Awards and Recognition

• 2009 William E. Wine Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 2009 College of Science Award for Outreach Excellence
• 2009 Dr. Carroll B. Shannon College of Science Certificate of Teaching Excellence
• Featured in VT Scholar of the Week, May 8-14, 2006
• Featured in Spotlight on Innovation, March 23, 2009
• Black holes and pulsars could reveal extra dimensions (New Scientist, August 21, 2011)
• Exploding black holes could expose hidden dimensions (New Scientist, February 5, 2008)
• Astronomers look for exploding black holes (Nature News, February 1, 2008)
• Physicists and engineers search for new dimension (March 17, 2008)

Teaching

Fall

• PHYS 2074 Highlights of Contemporary Physics
• PHYS 1155 Astronomy Laboratory I
• PHYS 2305 Foundations of Physics I

Spring

• PHYS 1156 Astronomy Laboratory II
• PHYS 3154 Observational Astrophysics
• PHYS 2305 Foundations of Physics II

• PHYS 1056 Introduction to Astronomy II
• PHYS 2206 General Physics II
• PHYS 3655 Introduction to Astrophysics I
• PHYS 3656 Introduction to Astrophysics II

• Astronomy Minor for undergraduates
• Sky Image Processor web-based image processor written in Java
• PHYS 3154 Observational Astrophysics website with useful observing information

Research

Searches for and study of transient radio pulses from...

• exploding primordial black holes
• gamma ray bursts
• supernovae
• compact object mergers
• some pulsars (the "giant pulses")

• how pulsar timing observations could explore quantum gravity effects in a black hole-pulsar binary system

Outreach

• Thinking of buying a telescope? I recommend buying a Dobsonian.
• Astronomy Outreach, and the Anderson Observatory Public Open House Program
  
• Sky Image Processor (SIP) - a web-based astronomical image processing system, written in Java
• FAQ about Astronomy and Physics