Faculty, Staff, and Administrators in the
Physics Department

The following people teach or manage Loyola physics courses: five full-time faculty, two Emeriti, one part-time affiliate faculty, one shared between Education and Physics, one laboratory manager, and a departmental administrative assistant.  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.

Randall S. Jones
Department Chair, Associate Professor
B.S. Brown University
Ph.D. Cornell University
Areas of Interest: computational physics and oceanography.
rsj@loyola.edu, 410-617-2706, KH 212d

Mary L. Lowe
Professor
A.B. Harvard University
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Interest:  fluid dynamics, biophysics, bioengineering, robots in the introductory labs
mlowe@loyola.edu, 410-617-2709, KH 218

Gregory N. Derry
Professor
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.
gderry@loyola.edu, 410-617-2662, KH 212e

Joseph W. Ganem
Associate 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 and nuclear magnetic resonance.
ganem@loyola.edu, 410-617-2048, KH 212a

Andrea Erdas
Assistant Professor
B.A. University of Cagliari, Italy
M.A. and Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Interest:  neutrino physics, quantum field theory, and atomic and nuclear physics
aerdas@loyola.edu, 410-617-2606, KH 212b

Rev. Frank R. Haig, S.J.
Professor Emeritus
B.A., S.T.B., S.T.L., Woodstock College
Ph.L. Bellarmine College
Ph.D. Catholic University of America
Areas of Interest:  theoretical physics, nuclear structure, elementary particle physics and cosmology.
fhaig@loyola.edu, 410-617-2574, KH 212c

Helene F. Perry
Associate Professor Emerita
A.B., Sweet Briar College
M.A. Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Interest: experimental particle physics, optical physics, and physics education research.
hperry@loyola.edu, 410-617-2521, DS 226

Charles Gehrman
Part-time Affiliate Instructor
B.A. University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Master's Equivalent
cagehrman@loyola.edu, 410-617-5604, KH 216

Michael L. O’Neal
Associate Professor of Education
B.A. California State University,
M.A. Shippensburg University of of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. University of Delaware
moneal@loyola.edu, 410-617-5377

Howard Moore
Laboratory Manager
hmoore@loyola.edu, 410-617-2572, KH 205

Monika Matthews
Administrative Assistant
mmatthews@loyola.edu, 410-617-2642, DS 262