16 faculty and 10 courses in Physics at Harvey Mudd College.
- Jason Gallicchio, Associate Professor of Physics, Physics Clinic Director h-index 29
Notable: “Detection ofB-Mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background with Data from the South Pole Telescope” (2013) · 332 citations
- Brian Shuve, Associate Professor of Physics h-index 21
Notable: “A facility to search for hidden particles at the CERN SPS: the SHiP physics case” (2016) · 783 citations
- Daniel Tamayo, Assistant Professor of Physics h-index 21
Notable: “whfast: a fast and unbiased implementation of a symplectic Wisdom–Holman integrator for long-term gravitational simulations” (2015) · 461 citations
- Nicholas P. Breznay, Associate Professor of Physics h-index 18
Notable: “Realization of a three-dimensional spin–anisotropic harmonic honeycomb iridate” (2014) · 269 citations
- Peter N. Saeta, Professor of Physics h-index 16
Notable: “Optical rectification at semiconductor surfaces” (1992) · 318 citations
- Mark Ilton, Associate Professor of Physics h-index 15
Notable: “The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems” (2018) · 282 citations
- Ann A. Esin, Associate Professor of Physics h-index 14
Notable: “Advection‐Dominated Accretion and the Spectral States of Black Hole X‐Ray Binaries: Application to Nova Muscae 1991” (1997) · 1,321 citations
- Sharon Gerbode, Professor of Physics, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs h-index 11
Notable: “How the Cucumber Tendril Coils and Overwinds” (2012) · 393 citations
- Vatche Sahakian, Burton Bettingen Professor of Physics h-index 10
String theory. I am interested in understanding the small scale structure of space, in a context where both gravitational dynamics and quantum mechanics become important. This realm often involves studying black holes, unravelling exotic dynamics such as no
Notable: “Black holes and the SYM phase diagram” (1999) · 60 citations
- Theresa W. Lynn, Susan and Bruce Worster Professor of Physics, Chair h-index 9
Notable: “The Atom-Cavity Microscope: Single Atoms Bound in Orbit by Single Photons” (2000) · 561 citations
- James C. Eckert, Professor of Physics h-index 9
Notable: “Impurity effect on the Fröhlich conductivity in NbSe3” (1981) · 114 citations
- Eduardo Ibarra García Padilla, Assistant Professor of Physics
Es on computational Quantum Many-Body (QMB) Physics. QMB physics aims to understand the collective behavior of a large number of interacting quantum particles. These interactions can create entirely new kinds of matter and display behaviors that you’d never se
- Elizabeth Connolly, Director of Academic Programs / Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (Visiting)
- Rahulkumar Solanki, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
- Sheena K.K. Patel, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
- Thomas D. Donnelly, Professor of Physics
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.