Roald Sagdeev is a UMD Distinguished University Professor Emeritus. He earned his Ph.D. in 1966 from Moscow State University and served for 15 years as director of the Space Research Institute, the Moscow-based center of the Russian space exploration program, where he holds the title of director emeritus. Prior to his work with the Soviet space exploration program, he had a distinguished career in nuclear science with international recognition for his work on the behavior of hot plasma and controlled thermonuclear fusion. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy, the Max Planck Society and the International Academy of Aeronautics. Sagdeev has received the American Astronautical Society's Carl Sagan Memorial Award, and the American Physical Society's James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics.

Research Area:

• Plasma Theory

Centers & Institutes: East-West Space Science Center

• Physics 170: Professional Physics Seminar

Raj Roy is a professor of physics and Director of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of Rochester. He is a Fellow of American Physical Society and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. His research interests include the study of nonlinear dynamics and noise in optical devices and systems relevant to very practical technological applications such as compact disk players, fiber optic communications, and the development of optical switching devices and laser arrays.

Research Area:

• Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos

Notable Publication:

• VanWiggeren, G.D. and R. Roy. Communication with Chaotic Lasers. Science 279:1198, 1998

Centers & Institutes: Institute for Physical Science & Technology; Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics

• Physics 165: Introduction to Programming for the Physical Sciences 
• Physics 171: Introductory Physics Mechanics and Relativity
• Physics 272 & 272H: Introductory Physics: Fields
• Physics 275: Experimental Physics I
• Physics 276: Experimental Physics II

• Neuromorphics for Network Discovery

Luis Orozco earned his Ph.D. in 1987 from the University of Texas. His research interests are in quantum optics, precision spectroscopy and fundamental symmetries. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.

Research Area:

• Atomic, Molecular & Optical
• Quantum Science and Technology

Research Projects:

• Quantum Optics
• Cavity QED
• Precision tests of discrete symmetries
• Francium Spectroscopy

Notable Publication

Centers & Institutes: Joint Quantum Institute; Physics Frontier Center

• Physics 272: Introductory Physics: Fields
• Physics 405: Advanced Experiments
• Physics 441: Introduction to Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics
• Physics 499O: Special Problems in Physics: A Topical Introduction to Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics