Brett Barwick
Associate Professor of Physics, Harrison E. Farnsworth 1918 Endowed Chair in Physics
- Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- M.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- B.S., Doane CollegeI received my undergraduate degree in Physics in 2002 at Doane College in Crete, NE, which is a school very similar to Ripon. After graduating I continued studying physics and received my Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2007. After completing my Ph.D. I joined the group of Nobel prize winner Prof. Ahmed Zewail at Caltech as a postdoctoral researcher where I worked on developing ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM) techniques. Over the last 10 years or so that I have been a professor, I have taught most courses that are offered at the undergraduate level, with one of my favorites being Quantum Mechanics. Outside the classroom I strive to create opportunities for students and have worked with ~30 paid undergraduate summer researchers on a variety of projects. My research primarily focuses on studying the fundamental quantum properties of electrons/light interactions.
What is something your students would be surprised to learn about you?
I love to fish.
Briefly describe a favorite assignment or in-class activity.
Some of my favorite in-class activities are doing demos in introductory Electricity and Magnetism.
What tech tool could you not live without?
A good calculator.