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I am an assitant professor in the Department of Physics at American
University.
The links here have more information about me, my research and
my teaching.
After completing my undergraduate degree at Duke
University in 1995,
double-majoring in physics and English, I received my Ph.D.
under Arno Bohm in theoretical particle physics from the Department
of Physics at the University of Texas
in Austin
in 2001. After graduating, I was a Wiess Instructor of Physics
in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University
for two years. In Fall 2003, I joined American
University as an assistant professor.
I spent Spring and Summer 2006 in the Physics Faculty at the
University of Trento, Italy on a Fulbright Junior Lectureship,
where I worked on my research and taught a class on group theory
in quantum mechanics. Here is my CV.
My research focuses on questions at the intersection of particle physics
and quantum information theory. In particular, I study how to
quantify entanglement in particle systems and how entanglement
changes in scattering processes. Currently, I have undergraduate
students working with me on this topic, funded by the Research
Corporation. See my publication list for my most recent work.
I am also interested in physics education research and try to apply it
to what I do in my classroom, teaching physics at the introductory and
advanced levels. In particular, I am always experimenting with new
technology in the classroom and on the web with the goal of engaging and
assisting as many students as possible.
I am interested in surpervising student research. Please contact me if
you would like to find a project of mutual interest.
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