Welcome to the Department of Physics at The University of Memphis. I would like to introduce you to our world-class researchers, friendly staff, talented and energetic faculty, state-of-the-art facilities and the broad opportunities available within our programs.

We are a vibrant department of 12 faculty members and instructors. The moderate size of our department allows our advisors to work with the students on a one-to-one basis in designing a curriculum and research program to meet their individual needs and interests. This also promotes excellent working relationships between the students and faculty, and provides a training atmosphere that is often difficult to attain at larger institutions.

Our department is rapidly growing in size and number of research projects. We have successful B.S. and M.S. programs in physics, which include programs in materials science and engineering, nano-technology, biophysics and theoretical physics.

In addition to providing our students with an excellent education, we are unique in that we have many research opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students. You will find that our research programs, modern instrumentation, scientific instrument shop, and excellent seminar programs are all disproportionate to our size. We also provide in-service training for K-12 science teachers.

Once again, welcome, we hope you enjoy perusing our website and should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

M. Shah Jahan, Ph.D.
Department Chair
216 Manning Hall
Phone: (901) 678-2620
Fax: (901) 678-4733
mjahan@memphis.edu