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![Bernhard Beck-Winchatz Bernhard Beck-Winchatz](/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/PublishingImages/BeckWinchatz255.jpg)
Bernhard Beck-Winchatz
- Interim Director of STEM Center, Professor of Physics & Astrophysics, Graduate Program Director of Physics & Astrophysics; Campus Director of Illinois Space Grant Consortium
- STEM Studies | Physics and Astrophysics
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![Susan Fischer Susan Fischer](/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/PublishingImages/Susan%20Fischer.jpg)
Susan Fischer
- Associate Professor
- Physics and Astrophysics
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![Chris Goedde Chris Goedde](/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/PublishingImages/Goedde-resized-255x300.jpg)
Chris Goedde
- Professor
- Physics and Astrophysics
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![John Goldman John Goldman](/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/PublishingImages/John_Goldman.jpg)
John Goldman
- Adjunct Faculty
- Physics and Astrophysics
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![Gabriela Gonzalez Aviles Gabriela Gonzalez Aviles](/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/PublishingImages/GabrielaGonzalezAviles255.jpg)
Gabriela Gonzalez Aviles
- Associate Professor
- Physics and Astrophysics
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![Mary Bridget Kustusch Mary Bridget Kustusch](/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/PublishingImages/physics/MBKustusch-255-300.jpg)
Mary Bridget Kustusch
- Associate Professor
- Physics and Astrophysics
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![Eric Landahl Eric Landahl](/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/PublishingImages/landahl-web-3.jpg)
Eric Landahl
- Professor
- Physics and Astrophysics
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![Jignesh Mehta Jignesh Mehta](/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/PublishingImages/mehta-jignesh.jpg)
Jignesh Mehta
- Teaching Assistant Professor
- Physics and Astrophysics
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![Jesús Pando Jesús Pando](/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/PublishingImages/jesuspando255.jpg)
Jesús Pando
- Chair and Associate Professor
- Physics and Astrophysics
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![Anuj Sarma Anuj Sarma](/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/PublishingImages/AnujSarma255.jpg)
Anuj Sarma
- Associate Professor & Joint Engineering Program Coordinator
- Physics and Astrophysics | STEM Studies
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![James Scheidhauer James Scheidhauer](/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/PublishingImages/James_Scheidhauer.jpg)
James Scheidhauer
- Adjunct Faculty
- Physics and Astrophysics
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