Chemical Physics (CHPH)

Graduate Degree Program
College: Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

Abstract

The Chemical Physics Program is a program of study and research leading to Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees for students who wish to enter professional careers requiring an in-depth knowledge of both physics and chemistry. Students can choose research topics across many disciplines including biophysics, chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, materials and nuclear engineering, mechanical engineering, and meteorology.

The Chemical Physics Program is designed for students with undergraduate degrees in physics, chemistry, or engineering who are sufficiently well prepared in mathematics and the physical sciences to undertake graduate training in physics and physical chemistry. Formal course offerings in quantum mechanics, quantum chemistry, spectroscopy, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, statistical mechanics and biophysics prepare a student to explore the broad range of research topics at the University of Maryland. Research areas of the Chemical Physics faculty include: the study of single molecules as well as gases, surfaces, solids and polymers by means of laser-light, electron scattering, and nanomicroscopies; the study of dynamic phenomena from atom-molecule collisions to protein-folding and hydrodynamics; thermodynamics from phase transitions and critical phenomena to combustion; the statistical mechanical theory of phase transitions, fluid dynamics and non-equilibrium phenomena; the quantum mechanical theory of molecules and molecular dynamics; atmospheric physics and chemistry; and biophysics.

The Chemical Physics Program is sponsored by the Institute for Physical Science and Technology and seven academic departments: Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials and Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Meteorology. Formal arrangements with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institute of Health (NIH) allow students to perform research off campus under the supervision of a government scientist associated with the program and a Chemical Physics faculty member. The Chemical Physics Committee oversees the program and is made up of representatives from the sponsoring units with the Program Director as chair. The Chemical Physics Program Office administers the program and is affiliated with the Institute for Physical Science and Technology. A booklet describing Chemical Physics at Maryland, College Park, can be obtained from the Chemical Physics office upon request.

Financial Assistance

Teaching and research assistantships are available for qualified students. There are also University and Chemical Physics Fellowships available.

Contact

Garegin A. Papoian
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
1149 Physical Science Complex Building
4296 Stadium Drive
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Telephone: 301.405.8667
Fax: 301.314.9363
Email: gpapoian@umd.edu

Website: http://www.chemicalphysics.umd.edu

Courses: CHPH

The program is for students with undergraduate degrees in chemistry, physics or engineering. For those students with degrees in other disciplines, knowledge of calculus, differential equations, and vector algebra, as well as introductory mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and quantum mechanics is ordinarily expected.

General Requirements

Statement of Purpose
Transcript(s)
TOEFL/IELTS/PTE (international graduate students)

Program-Specific Requirements

Letters of Recommendation (3)
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
CV/Resume
GRE Subject
Description of Research/Work Experience

For more admissions information or to apply to the program, please visit our Graduate School website: www.gradschool.umd.edu/admissions

Application Deadlines

Graduate Application Deadlines-Fall
Type of Applicant	Fall Deadline
Domestic Applicants
US Citizens and Permanent Residents	3 Jan
International Applicants
F (student) or J (exchange visitor) visas; A,E,G,H,I and L visas and immigrants	3 Jan

Other Deadlines: Please visit the program website at http://www.chemicalphysics.umd.edu

Incoming students are provided with private desk space and up to date computer facilities. There is a wide array of advanced equipment associated with the various research groups in the Program including scanning probe microscopes, high-resolution spectrographs, ultra-short high-power lasers, multi-coincidence electron scattering spectrometers, and a fully equipped light-scattering laboratory.

