EDUCATION:

Princeton University
Ph.D. Physics (1985)
M.A. Physics (1981)

Cornell University
B.S. Engineering Physics (1979)

BIOGRAPHY:

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

• 2000-present Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• 1998-2000 Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Maryland
College Park, MD

• 1994-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Physics
• 1989-1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

Swiss Federal Technical Institute (EPFL)
Lausanne, Switzerland

• 1985-1989 Research Scientist

HONORS AND AWARDS:

• International Max Planck Research School Experts Workshop, Greifswald, 2004.
• Elected to fellowship in the American Physical Society, 1999.
• Invited Professor, Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne, Spring 1996.
• CIES Visiting Scientist Bourse, University of Provence Aix-Marseille, Fall 1996.
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1990-1992.
• National Science Foundation, Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990-1995.
• Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow, 1979-1984.
• Elected to Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society, 1979.
• Graduated with distinction (GPA 4.0), Cornell University, 1979.

MEMBERSHIPS:

• American Physical Society, elected vice-chair of the Division of Plasma Physics, 2010.
• Pure and Applied Physics, 2006-2008.