Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Physics, University of California, Davis, September 2000.
• M.S. Physics, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, August 1993.
• Peace Corps Training , Teacher's College of Bukavu, Bukavu, Zaire, Summer 1985.
• B.S. , Chemistry, University of California, Davis, March 1985.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• frustrated magnetism, classical and quantum systems,
• correlated Fermi systems, i.e., Hubbard like models,
• numerical techniques to study many body systems, e.g., Monte Carlo methods.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - ACADEMIC

• Assistant Professor, (September 2003 - present), Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.
• Post-Doctoral Researcher, (October 2000 - August 2003), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
• Student Employee Graduate Research Fellowship, (April 1999 - September 2000), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - TEACHING

• Assistant Professor, (September 2003 - present), Southern Connecticut State University.
• Chancellor's Teaching Fellow, (Fall 1998), UC Davis. Co-Instructor for a freshman honors physics class.
• Co-Instructor, (Summer 1998), Minority Undergraduate Participation in the Physical Science Program (MURPPS), UC Davis.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, (six terms from September 1995 to June 1997), Department of Physics, UC Davis.
• Co-Instructor, (Summer 1996), Office of Naval Research High School Apprenticeship Program, UC Davis.
• Secondary School Instructor, (Spring 1995), Loretto High School, Sacramento, California; (Summers 1993 and 1994), Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep, San Francisco, California.
• Tutor, (January 1995 - June 1995), Sylvan Learning Center, Fair Oaks, California.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, (September 1993 - June 1994), Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, (September 1989 - July 1992), Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University.
• Secondary School Instructor, (July 1985 - July 1987), Zairian Ministry of Education, United States Peace Corps, Zaire.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - INDUSTRY

• Chemist, (February 1988 - March 1993), Kennedy/Jenks Inc., San Francisco, California, 2 1/2 years experience, full-time/part-time.

GRANT AND RELEASE TIME AWARDS

• Cottrell College Science Award, Research Corporation, June 2006 - 2008, $26,684.00.
• Connecticut State University (CSU) Research Grant, June 2005 - 2006, $4,100.00.
• College of Arts & Sciences Research Reassigned Time (3 units), SCSU, Spring 2007.
• College of Arts & Sciences Research Reassigned Time (3 units), SCSU, Fall 2004.

ACADEMIC HONORS

• Student Employee Graduate Research Fellowship (SEGRF), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: April 1999 - September 2000.
• Chancellor's Teaching Fellowship, UC Davis: Fall 1998.
• UC Davis Graduate Fellowship: 1995-96.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Physical Society (APS)
• American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Referee for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, and Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.

MISCELLANEOUS SKILLS

• Programming experience in FORTRAN, C/C++, MatLab, Mathematica.
• System administration experience with Linux (Debian,Red Hat), working knowledge of UNIX operating systems.
• Written and oral communication skills in French.

Publications

Presentations