Physics at St. Olaf College
12 faculty and 28 courses in Physics at St. Olaf College.
12faculty listed
28courses
11.5avg h-index (enriched)
Faculty
- Brian P Borovsky, Professor of Physics; Director of Engineering Studies h-index 14
- Anne M Gothmann, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Physics; Director of New Faculty Mentoring h-index 9
Es on developing sample sets of cultured and fossil corals for paleoenvironmental study. I also investigate the material structure and chemical composition of coral skeletons using a range of analytical techniques. If you're interested
- Adam Svenkeson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
- Amy Larsen, Associate Professor of Practice in Physics; Department Chair of Physics
- Darla Frandrup, Academic Administrative Assistant – Team South
- Eric L Hazlett, Assistant Professor of Physics
- James Demas, Associate Professor of Biology and Physics
The retinas in your eyes are not just for seeing While most of the millions of retinal cells are involved in processing visual information and relaying that information to the brain, a small population of cells has a simpler job: reporting
- Jason Engbrecht, Associate Provost; Professor of Physics
- Joey Paulsen, Associate Professor of Physics
- Kurtis W Johnson, Physics Stockroom Technician
- Prabal Adhikari, Associate Professor of Physics
- Suneth Jayawardana, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
Courses
- Introductory Astronomy PHYS 112
- Light, Vision, and Art PHYS 116
- Principles of Physics I PHYS 124
- Principles of Physics II PHYS 125
- Analytical Physics I PHYS 130
- Analytical Physics II PHYS 131
- Introduction to Engineering Design PHYS 160
- Introductory Topics in Physics PHYS 190
- Analytical Physics III PHYS 232
- Modern Physics PHYS 244
- Modern Physics Laboratory PHYS 245
- Electronics PHYS 246
- Musical Acoustics PHYS 252
- Academic Internship PHYS 294
- Independent Research PHYS 297
- Independent Study PHYS 298
- Materials Engineering and Nanoscience PHYS 362
- Classical Mechanics PHYS 374
- Maxwell's Equations PHYS 375
- Quantum Mechanics PHYS 376
- Statistical Physics PHYS 379
- Advanced Physics Laboratory I PHYS 385
- Advanced Physics Laboratory II PHYS 386
- Selected Topics PHYS 390
- Directed Undergraduate Research PHYS 396
- Senior Seminar PHYS 399
- + 2 more courses
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 2026-07-01.