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| Curriculum Vitae | Luca Bombelli |
| Education | ||
| When | Where | What |
| 1981 – 1987 | Department
of Physics Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
Ph.D. (1987) Advisor: R.D. Sorkin Field: General relativity |
| 1981 – 1983 | Department
of Physics Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
M.S. (1983) Advisor: G.C. Moneti Field: Experimental high energy physics |
| 1974 – 1980 | Department
of Physics University of Milan, Milan, Italy |
Laurea (1980) Advisor: G. Vegni Field: Physics education / High energy |
| Summer 1979 | CERN Geneva, Switzerland |
Summer Student |
| – 1974 | Italian Scientific
High School Barcelona, Spain |
Italian high school degree (1974) |
| Academic Positions | ||
| When | Where | What |
| 08.05 - present | Department
of Physics and Astronomy University of Mississippi |
Associate Professor |
| 08.99 - 07.05 | Department
of Physics and Astronomy University of Mississippi |
Assistant Professor |
| 08.96 - 07.99 | Department
of Physics and Astronomy University of Mississippi |
Visiting Assistant Professor |
| 10.95 - 06.96 | Department
of Theoretical Physics Universities of Geneva and Zürich, Switzerland |
Visiting Researcher |
| 08.94 - 07.95 | Department
of Physics and Astronomy Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA |
Assistant Professor |
| 04.91 - 07.94 | Department
of Physics Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
| 02.89 - 03.91 | Department
of Mathematics and Statistics University of Calgary, Canada |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
| 09.87 - 09.88 | Institute
for Theoretical Physics University of Vienna, Austria |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Research Funding and Temporary Research Positions | ||
| When | Where | What |
| 01.04 - 06.04 | Perimeter
Institute for Theoretical Physics Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
Visiting Professor |
| 08.01 - 07.03 | Department
of Physics and Astronomy University of Mississippi |
NSF Grant |
| 09.95 | Department of Physics Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitória, Brazil |
Visiting Researcher |
| Summer 1995 | Center
for Gravitational Physics and Geometry Penn State University |
Visiting
Professor and NSF Research Opportunity Award |
| 10.93 | Department of Physics University of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Visiting Professor |
| Teaching Experience | ||
| When | Where | What |
| 08.96 - present | Department of Physics
and Astronomy University of Mississippi |
ASTR
101 (Descriptive
astronomy) ASTR 103 and 104 (Astronomy, with lab) PHYS 108 (Physical Science) PHYS 211, 212 (Calculus-based intro) PHYS 221, 222 (labs for 211, 212) PHYS 213 and 214 (Algebra-based intro) PHYS 215 (Algebra-based, for pharmacy) PHYS 223, 224 (lab for 213-214) PHYS 503 (gravitation and cosmology) PHYS 621, 622: Electromagnetic Theory PHYS 627 (and 628): Advanced Thermo and Statistical Mechanics PHYS 629 (and 630): General Relativity |
| Summers of 1998 and 1999 |
Delta State University,
and Mississippi Valley State University |
Instructor
in physics workshops for high school teachers |
| 08.94 - 07.95 | Department of Physics
and Astronomy Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA |
Principles of Astronomy Principles of Physics I & II (algebra-based) General Physics II & III (calculus-based) Modern Physics (for physics majors) Honors Seminar on Chaos Theory |
| 1989 - 1990 | Department of Mathematics
and Statistics University of Calgary, Canada |
Linear
Algebra Teaching
Excellence award |
| 1983 - 1986 | Department of Physics Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
Recitations
and labs for physics courses Astronomy
(for non-science majors) |
| 1980 - 1981 | Italian Scientific Public High School | Algebra,
Geometry |
| Related Professional Activities | ||
| When | Where | What |
| 2004 – Present | Department of Physics and
Astronomy University of Mississippi |
Departmental Assessment
Committee, Chair |
| 2001 – 2003 | University of Mississippi | U of M Assessment Committee |
| 2000 – Present | University of Mississippi | U of M Teacher Education Committee |
| 2000 – 2003 | University of Mississippi | U of M Faculty Senate |
| 1998 – 2001 | University of Mississippi | U of M Web Planning Committee |
| 1997 – 1999 | Department
of Physics and Astronomy University of Mississippi |
Organization of weekly colloquia |
| 1994 – 1995 | Department
of Physics and Astronomy Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA |
Course
& Curriculum Development Development of Modern Physics labs Faculty Committee on Information Literacy |
| 1987 | Department
of Physics Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
Who's Who among students in American Universities and Colleges |
| Other | |
| Referee for | American Journal of Physics Canadian Journal of Physics Classical and Quantum Gravity Foundations of Physics Letters Journal of Mathematical Physics Journal of Physics A Nuclear Physics B Physical Review D Physical Review Letters Physics Letters A Physics Letters B Physics Essays |
| Professional Societies | AAPT
(American Association of Physics Teachers) APS (American Physical Society) APS Topical Group on Gravitation International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation Marie Curie Fellowship Association Mississippi Association of Physicists Sigma Xi Sigma Pi Sigma |
| Computer Skills |
Languages: Fortran, Pascal, Mathematica, Matlab Operating Systems: Unix, DOS, Windows, MAC OS Other: TeX, LaTeX (and Textures), HTML |
| Languages |
Fluent: English, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, French Good Knowledge: Swedish, Greek Some Knowledge: German, Russian |
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