Administrative Support

Estrella Garibay
Estrella Garibay
Administrative Support Coordinator
Phone 661-654-2664
E-mail egaribay3@csub.edu
Office Science III, room 308

Faculty

Tathagata Acharya
Tathagata Acharya
Associate Professor of Engineering
Phone 661-654-2316
E-mail tacharya@csub.edu
Website https://www.csub.edu/physics/people/tacharya/index.html
Office Science III, room 303
Luis Cabrales-Arriaga
Luis Cabrales-Arriaga
Professor of Engineering
Phone 661-654-2664
E-mail lcabrales@csub.edu
Website http://www.csub.edu/~lcabrales
Alexander Dzyubenko
Alexander Dzyubenko
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Phone 661-654-2096
E-mail adzyubenko@csub.edu
Website http://www.csub.edu/~adzyubenko
Office Science III, room 302

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Research:
Dr. Dzyubenko is a condensed matter theorist doing research in the area of electronic and optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures. He is interested in optics and transport of excitons and, also, in low-dimensional interacting electron and electron-hole systems in high magnetic fields.
Galina Dzyubenko
Lecturer
Phone 661-654-6172
E-mail gdzyubenko@csub.edu
Office Science III, room 206
Vladimir Gasparyan
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Phone 661-654-6004
E-mail vgasparyan@csub.edu
Website https://www.csub.edu/physics/people/gasparyan/index.html
Office Science III, room 306
Sungwook Hong
Sungwook Hong
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Phone 661-654-3054
E-mail shong10@csub.edu
Website https://sites.google.com/view/nanoatsimlab
Office Science III, room 210

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Education:
2016 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering The Pennsylvania State University
2011
 M.S. in Mechanical Engineering Kyunghee University
2009 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Kyunghee University
Research:

Dr. Hong’s research is based on atomic scale modeling and simulations of chemical/physical processes of complex nanostructured systems using reactive and quantum molecular dynamics simulations.

His current research interest includes an improved combustion performance of metal nanoparticles using organic coatings and computational synthesis of two-dimensional layered materials.

Other:
Academic Appointments:
2020 – present Assistant Professor, California State University, Bakersfield, CA
2019 – 2020 Full-Time Lecturer, California State University, Bakersfield, CA
2016 – 2019 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Gyeong Sung Kim
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Phone 661-654-3158
E-mail gkim9@csub.edu
Office Science III, room 307
Yize Li
Yize Li
Associate Professor of Physics
Phone 661-654-3463
E-mail yli11@csub.edu
Office Science III, room 300

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Education:
University of Virginia          Ph.D. in Physics       2009
Peking University                 B.S. in Physics         2004
Research:
  • Low-Dimensional Electronic and Photonic Materials and Devices
  • Topological Materials
  • Materials and Devices for Biosensing and Energy Applications
Zhongzhe Liu
Zhongzhe Liu
Associate Professor of Engineering
Phone 661-654-3462
E-mail zliu3@csub.edu
Website https://zliu006.wixsite.com/zhongzheliulab
Office Science III, room 238

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Education:
University of California-Riverside Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
Shanghai University M.S. in Environmental Engineering
Shanghai University B.S. in Environmental Engineering
Research:
Dr. Liu's research program is focused on energy and resource recovery from fossil fuel (e.g. coal, natural gas) and renewable resources (e.g. biomass, wastewater biosolids, municipal and industrial waste streams) using both physicochemical and thermochemical methods.

The core topics in his research program are 1) Thermochemical conversion and fuel synthesis; 2) Synergistic waste treatment; 3) CO2 capture and utilization; 4) Waste-based material synthesis and application.
Thomas Meyer
Thomas Meyer
Professor Emeritus of Physics and Computer Science
Phone 661-654-2664
E-mail tmeyer@csub.edu
Travis Moore
Interim Department Chair
Associate Professor of Engineering
Phone 661-654-2714
E-mail tmoore24@csub.edu
Office Science III, room 304
Robert Negrini
Robert Negrini
Professor of Physics and Geology
Phone 661-654-2664
E-mail rnegrini@csub.edu

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Publications:
Dr. Negrini's research and teaching interests include the behavior of the earth's magnetic field, paleoclimatology, shallow subsurface geophysical exploration, structure and tectonics.
Krishna Prasai
Lecturer
Phone 661-654-2661
E-mail kprasai@csub.edu
Office Science III, room 244
Dayanand Saini
Dayanand Saini
Professor of Engineering
Phone 661-654-2845
E-mail dsaini@csub.edu
Office Science III, room 301

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Education:

Dayanand Saini holds a Ph.D. degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Louisiana State University. He also holds two bachelor degrees, one in Chemical Engineering and another in Mathematics, from the Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India. He has more than ten years of combined experience of industry, research, and teaching.

Research:

His research interests and areas of expertise include numerical reservoir modeling, rock/fluids interactions, minimum miscibility pressure, thermal and non-thermal enhanced oil recovery, pressure transient analysis, and general reservoir engineering topics. He also serves as technical reviewer for SPE Reservoir Engineering and Formation Evaluation Journal, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Journal of Petroleum Science and Research, and Journal of Chemical Science and Technology.

Publications:
At the 2012 American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Annual Conference and Exhibition (ACE) in Long Beach, California, he and co-authors received "Top 10 poster presentation" award for their research poster.
Karim Salehpoor
Lecturer
Phone 661-654-2742
E-mail ksalehpoor@csub.edu
Office Science III, room 247
Jorge Talamantes
Jorge Talamantes
Professor Emeritus of Physics and Engineering
Phone 661-654-2664
E-mail jtalamantes@csub.edu
Website http://www.csub.edu/~jtalamantes

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Research:
Dr. Talamantes is a theoretical/computational solid state physicist. However, his research interests are presently in the area of Earth System Science. Indeed, he investigates how incidence of valley fever is connected to environmental changes.
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