I am an associate professor of physics at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S.A. I received my Ph.D. in Astrophysics in 1997 from the University of Minnesota. I had a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute d'Astrophysique de Paris and an NSF Postoctoral Fellowship (NRC) at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Prior to my current position, I was a visiting assistant professor at Valparaiso University. My research focuses on astroparticle and early universe physics and, in general, exploring astrophysical constraints on fundamental physics. I do this by studying high energy gamma-rays and cosmic rays and the cosmic microwave background.

For the Fall semester 2009, I am teaching PHYS 380: Thermal \& Statistical Physics and GSCI 104: Exploring the the Daytime and Nighttime Sky. PHYS 380 is intended for upper level physics majors and is required for all majors on the fundamental track. GSCI 104 is a stand-alone laboratory course that fulfills the science laboratory requirement for non-majors. My schedule and contact information can be found below.