NCPA Team
NCPA's skilled scientists, researchers and engineers drive innovation through collaborative, team-based research.
NCPA's Dedicated Team
Our center is comprised of a robust team of around 30 employees, including scientists, researchers, administrators and engineers, who collaborate to advance acoustics research and its applications. The center's staff come from various disciplines, such as physics, engineering, biology and chemistry, fostering an interdisciplinary approach to problem solving.
What really excites me is the breadth of our acoustics research toolbox at NCPA. Having such a diverse scope of acoustics expertise to draw from is what keeps me passionate about the work we do here." —Dr. Joel Mobley, Senior Scientist I, NCPA
Leadership
Meet the NCPA leadership team.
Nathan Murray
- Director of the National Center for Physical Acoustics; Senior Scientist I; Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
LaTonya Weekly
- Business Manager
Debra Bos
- Program Manager
Researchers
Get to know our researchers.
Hanieh Agharazi
- Research Scientist I
Ina Aranchuk
- Senior Research and Development Engineer
Vyacheslav Aranchuk
- Principal Scientist
Wayne Carpenter
- Senior Research & Development Engineer II
Claus Hetzer
- Senior Research and Development Engineer II
Daniel Hohn
- Engineering Technologist
William Frazier
- Senior Research Scientist II and Research Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Bradley Goodwiller
- Instructional Assistant Professor of General Engineering
John Heffington
- Senior Research & Development Engineer II
Kevin Kwas
- Research and Development Engineer II
Zhiqu Lu
- Senior Research Scientist II and Research Associate Professor of Physics
Joel Mobley
- Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Undergraduate Program Coordinator: Senior Scientist I at the National Center for Physical Acoustics
Paritosh Mokhasi
- Research Scientist II; Research Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science
Stephen Perry
- Research and Development Engineer II
Wayne Prather
- Principal Scientist at the National Center for Physical Acoustics and Research Associate Professor of Physics