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Tom Colbert, PhD

  • Department Chair and Professor of Physics
  • GE-1031

706-737-1458

tcolbert@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=TCOLBERT
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Josefa Guerrero-Millan, PhD

  • Assistant Chair and Associate Professor
  • GE-3028

706-729-2067

jguerreromillan@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=JGUERREROMILLAN
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Asanka Amarasinghe, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • GE-3048

706-446- 4949

aamarasinghe@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=AAMARASINGHE
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Trinanjan Datta, PhD

  • Professor
  • GE-3049

706-667-4516

tdatta@augusta.edu

https://spots.augusta.edu/tdatta

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Theja DeSilva, PhD

  • Associate Professor
  • GE-3038

706-667-4515

tdesilva@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=TDESILVA
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Andy Hauger, PhD

  • Fuller E. Callaway Professor
  • GE-3037

706-667-4511

jhauger@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=JHAUGER

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Amani Jayakody, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • GE-3050

706-721-2013

ajayakody@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=AJAYAKODY

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Joe Newton, PhD

  • Director of Nuclear Science, Associate Professor
  • GE-3024

706-729-2509

jnewton3@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=JNEWTON3
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David McCall, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • GE-3036

706-446-0075

dmccall1@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=DMCCALL1
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Alexander Wright, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • GE-3026

706-721-8329

awright17@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=AWRIGHT17
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John Sutherland, PhD

  • Professor and Dean, College of Science and Mathematics
  • GE-1008

706-729-2260

jsutherland@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=jsutherland
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Genevieve Reeves, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • GE-3029

706-446-4925

wireeves@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=WIREEVES
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Nathan Yanasak, PhD

  • Associate Professor in the Dept. of Radiology and Imaging
  • With a joint appointment in the Dept. Physics and Biophysics
  • BA-1411

706-721-4189

nyanasak@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=NYANASAK

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Frank Syms, PhD

  • Instructor of Geosciences
  • SCI-E317

706-737-1541

fsyms@augusta.edu

https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=FSYMS

Patrick O'Rourke, PhD

  • Instructor of Physics

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Owen Angleton, BS

  • Laboratory Supply Technician
  • GE-1073

706-667-4994

olanglangelton@augusta.edu

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Ronnie Ezell, PhD
Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics and Professor of Physics Emeritus

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