My current teaching activities are the revision of the introductory electricity and magnetism laboratories (PHY 132).
Recent Teaching:
Quantum Mechanics (PHY 594)
Intro Elec. and Magnetism (PHY 132)
Intro Newtonian Mechanics (PHY 131H)
Intro. Quantum and Stat. Mech (PHY 133H)
Elementary Particle Physics (PHY 780.02)
Freshman Seminar (ASC ) “The Rise and Fall
of Newton’s Universe”
Contact Information
Office: 3042 Physics Research Building
Phone: 614-292-8996 (office)
614-292-7370 (lab)
Email: winer@mps.ohio-state.edu
Education:
BS Physics (1986) Michigan State University
Ph.D. Physics (1991) University of California,
Berkeley
Awards:
The University Alumni Award for Distinguished
Teaching (2007).
A Distinguished Undergraduate Research
Mentor (2007).
U.S. DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator
Award (1997).
The Sambamurti Memorial Lecturer,
Brookhaven National Lab (1995).
Research:
Teaching:
My current research has two emphases. First, the study of elementary particle physics with an emphasis on the search for the Higgs boson and the study of the top quark. This research is performed currently with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) and in the future at the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
The second area of research is in the field of high energy astroparticle physics using the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (FGST). This effort include the search for indirect signatures of dark matter and using gamma-ray bursts as a probe of fundamental physics such as tests of Lorentz Invariance.
Honors Collegium:
In January 2009 I was named Director of the Honors Collegium. The Honors Collegium is a small program within the Honors and Scholars Center at The Ohio State University. The Collegium caters to a small group (~60) of highly motivated undergraduates who are looking to extend themselves beyond their baccalaureate degree through research, study abroad, internships and service.
