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Dr. Wolfgang W. Bauer
Michigan State University
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: (517) 353 8662
Fax:
(517) 353 4500
Email:
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Education
Aug. 1987
Sept. 1987

Ph.D., University of Giessen, Germany
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Calif. Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Academic Positions
Oct. 1988
June 1993
Oct. 1994
July 1996
June 2007

Assistant Professor of Physics, Michigan State U., East Lansing, MI, and
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
Associate Professor of Physics, Michigan State U., East Lansing, MI, and
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
Visiting Professor, Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, WA

Professor of Physics, Michigan State U., East Lansing, MI, and National
Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University

Administrative Positions
July 1997
Aug. 1998
Feb. 2001
Mar. 2009
May 2013
Aug. 2018

Head, Theory Group, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
Associate Chairperson & Undergraduate Program Director,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
Chairperson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
Founding Director, Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research
Senior Consultant, Office of the Executive Vice President for Administrative Services
Associate Vice President for Administrative Services, Michigan State University

Awards and Honors
1992
1999
2003
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2012

National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow Award
Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation Distinguished Senior U.S. Scientist
Award (Humboldt-Forschungspreis für Naturwissenschafler aus den USA)

ComputerWorld 21st Century Achievement Award for Education and Academia
Fellow, American Physical Society
APS Outstanding Referee

Research Interests
Global warming, renewable energy, energy from biomass; autonomous vehicles; nuclear collisions;
theoretical physics; many body physics; theory of phase transitions; non-linear dynamics, chaos, and selforganized criticality; bio-medical physics; information technology research on learning and teaching
systems; astrophysics

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Articles in peer-reviewed journals:
Chapters in conference proceedings:
Books edited:
Textbook: cliXX Physik (cd-rom, Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt, 1998, 2nd ed.)
Textbook: Physics for Engineers and Scientists (2 vol., McGraw-Hill, 2007, 3rd ed.)
Textbook: University Physics (McGraw-Hill, 2013, 2nd ed.)

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Invited Talks

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Invited talks at international conferences and workshops:
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