The Department of Physics and Astronomy recruited Dr. John Thompson to join the faculty beginning August 15, 2002 as an assistant professor, strengthening the Department’s physics education research group.

Dr. John Thompson, assistant professor of physics and cooperating assistant professor of education, was awarded a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Sc.M. and Ph.D in Physics from Brown University, specializing in surface science. He then became a postdoctoral research associate in Professor Lillian McDermott’s physics education research group at the read more The Department of Physics and Astronomy recruited Dr. John Thompson to join the faculty beginning August 15, 2002 as an assistant professor, strengthening the Department’s physics education research group.