Physics Faculty

Scott Calvin

BA, University of California-Berkeley. PhD, Hunter College. Taught at Lowell High School, University of San Francisco, University of California-Berkeley, Hayden Planetarium, Southern Connecticut State University, and Hunter College. Author of research papers in X-ray absorption spectroscopy and physics education, as well as books intended to prepare students for the Medical College Admission Test. Currently working with magnetic nanoparticles designed for cancer treatment, as well as on a textbook of X-ray spectroscopy. SLC, 2003–

Victor Mazmanian

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Biography: Recently, Assistant Professor of Physics at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Formerly, Director of Math/Science Program, Graduate School of Ed, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, & Math/Science Chair and Associate Professor of Physics/Astronomy, American University of Kuwait, Kuwait. Most recent publication: “Facts, Fallacies, Fiction of Force” (Filter Press, 2010, Colorado Springs, CO). SLC, 2012-

Kanwal Singh

Associate Dean of the College

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BS, University of Maryland-College Park. MS, PhD, University of California-Berkeley. Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oslo, Norway. Special interests in low-temperature physics, science education and education policy, and scientific and quantitative literacy. Author of articles in theoretical condensed-matter physics (models of superfluid systems) and physics teaching. Taught at Middlebury College, Wellesley College, and Eugene Lang College at The New School University. SLC, 2003–