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Associate Professor of Physics

(219) 785-5659

Westville Campus, SWRZ 309

Academic Background:

Ph.D., Physics, Rutgers University, 2006
- Advisor: Alan Van Heuvelen
- Awards
  - Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, Rutgers University, 2006
  - GAANN Fellowship, 2003-2004
  - Richard E. Plano Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2003
  - Rutgers University Graduate Excellence Fellowship (High Energy Theory), 2000-2002
  - NSF Graduate Fellowship, Honorable Mention (High Energy Theory), 2000
B.A., Vassar College, 2000
- Magna Cum Laude with departmental honors in each of Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics
- Majors: Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics (triple major)
- Advisors: Debra M. Elmegreen (Astronomy), James C. Lombardi, Jr. (Physics), John McCleary (Mathematics)
- Awards
  - Phi Beta Kappa, 2000
  - Lucy Kellogg English Physics Award (Outstanding Physics Thesis), 2000
  - Mary Evelyn Wells & Gertrude Smith Mathematics Prize (Outstanding Mathematics Thesis), 2000
  - Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship (US Congress), 1999
  - Ethel Hickox Pollard Memorial Physics Award (Outstanding Physics Major), 1999

PI, Mass Ejecta, Gravitational, and Electromagnetic Characteristics of Magnetized, High-Mass Ratio Binary Neutron Star Mergers, COES Summer Faculty Research Grant, $10,000 (2018).
Senior Personnel, Learning physics by practicing it with physical apparatus or using interactive video: is there a difference?, NSF IUSE, $597,781 (2017 – 2020). PI: David Brookes (Cal. State – Chico)
Co-PI, Conceptual Algebra Readiness with Engineering and Science (CARES), Indiana Dept. of Educ., $401,000 (2016 – 2018). PI: David Feikes (Purdue Northwest)
Co-PI, MASTERing Videos, Indiana Dept. of Educ., $447,889 (2014 – 2016). PI: David Feikes (Purdue Northwest), co-PI: Jan Radford (Michigan City Area Schools)
PI, Stochastic Modeling of Student Learning, Purdue Research Foundation, $8,000 (2009)
Co-PI, Science for Lifelong Learning & Leading (S4L), Indiana Dept. of Educ., $323,973 (2008 – 2010). Co-PI: Rosa Rivera-Hainaj (Purdue North Central), Jane Larson (Michigan City Area Schools)