While work is being done in the Olds-Upton building, please reach out to the faculty via email to find their temporary office location.
Tom Askew,
Director of 3/2 Engineering
(On sabbatical during Spring term.)
- 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, Department Chair
- 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,
Henry R. Luce Professor of Complex Systems Studies
- M. Sc. in Chemistry, Science Faculty of the Eötvös L. University, Budapest, Hungary; 1970
- M. Sc. in Chemical Cybernetics, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary; 1974
- Ph. D. in Chemistry, Science Faculty of the Eötvös L. University, Budapest, Hungary; 1981
- D. Sc. Kinetics of Chemical and Biological Networks, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; 1991
- Professor at Technical University, Budapest; Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, Hungary; 1995
- Széchenyi Professor (1999-2002), Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Eötvös University, Budapest
- Head: Department of Biophysics KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Morgan Loechli
- 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,
Dow Distinguished Professor in the Natural Sciences
(On sabbatical during Fall term.)
- 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
- 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,
Instrument Technician
Phone: 269.337.7099
Email:Tom.Massura@kzoo.edu
Office: 211 Olds/Upton Hall (Physics)
227 Dow Science Hall (Chemistry)
Kristen Eldred,
Office Coordinator
- B.S., Secondary Education Mathematics, Western Michigan University, 1996
- M.A., Educational Leadership, Western Michigan University, 2002