PERSONAL HISTORY

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

September 2007 - present:

Associate Professor of Physics
University of Missouri-Columbia

January 2005 - August 2007:

Assistant Professor of Physics
University of Missouri-Columbia

August 2001 - December 2004:

Assistant Professor of Physics
University of Missouri-Rolla

September 2000 - July 2001:

Visiting post-doctoral research associate,
iQUEST, University of California, Santa Barbara
Supervisors: Prof. Michael Flatte and Prof. Giovanni Vignale

September 1999 - August 2000:

Visiting post-doctoral research associate,
ITP, University of California, Santa Barbara
Supervisor: Prof. Walter Kohn

January 1997 - August 1999:

Post-doctoral research associate
University of Missouri-Columbia
Supervisor: Prof. Giovanni Vignale

November 1995 - December 1996:

Postdoctoral research associate
 CERFACS and Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Supervisor: Prof. Eric Suraud

EDUCATION

July 1995:

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Wurzburg, Germany
Thesis Advisor: Prof. E. K. U. Gross
Thesis topic: Time-dependent density-functional approach to atoms in strong laser pulses

July 1992:

Diplom in Physics, University of Wurzburg, Germany
Thesis Advisor: Prof. E. K. U. Gross
Thesis topic: Gradient expansion for superconductors

May 1990:

M.S. in Physics, State University of New York at Albany