Research Interests

Relativistic Heavy-Ion Physics: Studies of the bulk properties of nuclear matter under extremes of temperatures and pressure, the nuclear equation of state, the quark-gluon plasma phase transition.

Career History

• Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1990
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1990-1991
• Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, 1992-1999
• Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, 1999-2004
• Professor, University of California, Davis, 2004-Present

Honors

• Graduate Office Scholarship, Michigan State University, 1984-86
• College Doctoral Fellowship, Michigan State University, 1984