Department of Physics Faculty & Staff

Listed below are the current faculty and staff for the Department of Physics at Kennesaw State University (KSU). The Physics faculty and staff are split between the Kennesaw and Marietta campus. Kennesaw campus locations can include the Science Building (SC), Clendenin Building (CL), and Math and Statistics Building (MS). Marietta campus locations include the Academic Building (H), Crawford Lab (E), and Norton Hall (R2). Please make sure to contact faculty and staff for any questions about their specific location.

Full Time Faculty

Name
Position

  • Lecturer of Physics

    aagarwa5@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4205

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

  • Photo of Mahmoud Asmar

    Associate Professor of Physics

    masmar@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4208
    Marietta Campus, 830 Academic Building, Room 260J

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

    Website

  • Photo of Swayamprabha Behera

    Lecturer of Physics

    sbehera@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3201
    Marietta Campus, 846 Crawford Lab, Room 131

    Crawford Laboratory (E); Marietta Campus

    Website

  • Photo of Chetan Dhital

    Associate Professor of Physics

    cdhital@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4209
    Marietta Campus, 830 Academic Building, Room 260F

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

    Website

  • Dr. David Garofalo - Professor of Physics

    Professor of Physics

    dgarofal@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4207
    Marietta Campus, 830 Academic Building, Room 260G

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

    Website

  • Photo of Marco Guzzi

    Associate Professor of Theoretical Particle Physics

    mguzzi@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4783
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 436

    Science Building (SC); Kennesaw Campus

    Website

  • Limited Term Instructor of Physics

    chensha2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4205

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

  • Limited Term Assistant Professor of Physics

    fislam7@kennesaw.edu

  • Photo of David Joffe

    Associate Professor of Physics

    djoffe@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7778
    Marietta Campus, 830 Academic Building, Room 260E

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

    Website

  • Photo of Junseog Kang

    Lecturer of Physics

    jkang17@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2870
    Kennesaw Campus, 365 Mathematics & Statistics, Room 211

    Math and Statistics Building (MS); Kennesaw Campus

    Website

  • Senior Lecturer of Physics

    ekaplan1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7601
    Kennesaw Campus, 275 Clendenin Building, Room 3035

    Clendenin Building (CL); Kennesaw Campus

  • Part-Tiem Assistant Professor of Physics

    skhadka2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6125
    Marietta Campus, 846 Crawford Lab, Room 123

    Crawford Laboratory (E); Marietta Campus

  • Photo of Nikolaos Kidonakis

    Professor of Physics

    nkidonak@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6607
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 437

    Science Building (SC); Kennesaw Campus

    Website

  • Limited Term Assistant Professor of Physics

    kmajmuda@kennesaw.edu

  • Photo of Brent McDaniel

    Associate Professor of Physics

    bmcdanie@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2345
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 438

    Science Building (SC); Kennesaw Campus

    Website

  • Photo of Rosetta Ngugi

    Lecturer of Physics

    rngugi@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2933
    Marietta Campus, 846 Crawford Lab, Room 128

    Crawford Laboratory (E); Marietta Campus

    Website

  • Photo of Andreas Papaefstathiou

    Associate Professor of Physics

    apapaefs@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2702
    Marietta Campus, 830 Academic Building, Room 260I

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

    Website

  • Photo of Karunananda Pemasiri

    Lecturer of Physics

    kpemasir@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3431
    Marietta Campus, 846 Crawford Lab, Room 130

    Crawford Laboratory (E); Marietta Campus

    Website

  • Assistant Professor of Physics

    kprasai@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6915
    Marietta Campus, 846 Crawford Lab, Room 124

    Crawford Laboratory (E); Marietta Campus

    Website

  • Limited Term Assistant Professor of Physics

    kranamag@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4205

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

  • Photo of Ben Rybolt

    Senior Lecturer of Physics

    brybolt@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4601
    Kennesaw Campus, 275 Clendenin Building, Room 3043

    Clendenin Building (CL); Kennesaw Campus

    Website

  • Assistant Professor of Physics

    esaydanz@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7081
    Marietta Campus, 846 Crawford Lab, Room 127

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

    Website

  • Senior Lecturer of Physics

    asich@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7578
    Kennesaw Campus, 275 Clendenin Building, Room 3041

    Clendenin Building (CL); Kennesaw Campus

    Website

  • Senior Lecturer of Physics

    asossah@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2482
    Kennesaw Campus, 275 Clendenin Building, Room 3040

    Clendenin Building (CL); Kennesaw Campus

    Website

  • Limited Term Instructor of Physics

    psukuma1@kennesaw.edu

  • Lecturer of Physics

    uwijewar@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4420
    Marietta Campus, 846 Crawford Lab, Room 132

    Crawford Lab (E); Marietta Campus

  • Limited Term Assistant Professor of Physics

    swolde1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5320
    Marietta Campus, 846 Crawford Lab, Room 133

    Crawford Laboratory (E); Marietta Campus

  • Assistant Professor of Physics

    cyuen2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7081
    Marietta Campus, 846 Crawford Lab, Room 125

    Crawford Laboratory (E); Marietta Campus

    Website

Part-Time Faculty

Name
Position

  • Part-time Assistant Professor of Physics

    cbahri@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3871
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 331

    Norton Hall (R2); Marietta Campus

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Physics

    tbeyer@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4205
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 331

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

  • Limited Term Assistant Professor of Physics

    snafchi@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4205

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Physics

    jpayne36@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4205

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Physics

    rsirochm@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4205
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 331

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

  • Part-Time Instructor of Physics

    cwashi94@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4205
    Kennesaw Campus, 480 Academic Learning Center, Room 3550

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

  • Part-Time Instructor of Physics

    tyarahma@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6164
    Kennesaw Campus, 275 Clendenin Building, Room 3036

    Clendenin Building (CL); Kennesaw Campus

Administration and Staff

Name
Position

  • Office Manager

    dmoor151@kennesaw.edu

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

  • Kisa Ranasinghe

    Associate Chair of the Department of Physics, Director of the BS in Physics Program and Professor of Physics

    kranasin@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4210
    Marietta Campus, 830 Academic Building, Room 260H

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

    website

  • Photo of Kevin Stokes

    Chair of the Department of Physics and Professor of Physics

    kstoke15@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4295
    Marietta Campus, 830 Academic Building, Room 260A

    Academic Building (H); Marietta Campus

    website

Lab Coordinators

Name
Position

Emeriti Faculty

    • Butler, Frank A. - Professor Emeritus of Physics
    • Patrick, Russell - Professor Emeritus of Physics
    • Thackston, Michael G. - Professor Emeritus of Physics
    • Whitenton, James B. - Professor Emeritus of Physics
    KSU EMERITI FACULTY

 

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