Physics and Astronomy

Faculty

Douglas Arion
  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy
  • Professor of Entrepreneurship
Straz Center 202
·(262) 551-5864
Professor Arion joined the Carthage faculty in 1994. He brings his experience as a scientific researcher and former corporate executive with Science Applications International Corp. to Carthage's innovative ScienceWorks program, ...
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Temple Burling
  • Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Biology, and Great Ideas
Straz Center B6-F
·(262) 551-5963
Temple Burling is a biophysicist interested in computational problems in macromolecular crystallography, the structure of proteins, the physics of biological systems, and the history of science.Professor Burling came to Carthage ...
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Kevin Crosby
  • Chair, Natural Sciences Division
  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Computer Science
Straz Center 204
·(262) 551-5855
Kevin M. Crosby teaches in the Physics and Astronomy Department and Computer Science Department at Carthage, and has chaired both departments. He has taught broadly across the physics curriculum, including ...
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Julie Dahlstrom
  • Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Straz Center B-10H
·(262) 551-2331
Julie Dahlstrom came to Carthage in 2009 from the University of Chicago, where she was a postdoctoral researcher in observational astrophysics, specializing in high-resolution spectroscopy of stars and interstellar clouds ...
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Jean Quashnock
  • Chair, Physics and Astronomy Department
  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy
  • Coordinator of the Dual-Degree Program in Engineering
Straz Center 209C
·(262) 551-5391
Jean Quashnock's research interests include cosmology, large-scale structure in the universe, high-energy astrophysics and gamma-ray bursts, and absorption-line systems in quasar spectra. He is a researcher in the Sloan Digital ...
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Brian Schwartz
  • Assistant Professor of Physics and Great Ideas
Straz Center B6-B
·(262) 551-6042
Professor Schwartz's expertise is in nuclear and atomic physics. He uses lasers to study the spin and polarization of atoms and nuclei. He has performed research on nuclear and atomic ...
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Academics at Carthage

Prospective Students

Student Voices

"Carthage is providing me an environment where I realize I could go on and do even greater things, and giving me the confidence and determination I need to do so."

— KelliAnn Anderson, '14, Cumberland, Wis.

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Research Opportunities

Carthage students have access to some of the world's largest observatories. Read more.


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