Last Name	First/Middle Name	Graduate Faculty Status	Academic Credentials	Positions
Alexander	Millard H.	Full Member	B.A., Harvard University, 1964; Ph.D.,University of Paris, 1967.	Distinguished University Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics Distinguished University Professor, Chemistry
Anisimov	Mikhail A.	Full Member	Ph.D., Moscow State University, 1968.	Professor, Chemical Engineering Professor, Chemical Physics
Arif	Muhammad	Non-Member	Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia; 1986 NIST	University Affiliate, Chemical Physics
Bienfang	Joshua C.	Non-Member	Ph.D. University of Mexico; 2001 NIST	University Affiliate, Chemical Physics
Briber	Robert M.	Full Member	B.S.,Cornell University, 1979; M.S., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1981; Ph.D., 1984.	Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Professor, Biophysics Professor, Chemical Physics
Carton	James A.	Full Member	B.S.E., Princeton University, 1976; M.S.,University of Washington, 1979; M.A., Princeton University, 1980; Ph.D., 1983.	Chair, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Chemical Physics
Clark	Charles	Adjunct Member	B.A., Western Washington University, 1974; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1979.	Adjunct Professor, Physics Adjunct Professor, Chemical Physics
Coplan	Michael A.	Full Member	B.A., Williams College, 1960; Ph.D., Yale University, 1963.	Professor, Chemical Physics
Cumings	John	Full Member	Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2002	Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics
Dagenais	Mario	Full Member	B.Sc., Universite de Montreal,1974; M.S., University of Rochester, 1976; Ph.D., 1978.	Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Chemical Physics
Davis	Christopher C.	Full Member	B.A., Cambridge University, 1965; M.A., 1970; Ph.D., Manchester University, 1970.	Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Chemical Physics
Dickerson	Russell R.	Full Member	B.A., University of Chicago, 1975; M.S.,University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1978; Ph.D., 1980.	Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry
Dimitrakopoulos	Panagiotis	Full Member	Diploma, National Technical University of Athens, 1991; M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1996; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1998.	Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
Ehrman	Sheryl H.	Full Member	B.S., University of California-Santa Barbara, 1991; Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 1997.	Professor, Chemical Engineering Professor, Chemical Physics
Eichhorn	Bryan W.	Full Member	B.A., Rollins College, 1983;Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1987.	Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry Affiliate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Falvey	Daniel E.	Full Member	B.S., North Dakota State University-Fargo, 1983; Ph.D.,University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1988.	Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry
Fourkas	John T.	Full Member	Ph.D. Stanford University 1991)	Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry
Fushman	David	Full Member	M.S., University of Kazan, 1978; Ph.D., University of Kazan, 1985.	Associate Director, Biophysics Professor, Biochemistry Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry
Germer	Thomas A.	Non-Member	Ph.D. Cornell University; 1992 - NIST	University Affiliate, Chemical Physics
Gudipati	Murthy S.	Non-Member	Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science, Bagalore, India 1987	Associate Research Scientist, Chemical Physics
Gupta	Ashwani K.	Full Member	B.Sc., Punjab University, 1966; M.Sc.,University of Southampton, 1970; Ph.D., University of Sheffield, 1973; D.Sc.,1986.	Distinguished University Professor, Mechanical Engineering Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics
Gutierrez	Osvaldo	Full Member	Ph.D., UC Davis, 2009; B.S. and M.S. UCLA, 2012	Assistant Professor, Mathematics Assistant Professor, Chemistry Affiliate Professor, Chemical Physics
Jarzynski	Christopher	Full Member	B.A. Princeton University 1987, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1994	Professor, Physics Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry
Kirkpatrick	Theodore R.	Full Member	B.S., University of California-Los Angeles, 1977; Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1981.	Professor, Physics Professor, Chemical Physics
Koeth	Timothy	Non-Member	Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2009	Research Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics
Kofinas	Peter	Full Member	B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989; M.S., 1989; Ph.D., 1994.	Professor, Bioengineering Professor, Chemical Physics Affiliate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Affiliate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Lathrop	Daniel P.	Full Member	B.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1987; Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1991.	Professor, Geology Professor, Physics Professor, Chemical Physics Affiliate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lee	Sang Bok	Full Member	B.S., Seoul National University, 1990; M.S. 1992; Ph.D. 1997	Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry Affiliate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Lett	Paul	Adjunct Member	Ph.D. University of Rochester; 1986 - NIST	Adjunct Professor, Physics University Affiliate, Chemical Physics
Lorimer	George H.	Full Member	B.S., University of St. Andrews, 1965;M.S., University of Illinois-Chicago, 1968; Ph.D., Michigan State University,1972.	Distinguished University Professor, Biochemistry Distinguished University Professor, Biophysics Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics Distinguished University Professor, Chemistry
Losert	Wolfgang	Full Member	M.S., University of Munich, 1995; Ph.D., City College of New York 1998	Professor, Physics Professor, Biophysics Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
Martinez-Miranda	Luz	Full Member	B.S.,University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras/San Juan, 1977; B.Mus., 1979; M.S.,1979; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985.	Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
Mignerey	Alice C.	Full Member	B.S.,University of Rochester, 1971; M.S., 1973; Ph.D., 1975.	Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry
Milchberg	Howard M.	Full Member	B.S., McMaster University-Hamilton, 1979; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1985.	Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Physics Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Physics Professor, Chemical Physics
