CURRICULUM VITAE - Carl R. Brune

PERSONAL

Full Name: Carl Richard Brune

Born on April 15, 1966.

Married Roxanne Male July 11, 1993.

CONTACT

203 Edwards Accelerator Laboratory

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Ohio University

Athens, OH 45701 (USA)

Email: brune _at_ ohio.edu

Phone: (740)593-1975

Fax: (740)593-1436

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Physics, June 1994

California Institute of Technology

Thesis: The ³H(alpha,gamma)⁷Li Reaction at Low Energies

Adviser: Dr. Ralph W. Kavanagh

B.S., Physics, June 1988

University of California, Santa Barbara, summa cum laude

EMPLOYMENT

Ohio University, Athens, August 2001 - present

Associate Professor (September 2005 - present). Assistant Professor (September 2001 - August 2005).

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, August 1996 - July 2001

Research Assistant Professor. Research in nuclear astrophysics and few-nucleon physics. In addition I taught a one-semester course each year.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, August 1994 - July 1996

Post-doctoral associate at the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory. Research in nuclear astrophysics and few-nucleon physics.

California Institute of Technology, September 1988 - June 1994

Research assistant at the Kellogg Radiation Laboratory. Measured nuclear-reaction cross sections important for the formation of the elements (nucleosynthesis), with particular emphasis on reactions taking place during the Big Bang.

CEB Metasystems, Santa Barbara, CA, June 1987 - August 1988

Developed FORTRAN, C, and Pascal software for space-related applications at a small company. Performed numerical study of light scattering by small (1-100 micron) particles.

Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA, September 1983 - June 1984 and July 1985 - September 1985

Developed data analysis and acquisition software for studying the effects of intense laser radiation on optical coatings at a Navy laboratory.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

nuclear astrophysics, radioactive beams, thermonuclear fusion in laboratory plasmas, weakly-bound states of nuclei

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Ohio University, Athens

Phys 251, Introductory Mechanics w/calculus, Winter 2009.

Phys 252, Introductory Physics w/calculus, Spring 2002, Winter 2003.

Phys 253, Introductory Electromagnetism and Optics w/calculus, Fall 2001, Fall 2002, Spring 2006, Fall 2006.

Phys 298T, Mechanics (Honors Tutorial), Winter 2005.

Phys 311, Mechanics, Fall 2003, Fall 2007, Fall 2008.

Phys 373, Advanced Laboratory (Nucleons), Spring 2005, Spring 2007.

Phys 399T, Nuclear Physics (Honors Tutorial), Spring 2003.

Phys 607, Electrodynamics (Graduate), Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Winter 2007.

Phys 608, Electrodynamics (Graduate), Spring 2008

Phys 727, Particles and Nuclei (Graduate), Winter 2004, Winter 2006, Winter 2008.

Phys 728, Particles and Nuclei (Graduate), Spring 2004.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ph 24, Introductory Physics w/o calculus, Fall 1999

Ph 26, Introductory Mechanics w/ calculus, Fall 1998, Fall 2000

Ph 27A, Introductory Electromagnetism and Optics w/calculus for honors students, Spring 1997, Spring 1998

HONORS AND AWARDS

Earl C. Anthony Fellowship (1988-1989)

Highest Honors at University of California, Santa Barbara (1988)

Arnold T. Nordsieck Prize (1988), awarded to year's top physics student at Santa Barbara

Golden Key National Honor Society

National Merit Scholar

PUBLICATIONS

See separate list.

INVITED TALKS

See separate list.