Office of Undergraduate Research

Physics

Faculty Mentors

Bogdana Bahrim, Ph.D.

Department: Physics

Email: bogdana.bahrim@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Atom-surface collisions
  • Surface science 

Appropriate majors:

  • Physics  

Cristian Bahrim, Ph.D.

Department: Physics

Email: cristian.bahrim@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Quantum optics
  • Scattering processes
  • Light-matter interaction
  • Spectroscopy and lasers
  • Physics education
  • Applied physics
  • Fiber optics

Appropriate majors: 

  • Physics
  • Engineering
  • Chemistry  

Philip Cole, Ph.D.

Department: Physics

Email: pcole@lamar.edu

Research interests:

  • Experimental nuclear physics
  • Nuclear physics applications of accelerators

Appropriate majors:

  • Physical sciences
  • Engineering
  • Math

Rafael de la Madrid, Ph.D.

Department: Physics

Email: rafael.delamadrid@lamar.edu

Research interests: 

  • NASA reduced gravity flights
  • Quantum mechanics 

Appropriate majors:

  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Physics
  • Engineering  

Cengiz Sen, Ph.D.

Department: Physics

Email: csen@lamar.edu 

Research interests: 

  • Condensed matter physics
  • Computational physics, statistical physics
  • General physics
  • Nonlinear dynamics and chaos
  • Electrodynamics

Appropriate majors: 

  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering
  • Mathematics

Binod Nainabasti, Ph.D.

Department: Physics

Email: binod.nainabasti@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Physics

Appropriate majors:

  • Physics