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Faculty & Staff

Ken_trantham
 
 
Ken Trantham
Associate Professor

Department Chair  
Office: BHS 221
 308.865.8278
Ph.D. University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1996

Research Interests: Spin Polarized Electron Physics, Electrical Engineering, Robotics

 

Luba Kreminska
 
Liubov Kreminska
Assistant Professor

 
Office: BHS 221
 308.865.8144
 kreminskal1@unk.edu 

Ph.D. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1997

Research Interests: Optics of Singularities,
Applications of Liquid Crystals
 

Tim Recee(2)
 
Tim Reece
Assistant Professor  
Office: BHS 218
308.865.8280
reecetj@unk.edu 

Ph.D. University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2007

 

Jose Mena-Werth
 
Jose Mena-Werth  
Professor
Planetarium Director
 
Office: BHS 220
 308.865.8283
 werthj@unk.edu
 
 
Ph.D. University of Washington, 1992

Research Interests: Stellar/Solar Variability, Search for Extra Solar Planets

 

Robert Price
 
Robert Price
Associate Professor
 
Office: BHS 222
 308.865.8282
priceri@unk.edu

 
Ph.D. Arizona State University, 1979

Research Interests:  

 

Laura Wessels
 
 
Laura Wessels 

 
Ph.D. North Carolina State University, 2009

Research Interests: Viruses, Interstellar Spacecraft Propulsion Devices
 

Lee Powell
 
 
W. Lee Powell Jr. 



 
Ph.D. Texas Tech University, 2008

Research Interests: Structure of the Milky Way, RR Lyrae Variable Stars, Precision Photometry