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Kristen Burson is an experimental condensed matter physicist. Her research group focuses on studies of nanoscale electronics and the atomic structure of silica using surface science techniques. Burson earned her bachelor’s degree from Gustavus Adolphus College and her Ph.D. in physics from the...

Current research involves the study of the behavior of red giant stars using the telescope at ������Ƶ’s observatory. Selected Research Students & Projects: Nicholas Hill '09, "Observations of the Crab Pulsar Light Curve at Optical Wavelengths" Rosie Malsberger '09, "Galactic Spectroscopy: The...

Prof. Charlotte Christensen is an associate professor of physics at ������Ƶ College. Her research is focused on understanding the process of galaxy formation through the use of detailed computer simulations. In 2018, she received the National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which supports her...

Selected Research Students & Projects Greg Dyer ’04, “Magnetic phase diagrams of RCo2Ge2 single crystals.” Xu Wang ’04, “Effect of site dilution on magnetic transitions in (DyxY(1-x))Co2Ge2.” Heather Thiessen ”02, “Magnetic anisotropy in the RCo2Ge2 Series.”

Current Research Interests The study of high-energy gamma-rays incident on the earth's atmosphere from astrophysical sources through the Veritas Collaboration consumes most of my time. The Veritas Collaboration built and manages the four-telescope array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes...

Research Interests: Black hole Thermodynamics and Phenomenology, Duality between Gravity theory and Condensed Matter Physics, Plasma Astrophysics, Numerical General Relativity

Research Interests Conformal Symmetries and Black Holes Gravity/CFT Correspondence String Theory & Quantum Gravity Generalized Complex Geometries and String Theory Geometry and Topology of Physics

Mark has taught nearly every course in the physics major curriculum, and developed complete curricular materials for four of them (General Physics I & II, Mechanics, and Computational Physics). He has published articles on much of this curricular development work. His scholarly interests are wide...

Research interests include non-linear laser spectrometry, trace atom and molecule detection, and electromagnetic puzzles. Selected Research Students & Projects V. Cornejo '98 "Thomson's Jumping Ring" K. Ni '09 "Computed Tomography and the Radon Transform" F. Friesen '10 "FPGA" E. C. Brost '10...