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Education
Ph.D. Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, July 2003
M.S. Physics, Cornell University, May 1999
B.S. Physics (Summa Cum Laude), Denison University, Granville, OH, May 1996
Positions
Associate Professor, July 2010-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
July 2003-June2010
Radiation Safety Officer, Dickinson College, July 2004-January 2010
Teaching Experience
Phys 131-132: Introduction to Physics (Workshop Physics)
Phys 212: Introduction to Relativistic & Quantum Physics
Phys 311: Classical Dynamics & Chaos
Phys 315: Principles of Medical Imaging
Phys 331: Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
Phys 491-492: Senior Seminar
FYSM 100: Order and Chaos in Science & Society
FYSM 100: Physics and Buddhist Spirituality
Grants
NSF-PFI / ITN grant, "Development of a Versatile-Distributed, Energy-Efficient Illumination System", June 2011, $25,400.
NSF "Cooling the Curriculum" course development sub-grant, January 2011, $1,500.
Research Corporation, "Generation of lattice solitons via modulational instability in discrete electronic transmission lines", July 2007-09, $34,826
American Physical Society International Travel Grant, May 2008, $2,000