Gregory J. Bodemer, Lieutenant, USN Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Douglas J. Brown,  Commander, USN Ph.D., Ohio State University E. Kate Brown, Assistant Research Professor Ph.D., North Carolina State University Robert L. Calhoun, Commander, USN (Associate Chair) Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin Mark L. Campbell, Professor (Senior Academic Adviser) Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Ginger Chateauneuf, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Michigan Technological University Graham T. Cheek, Professor Ph.D., University of Georgia Christine L. Copper, Professor Ph.D., University of Tennessee Gene T. Coryell, Lieutenant, USNR M.S., University of Wyoming Eli Dabich, Assistant Professor M.S., George Washington University Debra K. Dillner, Professor Ph.D., University of Rochester Katherine Dozier, Lieutenant, USN Ph.D., Texas A&M University Dave Durkin, Lieutenant Commander, USN M.S., Drexel University Sarah Durkin, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Eastern Virginia Medical School Mark L. Elert, Professor Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley Robert F. Ferrante, Professor Ph.D., University of Florida Jeffrey P. Fitzgerald, Professor Ph.D., Stanford University Matthew Foley, Assistant Research Professor Ph.D., Indiana University Clare E. Gutteridge, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Cambridge Theron Hamilton, Lieutenant, USN Ph.D., Brown University Judith A. Harrison, Professor Ph.D., University of New Hampshire JudithAnn R. Hartman, Professor Ph.D., Harvard University Luke Haverhals, Assistant Research Professor Ph.D., University of Iowa William B. Heuer, Associate Professor Ph.D., Northwestern University Daniel D. Isaac, Assistant Professor M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University M. Quarmrul Islam, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Auburn University Pamela Keating, Assistant Research Professor Ph.D., Clemson University Lawrence Kennedy, Commander, USN Ph.D., University of Memphis Christopher M. Kinter, Associate Professor Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Shirley Lin, Associate Professor Ph.D., Stanford University Joseph F. Lomax, Associate Professor Ph.D., Northwestern University Dianne J. Luning Prak, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Michigan Amy Roy MacArthur, Associate Professor Ph.D., Yale University Roy E. McClean, Associate Professor Ph.D., New Mexico State University Daniel P. Morse, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia Daniel W. O'Sullivan, Professor (Chair) Ph.D., University of Rhode Island Wayne H. Pearson, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia Brian J. Rehill, Associate Professor Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Kathleen Ryan, Assistant Research Professor Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Jamie L. Schlessman, Associate Professor Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Maria J. Schroeder, Professor Ph.D., University of Wisconsin John W. Schultz, Professor Emeritus Ph.D., Brown University Joyce E. Shade, Professor Ph.D., University of Louisville Ronald L. Siefert, Associate Professor Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Jane Smedley, Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Maryland Virginia F. Smith, Associate Professor Ph.D., Washington State University Charles R. Sweet, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Duke University Melonie Teichert, Professor Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley Paul C. Trulove, Professor Ph.D., State University of New York Joseph J. Urban, Professor Ph.D., University of Delaware Keith Van Nostrand, Assistant Research Professor Ph.D., University of Rochester Boyd A. Waite, Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley Craig M. Whitaker, Professor Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Professor Elert uses computer simulations to study chemical reactions in shock waves and detonations.  Molecular dynamics simulations can probe the details of chemical events at the shock front at sub-picosecond time scales, giving insight into shock-induced chemistry at the molecular level.