Mission

The Physics Department offers all major undergraduate courses in Physics that are required to fulfill a Major or Minor in Physics and to seek careers in 1) Physics, 2) Physics Education, 3) Engineering, and 4) Interdisciplinary Physics (e.g., Biophysics, Medical Physics, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, etc). For students seeking interdisciplinary careers, the department encourages them taking Minor/Emphasis programs in one or more of the following areas: i) Math, ii) Chemistry, iii) Biology, iv) Computer science. The department offers an active undergraduate research training program and research opportunities in High Performance Computing, Computational Bioscience and Bioengineering, and Nanotechnology.

 

Faculty

Dr. Pradip K. Biswas Interim Chair of Physics Department Ph.D., Jadavpur University Research: Computational Biology, Bio-Nanoengineering pbiswas@tougaloo.edu
Dr. Santanu Banerjee Professor, Physics Department Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Research: Surface Science and Nanoscience sbanerjee@tougaloo.edu
Sandipan Chakraborty Research Assistant Research: Computational Biology, Bio-Nanoengineering schakraborty@tougaloo.edu