CURRICULUM VITAE - Carl R. Brune

PERSONAL

Full Name: Carl Richard Brune
Born on April 15, 1966.
Married Roxanne Male July 11, 1993.

CONTACT

203 Edwards Accelerator Laboratory
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701 (USA)
Email: brune _at_ ohio.edu
Phone: (740)593-1975
Fax: (740)593-1436
Follow this link to see my profile on the Department webpage.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Physics, June 1994

California Institute of Technology
Thesis: The 3H(alpha,gamma)7Li Reaction at Low Energies
Adviser: Dr. Ralph W. Kavanagh

B.S., Physics, June 1988

University of California, Santa Barbara, summa cum laude

EMPLOYMENT

Ohio University, Athens, August 2001 - present

Professor (September 2010 - present).
Director, Edwards Accelerator Laboratory (September 2011 - August 2019).
Director, Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (September 2007 - August 2008, September 2010 - August 2014, September 2018 - August 2019), September 2023 - August 2024.
Faculty Scholar, Lawrence Livermore National Lab (September 2009 - April 2010).
Associate Professor (September 2005 - August 2010).
Assistant Professor (September 2001 - August 2005).

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, August 1996 - July 2001

Research Assistant Professor. Research in nuclear astrophysics and few-nucleon physics. In addition I taught a one-semester course each year.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, August 1994 - July 1996

Post-doctoral associate at the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory. Research in nuclear astrophysics and few-nucleon physics.

California Institute of Technology, September 1988 - June 1994

Research assistant at the Kellogg Radiation Laboratory. Measured nuclear-reaction cross sections important for the formation of the elements (nucleosynthesis), with particular emphasis on reactions taking place during the Big Bang.

CEB Metasystems, Santa Barbara, CA, June 1987 - August 1988

Developed FORTRAN, C, and Pascal software for space-related applications at a small company. Performed numerical study of light scattering by small (1-100 micron) particles.

Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA, September 1983 - June 1984 and July 1985 - September 1985

Developed data analysis and acquisition software for studying the effects of intense laser radiation on optical coatings at a Navy laboratory.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Nuclear astrophysics, radioactive beams, thermonuclear fusion in laboratory plasmas, near-threshold states of nuclei, phenomenological analysis of resonance reactions, applications of nuclear physics.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Ohio University, Athens

Phys 251, Introductory Mechanics w/calculus, Winter 2009, Fall 2011.
Phys 252, Introductory Physics w/calculus, Spring 2002, Winter 2003, Spring 2011.
Phys 253, Introductory Electromagnetism and Optics w/calculus, Fall 2001, Fall 2002, Spring 2006, Fall 2006.
Phys 2970T, Mechanics (Honors Tutorial), Fall 2016.
Phys 298T, Mechanics (Honors Tutorial), Winter 2005.
Phys 311, Mechanics, Fall 2003, Fall 2007, Fall 2008.
Phys 312, Mechanics, Winter 2011.
Phys 371, Advanced Laboratory (Electrons), Fall 2010.
Phys 373, Advanced Laboratory (Nucleons), Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2012.
Phys 3970T, Modern Physics (Honors Tutorial), Fall 2019, Fall 2020.
Phys 3980T, Modern Physics (Honors Tutorial), Spring 2023.
Phys 399T, Nuclear Physics (Honors Tutorial), Spring 2003.
Phys 4031, Electricity and Magnetism, Fall 2012, Fall 2013.
Phys 5041, Math Methods in Physics (Graduate), Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2022, Fall 2023.
Phys 607, Electrodynamics (Graduate), Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Winter 2007, Winter 2012.
Phys 608, Electrodynamics (Graduate), Spring 2008, Spring 2009.
Phys 6031, Electrodynamics (Graduate), Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
Phys 727, Particles and Nuclei (Graduate), Winter 2004, Winter 2006, Winter 2008.
Phys 728, Particles and Nuclei (Graduate), Spring 2004.
Phys 7501, Particles and Nuclei (Graduate), Spring 2016.
Phys 7511, Applied Nuclear Physics (Graduate), Spring 2015, Fall 2018, Fall 2021.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ph 24, Introductory Physics w/o calculus, Fall 1999
Ph 26, Introductory Mechanics w/ calculus, Fall 1998, Fall 2000
Ph 27A, Introductory Electromagnetism and Optics w/calculus for honors students, Spring 1997, Spring 1998

HONORS AND AWARDS

Presidential Research Scholar, Ohio University (2019).
Outstanding Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award in the Natural Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio U. (2017).
Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society Journals (2016).
Dean's Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio University (2013).
Fellow, American Physical Society (2011).
Earl C. Anthony Fellowship (1988-1989).
Highest Honors at University of California, Santa Barbara (1988).
Arnold T. Nordsieck Prize (1988), awarded to year's top physics student at Santa Barbara.
Golden Key National Honor Society.
National Merit Scholar.

PUBLICATIONS

See separate list.

INVITED TALKS

See separate list.

SIGNIFICANT SERVICE WITHIN OHIO UNIVERSITY

Graduate Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy (2014-17).
1804 Proposal Review Committee (2013-present).
Staffing Committee, College of Arts and Sciences (2012-16).
Director, Edwards Accelerator Laboratory (2011-19).
Dean Evaluation, Committee Chair (2011).
Director, Institute for Nuclear and Particle Physics (2007-8, 2010-14, 2018-19, 2023-24).
University Library Committee (2005-8).
Carl R. Brune / brune _at_ ohio.edu
Last updated 29 March, 2024.