Place of Birth: Shreveport, LA
Date of Birth: January 22, 1963
Hometown; West Monroe, La
Places Lived: Tallahassee, FL; Alrington, TX; Naperville, IL; Geneva, Switzerland
Curriculum Vita:
Education
Ph.D., 1991,
Physics, The
B.S., Magna
cum Laude, 1985, Physics,
Experience
Currently:
Associate Professor of Physics with an Administrative Appointment as
Academic Director of Chemistry and Physics, Louisiana Tech University.
Previous
employment:
1997 – 2003 :
Assistant Professor of Physics,
1992 - 1996 :
Postdoctoral Researcher, The
1991
: Postdoctoral Researcher, The
1985 - 1991 : Graduate
Assistant, The
1983 - 1985 :
Undergraduate Lab Assistant,
1978 - 1983 : Library
Assistant, Ouachita Parish Public Library.
Awards and
Recognition
·
Outstanding
Faculty Advisor Award (2008)
·
Louisiana Tech
Engineering & Science Foundation Outstanding Service Award, January,
2008
·
Spruell
Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Science, October,
2004-present
·
Virgil Orr
Undergraduate Junior Faculty Award, September,
2003
·
W.J. Spinks
Distinguished Professor of Physics,
·
Physics
Program Chair, 1999-2003, 2005-present
·
Outstanding
Achievement in Research Award,
Honorary Societies
Sigma Xi
research honor society:
Sigma Pi Sigma
(SPS) physics honor
society
·
Advisor for
Louisiana Tech chapter.
Phi Kappa Phi
honor society
Mortar Board
honor and service society
Scientific/Professional
Societies
American
Physical Society, including
·
A.P.S.
Division of Particles and Fields,
·
A.P.S.
International Physics Group, and
·
A.P.S. Physics
and Society Forum.
American
Association of Physics Teachers
Society of
Physics Students
·
Advisor for
Louisiana Tech chapter.
·
Zone 10
(LA,AR, MS, western TN) representative on national SPS
council
Fermilab Users
Group
·
Member of the
Users’ Executive Committee, 2007-2009
Publications
