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Megan Pickett (she/her)

Associate Professor of Physics
920-993-6269
I'm keenly interested in exploring our home, broadly and interestingly defined. As a astrophysicist, that's meant research that has focused on theoretical modeling of the origin of Solar Systems, the Earth-Moon system--and end states of stars. More recently I am fascinated with Foundations of Physics, because the deep ontological questions are both puzzling and rich with meaning. I'm also keenly devoted to amplifying the voices and stories of people (and peoples) who have not been recognized as they should in my field--from the work of Elda Anderson on the Manhattan Project to our varied cultural Celestial Heritage in the night sky. As a teacher and a pedagogical researcher, I work diligently to give students a better experience than I had, meeting them where they are and helping them realize they can do physics and astronomy. More specifically with respect to teaching at Lawrence, I enjoy teaching with my colleagues and across disciplines, with courses like Newtonian Lit, Origins, Apocalypses, the Science of Super Heroes, and of course FRST. We are the Cosmos contemplating itself, and yet in all this vastness: only one of each of us. Exploring what that means is why I am a scientist and a teacher, and why I'm at a place like Lawrence.
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Douglas Martin

Douglas S. Martin (he/him)

Associate Professor of Physics
920-832-6953

I'm a biophysicist, working on understanding the basics of living systems using physics.  I spend most of my time on microscope development and on studying the skeleton of biological cells, both with a host of talented undergraduate researchers.  I teach classes across the physics curriculum, fro

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Headshot in front of fluid mechanics equations

Megan Pickett (she/her)

Associate Professor of Physics
920-993-6269
I'm keenly interested in exploring our home, broadly and interestingly defined. As a astrophysicist, that's meant research that has focused on theoretical modeling of the origin of Solar Systems, the Earth-Moon system--and end states of stars. More recently I am fascinated with Foundations of Physics, because the deep ontological questions are both puzzling and rich with meaning. I'm also keenly devoted to amplifying the voices and stories of people (and peoples) who have not been recognized as they should in my field--from the work of Elda Anderson on the Manhattan Project to our varied cultural Celestial Heritage in the night sky. As a teacher and a pedagogical researcher, I work diligently to give students a better experience than I had, meeting them where they are and helping them realize they can do physics and astronomy. More specifically with respect to teaching at Lawrence, I enjoy teaching with my colleagues and across disciplines, with courses like Newtonian Lit, Origins, Apocalypses, the Science of Super Heroes, and of course FRST. We are the Cosmos contemplating itself, and yet in all this vastness: only one of each of us. Exploring what that means is why I am a scientist and a teacher, and why I'm at a place like Lawrence.
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Matt Stoneking

Matthew R. Stoneking (he/him)

Alice G. Chapman Professor of Physics
920-832-6724

I am an experimental plasma physicist.  My research interests focus on magnetic confinement of pure electron plasma, and on the creation of electron-positron plasma.  I design, construct, and conduct experiments with students in my laboratory at Lawrence University, and with my international coll

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