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Opportunities for Student Summer Research Projects.

Physics Coffee Wednesdays at 3:30 PM in Science 205 (Advanced Physics Lab)

ALL are welcome! Enjoy coffee, cookies, physics & astronomy.

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Courses

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Spring Quarter 2011

· Sabbatical at OSU

Winter Quarter 2011

• PHYS 340: Thermal Physics
• INST 410: Our Place in the Universe
• INST 240: Revolutions

Autumn Quarter 2010

• PHYS 430: Quantum Physics I
• INST 410: Our Place in the Universe

Spring Quarter 2010

• PHYS 172: Principles of Physics III
• INST 410: Our Place in the Universe

Winter Quarter 2010

• PHYS 172: Principles of Physics II
• PHYS 300: Dynamics I

Autumn Quarter 2009

• PHYS 171: Principles of Physics I
• INST 410: Our Place in the Universe

Spring Quarter 2009

• PHYS 440: Subatomic Physics
• INST 410: Our Place in the Universe

Winter Quarter 2009

• INST 240: Exobiology
• PHYS 172: Principles of Physics II (Calculus)

Autumn Quarter 2008

• PHYS 171: Principles of Physics I (Calculus)
• INST 410: Our Place in the Universe

Spring Quarter 2008

• PHYS 315: Electrodynamics II
• INST 240: Exobiology

Winter Quarter 2008

• INST 410: Our Place in the Universe
• PHYS 305: Dynamics II

Autumn Quarter 2007

· Sabbatical at OSU

Spring Quarter 2007

• PHYS 173: Principles of Physics III
• PHYS 143: Physics Lab III

Winter Quarter 2007

• INST 410: Our Place in the Universe
• PHYS 340: Thermal Physics

Autumn Quarter 2006

• PHYS 171: Principles of Physics I
• PHYS 141: Physics Lab I

Spring Quarter 2006

• PHYS 173: Principles of Physics III
• PHYS 143: Physics Lab III

Winter Quarter 2006

• INST 410: Our Place in the Universe
• PHYS 305: Dynamics II

Autumn Quarter 2005

• PHYS 171: Principles of Physics I
• PHYS 141: Physics Lab I

Spring Quarter 2005

• PHYS 173: Principles of Physics III
• PHYS 143: Physics Lab III
• PHYS 440: Subatomic Physics

Winter Quarter 2005

• INST 410: Our Place in the Universe
• PHYS 340: Thermal Physics

Autumn Quarter 2004

• PHYS 171: Principles of Physics I
• PHYS 141: Physics Lab I

Spring Quarter 2004

• PHYS 173: Principles of Physics III
• PHYS 143: Physics Lab III

Winter Quarter 2004

• INST 410: Our Place in the Universe
• PHYS 305: Dynamics II

Autumn Quarter 2003

• PHYS 171: Principles of Physics I

· PHYS 141: Physics Lab

Spring Quarter 2003

• PHYS 173: Principles of Physics III
• PHYS 450: Condensed Matter Physics

Winter Quarter 2003

• INST 410: Our Place in the Universe
• PHYS 330: Optics

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Visit of Nobel Prize Winner Frank Wilczek

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Conferences

• Ohio Section of APS Fall Meeting 2009 (Ohio Wesleyan, Delaware, OH)
• Ohio Section of APS Spring Meeting 2009 (ONU, Ada, OH)
• Light-Cone 2009 (Brazil)

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Starry Mondays (Astronomy Lecture Series)

· Every first Monday of the month in the quarter (7pm in Fall and Winter, 8 pm in Spring)

· Everyone welcome!

· Lecture is rain or shine.

· Observing afterwards (8pm in Fall and Winter, 9 pm in Spring), weather permitting.

