I am a faculty member in Physics in the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences at Mesa State College. I teach a variety of physics courses, ranging from non-technical general education courses to upper division courses such as quantum mechanics and electromagnetism.
I am a theorist by training and my research interests are quantum computing and quantum information. Currently my research is theoretical although in the past I have conducted experimental demonstrations of quantum computing. I have a variety of research projects available that suitable for undergraduates in physics, mathematics or computer sciences.
I received a BSc(Hons) degree in Physics from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa in 1988 and a PhD in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997 under the supervision of Prof. Cécile DeWitt-Morette. In 1998 I joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at North Carolina State University, where I carried out theoretical and experimental research in the field of quantum computation. I was a postdoctoral research associate in the Physics Department at Carnegie Mellon University from 2000 to 2003. I was a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Bucknell University from 2003 to 2006.