CURRICULUM VITAE

John A. Shaw
Professor of Physics
Louisiana School of Math, Science, and the Arts
715 College Avenue
Natchitoches, LA 71457
Tel. (318) 357-3174 ext. 128
Home Phone: (318) 323-8148
email: jshaw@springmail.com,
jshaw@lsmsa.edu

CITIZENSHIP: U.S.
FIELD OF RESEARCH: Theoretical Atomic Physics
CURRENT RESEARCH:

My original research field was computational atomic physics.  I have experience calculating electron-impact excitation cross sections of positive ions in plasmas and using the results to compute model spectra. I also study highly excited electronic states of atoms in electric and magnetic fields by semiclassical methods. My thesis, for example, used Hamiltonian bifurcation theory to explain features in the photoabsorption spectrum of hydrogen in magnetic fields. Recent work has focused on alkali metal atoms in electric fields and extensions of semiclassical closed-orbit theory to include scattering.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in physics, College of William and Mary, January 1993.
M.S. in physics, College of William and Mary, June 1990.
B.S. in physics, Old Dominion University, June 1988.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Visiting Scientist, LIGO visitor program, Summer 2003
Professor of Physics, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, Fall 2000-present
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Centenary College, Fall 1999-Summer 2000
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Auburn University, Fall 1995-Summer 1999.
Adjunct Instructor of Physics, College of William and Mary, Summers 1992-1995.
Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics, College of William and Mary, 1993-1994.
Graduate Research Assistant, T-4 Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Summer School for Theoretical Atomic Physics. June-August 1990.
Graduate Research Assistant, College of William and Mary, May 1989 - January 1993.
Teaching Assistant, College of William and Mary, June 1988 - May 1989.
Laboratory Instructor, Tidewater Community College, March 1987 - June 1987.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

M.L. Keeler, Heric Flores-Rueda, T.J. Morgan, J. Shaw, ‘’ Behavior of nonclassical recurrence amplitudes near closed-orbit bifurcations in atoms,” accepted Phys. Rev. A (2003).

J. Shaw, M. Pindzola, M. Steidl, K. Aichele, U. Hartenfeller, D. Haithiramani, F. Scheuermann, M. Westermann, and E. Salzborn, ``Electron-Impact Single Ionization of Ga Ions'',  Phys. Rev. A (March 2001).

J. Shaw and F. Robicheaux, ``Reply to Main's comment on Recurrences without Closed-Orbits,'' Phys. Rev. A (May 1999).

D. Griffin, N. Badnell, M. Pindzola, and J. Shaw, ``Electron-Impact Excitation of Mg-like Ions,'' J. Phys. B 32 (May 1999).

J. Shaw and F. Robicheaux, `` Recurrence Spectroscopy of Atoms in Electric Fields: Scattering in the Presence of Bifurcations,'' Phys. Rev. A 58 3561 (November 1998).

J. Shaw, M. Pindzola, N. R. Badnell, and D. Griffin, `` Electron-Impact Excitation of Co2+,'' Phys. Rev. A 58 2920 (October 1998).

J. Shaw and F. Robicheaux, `` Recurrence Spectroscopy of Atoms in Electric Fields: Failure of Classical Scaling Near Bifurcations,'' Phys. Rev. A 58 1910 (September 1998).

F. Robicheaux and J. Shaw, `` Recurrences without Closed-Orbits,'' Phys. Rev. A 58 1043 (August 1998).

D. Mitnik, J. Shaw, M. Pindzola, D. Griffin, and N. Badnell, ``Electron-Impact Ionization of Fe14+ and other Atomic Ions in the Mg Isoelectronic Sequence,'' Computer Physics Communications 114 , 368 (1998).

M. Pindzola, D. Mitnik, J. Shaw, D. Griffin, N. Badnell, H. Summers, and D. Schultz, " Electron-Impact Ionization of Atomic Ions in the Na Isoelectronic Sequence,"  Physica Scripta 57 514 (1998).

W. Liu, D. Jeffery, D. Schultz, P. Quinet, J. Shaw, and M. Pindzola, "Emission From Cobalt in Type Ia Supernovae," Astrophysical Journal Letters 489 L141 (December 1997).

D. Griffin, M. Pindzola, J. Shaw, N. Badnell, H. Summers, and M. O'Mullane "Electron-Impact Excitation and Ionization of Ar+ for the Determination of Impurity Influx in Tokamaks," J. Phys. B (August 1997).

F. Robicheaux, J. Shaw, G. M. Lankhuijzen, and L. D. Noordam, "Coherent Electron Emission from Rydberg Atoms," Comments on Atomic and Molecular Physics (1997).

F. Robicheaux and J. Shaw, "Calculated Electron Dynamics in Electric Fields," Phys. Rev. A 56 278 (July 1997).

F. Robicheaux and J. Shaw, "Calculated Electron Dynamics in a Strong Electric Field," Phys. Rev. Lett. 77 4154 (November 1996).

D. Haithiramani, K. Aichele, G. Hofmann, M. Steidl, M. Stenke, R. Volpel, and E. Salzborn; M. S. Pindzola, J. A. Shaw, D. C. Griffin, and N. R. Badnell. "Electron-Impact Single Ionization of Low-Charged Molybdenum Ions," Phys. Rev. A 54 587 (July 1996).

J. Shaw, J. B. Delos, M. Courtney, and D. Kleppner. "Recurrences Associated with a Classical Orbit in the Node of a Quantum Wavefunction," Phys. Rev. A. 52 3695 (November 1995).