• October 2010 (Topic: TBA)
• May 2010 (Topic: TBA)
• April 2010 (Topic: TBA)
• March 2010 (Topic: The Red Planet is still near!)
• February 2010 (Lecture cancelled, but observing)
• November 2009 (Topic: Upside down: The Southern Sky)
• October 2009 (Topic: Understanding the Atom means understanding the Stars)
• June 2009 (Topic: Backyard Astronomy)
• May 2009 (Topic: Cosmology and the Dark side of the Universe)
• April 2009 (Topic: The Death of Stars)
• March 2009 (Topic: The Lifecycle of Stars)
• February 2009 (Topic: The closest Star: Our Sun)
• November 2008 (Topic: Galaxies- Island Universes)
• October 2008 (Topic: Practical Astronomy – Starmaps and such)
• June 2008 (Topic: Amateur Astronomy – Inspiration by Observation)
• May 2008 (Topic: How to find Life in the Universe)
• April 2008 (Topic: Dark Matter & Dark Energy – The Dark Side of the Universe)
• March 2008 (Topic: Recent Advances in Astronomy – Part II)
• February 2008 (Topic: Recent Advances in Astronomy – Part II)
• November 2007 (Topic: Recent Advances in Astronomy - Introduction)
• October 2007 (Topic: Atmospheric Histories - Or: Is the Greenhouse Effect positive or negative?)
• May 2007 (Topic: From Galileo to Newton: The Birth of modern Astronomy – Part II)
• April 2007 (Topic: Galileo and the Birth of modern Astronomy)
• March 2007 (Topic: Life in the Universe)
• February 2007 (Topic: Exoplanets – Orbiting other Suns)
• November 2006 (Guest Lecture by Phil Barnhart: Westerville – A Center of 19^th Century Astronomy)
• October 2006 (Topic: Solar System News: Pluto, Armageddon, etc.)
• May 2006 (Topic: Introduction to Cosmology II)
• April 2006 (Topic: Introduction to Cosmology)
• March 2006 (Topic: Basic Observations in Astronomy)
• February 2006 (Topic: Lifecycles of the Stars II)
• January 2006 (Topic: Lifecycles of the Stars)
• November 2005 (Topic: Classification of the Stars)
• October 2005 (Topic: Observing the Planets)
• June 2005 (Topic: Saturn - The ringed Planet)
• May 2005 (Topic: History of Astronomy)
• April 2005 (Topic: Spectra - Fingerprints of the Elements)
• March 2005 (Topic: Mission to Mars)
• February 2005 (Topic: Objects worthy to be observed)
• January 2005 (Topic: Telescopes)
• November 2004 (Topic: The Earth-Moon System)
• October 2004 (Topic: What’s in Astronomy?)

• The strange Case of Dr. Trittmann’s nebulous Pictures

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Presentations (Powerpoint files)

• Talk at Otterbein’s International Festival 2003: Post-Wall Germany
• Introductory Talk: Supersymmetry
• High School Lecture: Cosmology and the Big Bang
• Alumni Weekend 2004: The Ohio Night Sky (incl. Venus transit photos)
• Guest Lecture (Feb 8, 2005): Basic Observations in Astronomy (Eclipse Video, 2.9 MB)
• Talk at the Columbus Astronomical Society (January 2006): What do we know about Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
• Physics Coffee Talk (Feb 15, 2006): Solving Supersymmetric Theories on the Computer
• Alumni Weekend 2007 – Classes without Quizzes: Basic Observations in Astronomy
• Earthday 2007: Eclipses, Tides & a big Whack –The Earth-Moon System
• Talk at OSAPS Spring 2009: Two-dimensional SYM theory with fundamental mass and Chern-Simons terms
• Talk at Blendon Middle School (April 2010)

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Education

Ph.D. in Physics (1996)	Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg , Germany (Thesis Advisor: H-C Pauli)
Diploma in Physics (1993)	University of Heidelberg, Germany (Thesis Advisor: I. Bender)

Experience

Associate Professor	Otterbein College	Since 9/2008
Assistant Professor	Otterbein College	9/2003 – 8/2008
Visiting Assistant Professor	Otterbein College	1/2003 – 8/2003
Postdoctoral Research Associate	The Ohio State University	9/1999 – 12/2002
Postdoctoral Research Associate	Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel	6/1997 – 7/1999

Publications

A complete list is available from the database at SLAC.

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