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
Professor of Physics, July 2018 - present
Department Chair, July 2014 - June 2017
Associate Professor, July 2010 - June 2018
Editorial Advisory Board Member, American Journal of Physics, 2015 - 2018
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Dickinson College, July 2003-June 2010
Radiation Safety Officer, Dickinson College, July 2004-January 2010
Phys 131-132: Introduction to Physics (Workshop Physics)
Phys 141: Physics for the Life Sciences
Phys 212: Introduction to Relativistic & Quantum Physics
Phys 213: Analog and Digital Electronics
Phys 311: Classical Dynamics & Chaos
Phys 315: Principles of Medical Imaging
Phys 331: Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
Phys 362: Electrons in Materials
Phys 431: Quantum Mechanics
Phys 491-492: Senior Seminar
FYSM 100: Order and Chaos in Science & Society
FYSM 100: Physics and Buddhist Spirituality
(Phys 340: Introduction to Astrophysics - at SUNY New Paltz)
American Physical Society Prize for Research at an Undergraduate Institution, 2024
NSF-PFI / ITN grant, "Development of a Versatile-Distributed, Energy-Efficient Illumination System", June 2011-12, $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
American Physical Society (APS)
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honors Society)
Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Honors Society)