Committee on Graduate Education in Physics

Mission Statement
Information about Conference on Graduate Education in Physics: Which Way Forward?
Reports and Other Resources

2017 Annual Committee Report
2016 Annual Committee Report
2015 Annual Committee Report
2014 Annual Committee Report
2013 Annual Committee Report
2012 Annual Committee Report
2011 Annual Committee Report
2010 Annual Committee Report
2009 Annual Committee Report
2008 Annual Committee Report
2007 Annual Committee Report
2006 Annual Committee Report
2005 Annual Committee Report
2004 Annual Committee Report
Planning for Graduate Studies in Physics and Related Fields (PDF)

 

Committee Members

Christopher Porter, Chair (2019)
The Ohio State University
Dept of Physics
191 W Woofruff Ave
Columbus, OH United States 43210
Phone: (614) 247-8223
porter.284@osu.edu

Deepa N. Chari, Vice Chair (2019)
Florida International University
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 SW 8 Street
Miami, FL United States 33199
deepu.chari@gmail.com

William R. Evans (2021)
University Of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
601 E John St
Champaign, IL United States 61820
Phone: (801) 318-7768
wevans2@illinois.edu

Alexandru Maries (2020)
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
2624 Clifton Ave
Cincinnati, OH United States 45221
Phone: (201) 312-5091
mariesau@ucmail.uc.edu

Bruce A. Mason (2019)
University of Oklahoma
Homer L. Dodge Dept of Physics and Astro
440 W Brooks St
Norman, OK United States 73019
Phone: (405) 325-6761; Fax: (405) 325-7557
bmason@ou.edu

Abigail R. Mechtenberg (2019)
University of Notre Dame
Physics Dept
225 Nieuwland Science Hall
Notre Dame, IN United States 46556
Phone: (574) 631-6285
Abigail.R.Mechtenberg.3@nd.edu

Idaykis Rodriguez (2020)
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street
Physics Department CP204
Miami, FL United States 33199
Phone: (305) 206-6154
irodr020@fiu.edu

Benjamin T. Spike (2020)
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Physics Department, UW-Madison
1150 University Avenue
Madison, WI United States 53706-1390
btspike@wisc.edu

Robert C. Hilborn, Ex Officio
AAPT
Office of the Executive Officer
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD United States 20740-3845
Phone: (301) 209-3311; Fax: (301) 209-0845
rhilborn@aapt.org

Karen Jo Matsler, Ex Officio
University of Texas - Arlington
502 Yates St Box 19043
Arlington, TX United States 76001
Phone: (817) 723-1132; Fax: (817) 483-7251
kjmatsler@gmail.com

Rachel Sweeney, Staff Liaison
American Association of Physics Teachers
Office of the Executive Officer
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD United States 20740-3845
Phone: (301) 209-3304; Fax: (301) 209-0845
rsweeney@aapt.org

Past Chairs

Committee on Graduate Education in Physics

Jennifer L. Docktor (2016)

Alexandru Maries (2017)

Zhongzhou Chen (2018)

 

 

Mission

  1. Provide a forum for consideration of topics relevant to graduate instruction in physics.
  2. Through communication with the Committee on Physics in Undergraduate Education and with the AAPT membership, seek ways in which students may be better prepared for the transition from undergraduate school to graduate school, and ways in which students may emerge from graduate school better prepared for undergraduate teaching as well as academic and industrial research.
  3. Aid in keeping the AAPT membership and other academic and research physicists aware of effective means of conducting graduate instruction in physics, in classrooms and in research.
  4. Provide effective communication, through accepted channels, between AAPT and research oriented scientific and engineering societies with overlapping interests.