I won't bore with you the details of a rather exciting childhood. I did my undergraduate work at Yale University in mathematics (though retained strong interest in both physics and philosophy). Following undergraduate I worked in industry (Ford Aerospace / Space Space Systems Loral) and joined LCHC as a research associate (where I studied the early stages of email communities, and networks). I returned to graduate school at Princeton University where I studied applied physics. Following graduate school I landed the opportunity to study how people learn physics with an NSF sponsored Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematics Science Engineering and Technology Education (or PFSMETE) I was housed at UCSD and worked there and with researchers at the SEMSAME program at UC Berkeley. At UCSD I was affiliated with the department of physics, and the school of engineering. I also taught at the High Tech High School and ran programs affiliated with the Boys and Girls Clubs, The Ruben H. Fleet Science Center, and San Diego City College.
I am now at the Physics Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder and serve as one of the principal investigators of the Physics Education Research group here. More on current programs and projects can be found on this site and the PER site.
I serve on several national committees, including:
In 2005 I was awarded an NSF CAREER fellowship. A full writeup of the proposal (in PDF).
In April 2007, I was awarded the University of Colorado, Boulder Faculty Assembly campus-wide Award for Excellence in Teaching.
A more detailed version of this is contained on my CV
(in PDF as of Aug '07).
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