Course Instructors


Prof. Sid Nagel
Course Instructor PHYS 21102, Winter 2026
Email: srnagel@uchicago.edu
Prof. Yau Wah
Course Instructor PHYS 21101, Autumn 2025
Email: ywah@uchicago.edu
Prof. Luca Grandi
Course Instructor PHYS 21103, Spring 2025
Email: lgrandi@uchicago.edu

Laboratory Staff


Mark Chantell
Director of Instructional Laboratories
Office: KPTC 209
Phone: 773-702-7012
Email: mc2@uchicago.edu
Dave McCowan
Instructional Assistant
Office: KPTC 209
Phone: 773-702-7012
Email: mccowan@uchicago.edu
Kevin Van De Bogart
Instructional Assistant
Office: KPTC 209
Phone: 773-302-7012
Email: kevinv@uchicago.edu

Teaching Assistants

Name Email Grader for…

Bruce Abrams
dmytrop@uchicago.edu Drop Pinch-Off
Hyperfine Spectroscopy

Julian Gass
jcgass@uchicago.edu Positron Emission Tomography
Optical Pumping

Alex Guerrero
aghanselman@uchicago.edu Drop Pinch-Off
Optical Pumping

Emma McGinness
emcginness@uchicago.edu Compton Scattering
Positron Emission Tomography

Bricker Ostler
bostler@uchicago.edu Mass of the Neutron
Hyperfine Spectroscopy

Mascots


Monty the Python
PHYS 211 Co-Mascot, Protector of the Labs, and Chief Advocate for Open Source Programming Languages
Office: KPTC 005
Email: mpython@uchicago.edu
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Annie Conda
PHYS 211 Co-Mascot, Devourer of Chaos, and Guardian of Programming Libraries
Office: KPTC 009
Email: a_conda@uchicago.edu