David Pritchard
Professor Krishna Rajagopal
Professor Bolek Wyslouch
Professor Barton Zwiebach

Part I General Exam Committee (Fall 2012)

Professor Marin Soljačić, Chair
Professor Nuh Gedik
Professor Gunther Roland

Part II General Exam Committee (Fall 2012)

Professor Martin Zwierlein, Chair
Professor Jesse Thaler
Professor Joshua Winn

Part III Oral Exams are given in the following specialties

Astrophysics
Atomic and Optical Physics
Biophysics
Condensed Matter Experiment
Condensed Matter Theory
Nuclear and Particle Experiment
Nuclear and Particle Theory
Quantum Information
Plasma Physics

Pappalardo Fellowships Executive Committee

Professor Edmund Bertschinger, Department Head, Physics, ex officio
Ms. Carol Breen, Communications & Pappalardo Fellowships Program Administrator
Professor Janet Conrad, Chair - Experimental High Energy Physics
Professor Scott Hughes -Theoretical Astrophysics
Professor Pablo Jarillo-Herrero - Condensed Matter Experiment
Professor Mehran Kardar - Soft Condensed Matter Theory
Professor Leonid Levitov - Hard Condensed Matter Theory
Professor Rob Simcoe - Experimental Astrophysics
Professor Iain Stewart - Theoretical Particle Physics
Professor Barton Zwiebach - String Theory

Colloquium Committee

Professor Edmund Bertschinger, ex officio
Professor Jesse Thaler, Chair
Professor Nuh Gedik
Professor Jeff Gore
Professor Markus Klute
Professor Nevin Weinberg
Kevin Singh (SPS representative)
Apratim Sahay (PGSC representative)