Faculty & Staff

Head of the Department – Physics & Chemistry

	Ananda Amarasekara, Ph.D.
	Professor of Chemistry Phone: (936)261-3107 Email: asamarasekara@pvamu.edu

Coordinator – Physics

	Kevin Storr, Ph.D.
	Associate Professor of Physics Research: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics Phone: (936) 261-3132 Fax: (936) 261-3149 Email: kastorr@pvamu.edu

Faculty – Physics

	Innocent J. Aluka, Ph.D.
	Professor of Physics Research: Geological Sciences Phone: (936) 261-3139 Fax: (936) 261-3149 Email: ijaluka@pvamu.edu

	Cleo L. Bentley, Ph.D.
	Professor of Physics Research: Optical & Laser Physics Phone: (936) 261-3138 Fax: (936) 261-3149 Email: clbentley@pvamu.edu

Orion Ciftja, Ph.D.

Interim Associate Dean for Sciences and Mathematics, Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences

Professor of Physics Research: Condensed Matter & Computational Physics Phone: 1-(936)-261-3137 Fax: 1-(936)-261-3149 Email: ogciftja@pvamu.edu

	Joseph K. Han, Ph.D.
	Lecturer of Physics Phone: (936) 261-3150 Fax: (936) 261-3149 Email: paintsiful@pvamu.edu

	Peter Intsiful, Ph.D.
	Lecturer of Physics Phone: (936) 261-3145 Fax: (936) 261-3149 Email: paintsiful@pvamu.edu

	Sunil K. Karna, Ph. D.
	Assistant Professor of Physics Phone: (936) 261-3135 Fax: (936) 261-3149 Email: skkarna@pvamu.edu

	Justin Mabiala, Ph. D.
	Lecturer of Physics Phone: (936) 261-3146 Fax: (936) 261-3149 Email: jumabiala@pvamu.edu

	Merlyn Pulikkathara, Ph.D.
	Assistant Professor, Physics Phone: (936) 261-3141 Fax: (936) 261-3149 Email: mepulikkathara@pvamu.edu

	Premkumar Saganti, Ph.D.
	Professor of Physics and Regents Professor Texas A&M University Research: Radiation Research and Medical Imaging Phone: (936) 261-3134 Fax: (936) 261-3149 Email: pbsaganti@pvamu.edu

	Eric W. Welch, Ph.D.
	Assistant Professor, Physics Research: Materials Science Phone: (936) 261-3143 Fax: (936) 261-3149 Email: ewwelch@pvamu.edu

Brian Cudnik, M.S.

Laboratory Coordinator & Lecturer, Physics

Phone: (936) 261-3136 Fax: (936) 261-3149 Email: bmcudnik@pvamu.edu