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Ph.D., Rutgers University. Specialty: theoretical solid state physics. Teaches an array of physics and astronomy courses. Research interests: physics of liquid crystals, especially phase transitions. |
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(Chair) Ph.D., The University of Chicago. Specialty: computational and observational astrophysics. Teaches courses on astronomy, astrophysics, and physics. Research interests: photometry, stellar surface imaging, inverse theory. |
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Ph.D., Florida State University. Specialty: experimental nuclear physics. Teaches courses on introductory physics, advanced physics laboratory, and electronics. Research interests: structure of atomic nuclei at the limits of spin and binding, particle-gamma branching ratios in nuclear astrophysical reactions. |
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Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Specialty: theoretical condensed matter physics. Teaches introductory and upper-level physics courses. Research interests: dynamics of Josephson junction arrays and synchronization of coupled oscillators. |
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Gregory D. Mack Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Specialty: theoretical astro-particle physics. Teaches courses on astronomy and physics. Research interests: constraining the particle properties of dark matter (interaction and annihilation), cosmology. |
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Phillips B. Burnside (emeritus) Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Specialty: theoretical infrared spectroscopy. Interests: foundations of quantum mechanics, philosophy, history and sociology of science. |
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L. Thomas Dillman (emeritus) Ph.D., University of Illinois. Specialty: nuclear spectroscopy. Research interests: effects on humans of various kinds of radioactive materials, including those used in nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures. |
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Tom Burns M.A., The Ohio State University. Also a member of the OWU Department of English. Director of the Perkins Observatory, and columnist for the Columbus Dispatch. |
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Kail Secrest (Physics Technician) A.A., Columbus State University. Specialty: electronics. Maintains department laboratory apparatus, and sets up experiments in the teaching labs. |