Faculty
Chair: Joseph Barranco
Associate Chair: Huizhong Xu
Graduate Admissions Coordinator: Jeff Greensite
Graduate Advisors: Maarten Golterman (Physics), Adrienne Cool (Astronomy)
Undergraduate Major Advisors: John Brewer, Jeff Greensite, Weining Man, Charli Sakari, Huizhong Xu
Advisor for K12 Teacher Preparation: Kim Coble
Tenured & Tenure Track Faculty
Joseph Barranco (He/Him/His)
Professor, Department Chair
Astrophysical and geophysical fluid dynamics.
(415) 338-2450
Adrienne Cool (She/Her/Hers)
Professor, Director of SF State Observatory and Hagar Planetarium, Graduate Astronomy Advisor
Galactic astronomy, globular clusters.
415-338-6450
Maarten Golterman (He/Him/His)
Professor, Graduate Physics Advisor
Theoretical high-energy physics.
415-405-0903
Eileen Gonzales (She/Her/Hers)
Assistant Professor
Low mass stars, brown dwarfs, and giant exoplanets.
415-338-2414
Oscar Macias (He/Him/His)
Assistant Professor
High energy astrophysics and cosmic ray astronomy
415-338-2426
Ron Marzke (He/Him/His)
Associate Dean of College of Science and Engineering
Extragalactic astronomy.
415-338-2955
Charli Sakari (She/Her/Hers)
Assistant Professor
Extragalactic astronomy, galactic archaeology.
415-338-2072
Huizhong Xu (He/Him/His)
Professor, Associate Chair
Nano-optics and biophysical imaging.
415-338-1602
Lecturer Faculty & Adjunct Faculty
Polin Yadak (She/Her/Hers)
Lecturer Faculty
Instructor for Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program