Mullin	Amy	Full Member	B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz, 1985 Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder, 1991	Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry
Munday	Jeremy	Full Member	B.S., Middle Tennessee State University, 2003; Ph.D., Harvard, 2008	Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics
Murphy	Thomas E.	Full Member	B.A., Rice University, 1994; B.S., 1994; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997; Ph.D., 2001	Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Chemical Physics
Nico	Jeffrey	Non-Member	Ph.D. University of Michigan; 1991 - NIST	University Affiliate, Chemical Physics
Nie	Zhihong	Non-Member	Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada, 2008	Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics Assistant Professor, Chemistry Affiliate Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Nigam	Sumant	Full Member	M.S.,Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, 1978; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1983	Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Professor, Chemical Physics
Nossal	Ralph J.	Adjunct Member	Ph.D. Univerity of Michigan 1963	University Affiliate, Chemical Physics
Ott	Edward	Full Member	B.S., The Cooper Union, 1963; M.S., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1965; Ph.D., 1967.	Distinguished University Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished University Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Distinguished University Professor, Physics Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics
Ouyang	Min	Full Member	B.S., Peking University, 1995; M.S., Peking University, 1996; A.M., Harvard University, 1999; Ph.D., Harvard University, 2001;	Associate Professor, Physics Associate Professor, Chemical Physics Affiliate Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Paglione	Johnpierre	Full Member	B.S., Queen's University at Kingston, 1999; M.S., University of Toronto, 2000; Ph.D., 2004.	Associate Professor, Physics Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
Papoian	Garegin	Full Member	B.S.,1994,Russian Academy of Science; Ph.D., 1999, Cornell University	Director, Chemical Physics Associate Professor, Biophysics Associate Professor, Chemistry
Phillips	William D.	Adjunct Member	B.S., Juniata College, 1970; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976.	Distinguished University Professor, Physics Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics
Pushin	Dmitry	Non-Member	Ph.D. MIT; 2006 - NIST	University Affiliate, Chemical Physics
Rabin	Oded	Full Member	B.A., The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 1996; M.Sc., Weizmann Institute of Science, 1998; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004	Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
Raghavan	Srinivasa R.	Full Member	B.Tech., IIT Madras, 1992; Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1998.	Professor, Chemical Engineering Professor, Chemical Physics
Reutt-Robey	Janice	Full Member	B.A., Haverford College, 1980 Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1986.	Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry
Rodrigues	Efrain	Non-Member	Ph.D. University of California; 2009	Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Rolston	Steven L.	Non-Member	Ph.D. SUNY, Stonybrook, 1986. Laser cooling of neutral atoms;ultra cold plasmas; Bose-Einstein condensation; quantum information.	Co-Director, Physics Professor, Physics Professor, Chemical Physics
Roy	Rajarshi	Full Member	B.S., University of Delhi, 1973; M.S., 1975; M.A., University of Rochester,1977; Ph.D., 1981.	Professor, Physics Professor, Chemical Physics
Salamanca-Riba	Lourdes G.	Full Member	Ph.D, Massachusetts Instutite of Technology.	Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Professor, Chemical Physics
Sengers	Jan V.	Full Member	B.S., University of Amsterdam, 1952; M.S., 1955; Ph.D., 1962; Ph.D., Delft University of Technology, 1992.	Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering Research Professor, Chemical Physics
Seo	Eun-Suk	Adjunct Member	B.S., Korea University-Seoul, 1984; M.S., 1986; Ph.D., Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, 1991.	Professor, Physics Professor, Chemical Physics
Sita	Lawrence R.	Full Member	B.S., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1981; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985.	Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry Affiliate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Tarrio	Charles	Special Member	Ph.D. University of Virginia 1991 - NIST	University Affiliate, Chemical Physics
Thompson	Alan K.	Non-Member	Ph.D. MIT; 1991 - NIST	University Affiliate, Chemical Physics
Upadhyaya	Arpita	Full Member	B.E. & M.S., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India, 1994; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2000;	Associate Professor, Physics Assistant Professor, Biophysics Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics
Vedernikov	Andrei	Full Member	B.S., State University of Kanzan, Russia, 1980; Ph.D., 1986; Doctorized, 1999.	Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry
Wang	Yu-Huang	Full Member	Ph.D. Rice University, 2004	Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Weeks	John D.	Full Member	B.A., Harvard University, 1965; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1969.	Distinguished University Professor, Biophysics Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics Distinguished University Professor, Chemistry Affiliate Professor, Physics
White	Ian	Full Member	Ph.D., Stanford University 2002	Associate Chair, Bioengineering Associate Professor, Bioengineering Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics
Williams	Carl	Full Member	B.A., Rice University, 1981; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1987.	Adjunct Professor, Physics University Affiliate, Chemical Physics
Williams	Ellen D.	Full Member	B.S., Michigan State University, 1976;Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1981. Currently on leave)	Distinguished University Professor, Physics Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics
Yu	Yihua Bruce	Full Member	Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1996.	Associate Professor, Chemical Physics
Zachariah	Michael R.	Full Member	B.S., University of California, LA, 1979, M.S., University of California, LA, 1981, Ph.D., University of California, LA, 1986	Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Chemical Engineering Professor, Chemical Physics Professor, Chemistry Affiliate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Zimmerman	Neil M.	Special Member	Ph.D. Cornell University 1989 - NIST	University Affiliate, Chemical Physics