Professor Chris Sirola
Associate Professor
Bio
B.S. in astronomy-physics from University of Wisconsin 1988; M.S. in physics from University of Pittsburgh 1990; Ph.D. in astronomy from University of Pittsburgh 1995. Married (Susan) w/ 3 children (Natalie, Josh, Zack). Current research interests include science education and variable stars.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=NnhaXgcAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
- Extra-galactic astronomy (PHD) - University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus (1995)
- Extra-galactic astronomy (MS) - University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus (1990)
- physics (BS) - University of Wisconsin-Madison (1988)
All introductory courses offered by Department of Physics & Astronomy (AST 111, AST 112, PHY 103, PHY 111, PHY 112); physics portion of MCAT review; graduate assistant teaching seminar; training of in-service high school teachers in physics and astronomy; others.
- Apparent Retrograde Motion of Planets, The Physics Teacher, 2022
- PhysTEC
- English (Native or Bilingual)