Saint Michael's College

Title: Associate Professor of Physics

Education: B.Sc. Sherbrooke University; M.Sc. Quebec University; Ph.D. Princeton University

Areas of Expertise/Research Interests: Theoretical plasma physics with applications in controlled thermonuclear fusion, space physics, and astrophysics.

Testimonial: What I like best about Saint Michael�s students is their ability and willingness to challenge themselves.

What do you like most about teaching/working at Saint Michael's College? What I like best about working at Saint Michael�s College is how much students, faculty, and staff care about each other. I get to know many of our students quite well (in particular, our physics students) and, thus, create life-long bonds that continue well after graduation.

What is your favorite class to teach, and why? Classical Mechanics (PY 215) is a very technical course to teach. The course, however, comes as close to poetry as physics will ever get. I truly delight in revealing the amazing unity and beauty of physics to my students through this course. I teach the course from a set of notes that I make available to students, which I hope to transform into a textbook in the near future.