D. A. Sadovskii, J. Shaw, and J. B. Delos. "Organization and Sequences of Bifurcations of Periodic Orbits," Phys. Rev. Lett. 75 2120 (September 1995).

J. Main, G. Wiebusch, K. H. Welge, J. Shaw, and J. B. Delos. "Recurrence Spectroscopy: Observation and Interpretation of Large Scale Structure in the Absorption Spectra of Atoms in Magnetic Fields," Phys. Rev. A., 49 847 (February 1994).

J. M. Mao, J. Shaw, and J. B. Delos. "Closed Orbits and Semiclassical Wavefunctions in Two-Dimensional Hamiltonian Systems," J. Stat. Phys., 68 51 (1992).

GRANTS:

National Science Foundation/Caltech "LIGO Visitor Program, PHY-9986274." Microseismic investigation and supervision of SURF student, Livingston, LA.
National Science Foundation "U.S.-Netherlands Cooperative Research: Dynamics of Electron Waves." Travel to FOM/AMOLF for collaborative research, Amsterdam.

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS, TALKS, WORKSHOPS:

J. Shaw. "Recurrence Spectroscopy and the Dynamics of Rydberg Electrons in Strong Electric Fields," Colloquium, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, February 2003.

Summer School participant, International Amateur-Professional Photoelectric Photometry Summer School and Symposium, July 2002.

J. Shaw, D. Mitnik, M. S. Pindzola, D. C. Griffin, N. R. Badnell, H. P. Summers, and D. R. Schultz. "Electron-Ion Scattering Cross Sections for the Modeling of Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas," Second Oak Ridge Symposium on Atomic and Nuclear Astrophysics, December 1997.

J. Shaw, D. C. Griffin, M. S. Pindzola, and N. R. Badnell. "Radiative and Electron-Impact Collisional Rates and the Collisional-Radiative Modeling of Low Temperature Plasmas," invited talk to code-integration group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, October 1997.

J. Shaw, D. C. Griffin, M. S. Pindzola, and N. R. Badnell. "Radiative and Electron-Impact Collisional Rates and the Collisional-Radiative Modeling of Low Temperature Plasmas," XX. ICPEAC meeting, Vienna, Austria, July 1997.

F. Robicheaux and J. Shaw. "Electron Dynamics in Atoms in Electric Fields," XX. ICPEAC meeting, Vienna, Austria, July 1997.

J. Shaw, "Electron Scattering inside Atoms in External Fields," Invited talk, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, February 1997.

J. Shaw, "Electron Scattering in Alkali Atoms in External Fields," Invited talk, Workshop on New Developments in Electron-Ion Collisions, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 1996.

J. Shaw, M. S. Pindzola, D. C. Griffin, N. R. Badnell, and H. P. Summers. "Atomic Collision Data for the Determination of Argon Impurity Influx in Tokamaks," Southeast Section Meeting of the American Physical Society, Decatur, GA, November 1996.

M. S. Pindzola, J. Shaw, D. C. Griffin, N. R. Badnell, H. P. Summers, and D. R. Schultz. "Atomic Collision Data for ADAS,"  Tenth APS Topical Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasma, San Franscisco, CA, January 1996.

E. R. Tracy, Reggie Brown, J. Shaw, and X.-Z. Tang. "Recent Progress in the Analysis of Noisy Chaotic Signals," APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Louisville, KY, November 1995.

J. Shaw, A. Joshua, and E. R. Tracy. "On the Noise Response of Chaotic Systems," Sherwood Conference, Spring 1995.

J. M. Mao, J. Shaw, and J. Delos. "Bifurcation of Periodic Orbits of an Electron of an Atom in a Magnetic Field," published in the Proceedings of the International Workshop in Non-Linear Dynamics and Chaos, Pohang, Korea, 1993.

J. Shaw. "Photoabsorption Spectra of Hydrogen in Strong Magnetic Fields," contributed talk at the Annual meeting of the Southeastern section of the APS. November 1991.

J. M. Mao and J. Shaw. "Bifurcation of Periodic Orbits and Analysis of Photoabsorption Spectra of an Atom in a Magnetic Field," Gordon Research Conference, Wolfboro NH. June 1991.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

The research at Auburn was computer intensive and I used the R-matrix and Charlotte-Fischer atomic structure codes on local Unix workstations and the NERSC supercomputers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. At William and Mary I was system administrator for the atomic theory research group and maintained a small network of Unix workstations. I know Fortran77 and 90, C, and Java; I have experience parallelizing codes with MPI to run on the Crays.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: American Physical Society, DAMOP
OTHER ACTIVITIES: Co-organizer with Eugene Tracy of weekly seminars in non-linear dynamics at William and Mary, 1994.

RESEARCH REFERENCES:

Dr. Michael S. Pindzola, Postdoctoral advisor
Professor of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849
Tel. (334) 844-4127

Dr. Francis Robicheaux
Professor of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849
Tel. (334) 844-4366

Dr. John Delos
Professor of Physics, Thesis advisor. Physics Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185.
Tel. (757) 221-3511

RECENT TEACHING REFERENCES

Dr. Jim Findley
Director of Academic Affairs
Louisiana School of Math, Science, and the Arts
715 College Avenue
Natchitoches, LA 71457
Tel. (318) 357-3174

Dr. Juan Rodriguez
Department of Physics and Engineering, Centenary College of Louisiana,
Shreveport, Louisisana 71134-1188
Tel. (318) 869 - 5218

Dr. Joe Perez
Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849
Tel. (334) 844-4264