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Doug Arion

Dr. Douglas Arion designs and builds experimental hardware. Students working with him have built telescopes, seismographs, and other instruments. He does observational astronomy, using telescopes at the Yerkes Observatory. He’s also the Director of Carthage’s ScienceWorks Technology Entrepreneurship program. Reach him at 262-551-5864.
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Temple Burling
Dr. Burling, Assistant Professor of Physics, comes to Carthage from the Department of Biochemistry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, where he served as the director of the X-ray Crystallography Core Facility. Before his work at Cornell, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Brunger Lab at Yale University, examining problems in computational crystallography, and protein purification and crystallization. He earned a B.A. from Grinnell College and a M.S. in physics from Iowa State University. A M.S. in biophysics and a Ph.D. come from the University of Rochester.
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Kevin Crosby

Dr. Kevin Crosby, studies materials science and surface effects. He is broadly interested in the physics of disordered materials, and in the simulation of materials under mechanical and electrical stress. Computational physics research at Carthage makes use of molecular dynamics calculations and density functional theory to understand the behavior of atomic surfaces and boundaries. Dr. Crosby is also the Carthage College 3-2 Engineering program advisor, Chair of the Computer Science Department, and Chair of the Division of Natural Sciences. Reach him at 262-551-5855. For Term Schedules, visit Dr. Crosby's Home Page.
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Jean Quashnock

Dr. Jean Quashnock studies the formation of the Universe using data from the world’s newest telescopes. He studies quasars and the space between the Earth and the farthest reaches of the Universe. He analyzes the complicated patterns of light emitted by quasars to discern what lies between the quasars and us. He also advises our very active Society of Physics Students chapter. Reach him at 262-551-5391.
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Brian Schwartz

Dr. Brian Schwartz, our newest faculty member, uses lasers to study the spin and polarization of atoms and nuclei. He is setting up a new laser laboratory and will be using laser light to study these basic building blocks of matter. Reach him at 262-551-6042 or bschwartz@carthage.edu.
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