Faculty and Staff

Tom Askew

Tom Askew,
Director of 3/2 Engineering

(On sabbatical during Spring term.)

Phone: 269.337.7097

Email:Tom.Aksew@kzoo.edu

Office: 208C Olds/Upton Hall

Dr. Askew’s website

  • Professor of Physics, 2007 – present
  • Assistant, Associate, then Professor of Physics, Kalamazoo  College, 1991 – present
  • Director 3/2 Engineering Program, 2009 – present
  • Visiting Research Professor, Argonne National Lab 1992 – 2008
  • Technical Staff, Dupont Research, 1984 – 1991
  • M.S., P.h.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1979 – 1984
  • Research and Teaching Assistant, Princeton University, 1977 – 1979
  • B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Physics and Mathematics, Gordon College, 1973 – 1977

Arthur Cole

Arthur Cole, Department Chair

Phone: 269.337.5722

Email:Arthur.Cole@kzoo.edu

Office: 210B Olds/Upton Hall

  • Professor of Physics, Kalamazoo College, 2022 – present
  • Associate Professor of Physics, Kalamazoo College, 2013 – 2022
  • Assistant Professor of Physics, Kalamazoo College, 2008 – 2012
  • Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Physics, 2002
  • M.S. The Ohio State University, Physics, 1999
  • B.A. Williams College, 1994

Peter Erdi

Peter Erdi,
Henry R. Luce Professor of Complex Systems Studies

Phone: 269.337.5720

Email:Peter.Erdi@kzoo.edu

Office: 208B Olds/Upton Hall

Dr. Erdi’s website


Morgan Loechli

Morgan Loechli

Phone: 269.337.7564

Email:Morgan.Loechli@kzoo.edu

Office: 208D Olds/Upton Hall

  • Assistant Professor of Physics, Kalamazoo College, 2023 – present
  • Ph.D. Applied Physics, University of Michigan, 2019 – 2023
  • M.S. Applied Physics, University of Michigan, 2012 – 2015
  • B.S. Physics and Mathematics, Dickinson College, 2008-2012

Jan Tobochnik

Jan Tobochnik,
Dow Distinguished Professor in the Natural Sciences

(On sabbatical during Fall term.)

Phone: 269.337.7098

Email:Jan.Tobochnik@kzoo.edu

Office: 208A Olds/Upton Hall

Dr. Tobochnik’s website

  • Professor of Physics, Kalamazoo College, 2000 – present
  • Associate Professor of Physics, Kalamazoo College, 1991-2000
  • Assistant Professor of Physics, Kalamazoo College, 1985 – 1991
  • Editor of the American Journal of Physics (2001 – 2011)
  • Ph.D., Cornell University, Physics, 1980
  • B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Physics, Amherst College, 1975

David Wilson

David Wilson

Phone: 269.337.7096

Email:David.Wilson@kzoo.edu

Office: 210A Olds/Upton Hall

Dr. Wilson’s website

  • Associate Professor of Physics, Kalamazoo College, 2022 – present
  • Assistant Professor of Physics, Kalamazoo College, 2018 – 2022
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Kalamazoo College, 2017 – 2018
  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University of Michigan, 2010 – 2013
  • Ph.D. Physics, University of Michigan, 2005 – 2010
  • M.S. Physics, University of Michigan, 2002 – 2005

Tom Massura

Tom Massura,
Instrument Technician

Phone: 269.337.7099

Email:Tom.Massura@kzoo.edu

Office: 211 Olds/Upton Hall (Physics)
227 Dow Science Hall (Chemistry)


Kristen Eldred

Kristen Eldred,
Office Coordinator

Phone: 269.337.7100

Email:Kristen.Eldred@kzoo.edu

Office: 203 Olds/Upton Hall

  • B.S., Secondary Education Mathematics, Western Michigan University, 1996
  • M.A., Educational Leadership,  Western Michigan University, 2002