Joshua Erlich Professor of Physics Contact Information: Department of Physics College of William & Mary P.O. Box 8795 Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 Small Hall, Rm 332B Phone: (757)221-3763 erlich@physics.wm.edu

2010 Graduation Speech

Research:

I am a member of the High Energy Theory Group at William & Mary. My research is focused on particle physics and cosmology beyond the Standard Model, applications of string theory and the AdS/CFT correspondence, and quantum gravity.

Publications via INSPIRE
Google Scholar

Courses:

• PHYS 100, Space, Time, and Spacetime: Spring 2022
• PHYS 100, Great Ideas of Modern Physics: Fall 2015, Fall 2019
• PHYS 101, General Physics: Fall 2011-2013, 2017,
• PHYS 105, Great Ideas of Physics: Fall 2014
• Phys 201, Modern Physics: Fall 2008, 2009, 2012
• PHYS 475, Intro to Mathematical Physics: Spring 2010
• PHYS 601, Classical Mechanics: Fall 2021
• PHYS 621, Quantum Mechanics 1: Fall 2024
• PHYS 630, Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics: Spring 2024
• PHYS 690, Particle Physics and Gravity in Extra Dimensions: Spring 2005
• PHYS 721, Quantum Field Theory I: Fall 2005, 2006, 2010, 2022, 2023
• PHYS 722, Quantum Field Theory II: Spring 2006-2008, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021
• PHYS 772, Particle Physics: Spring 2009
• PHYS 786, General Relativity and Cosmology: Spring 2012, 2014, 2017, Fall 2018, 2020, Spring 2023

Graduate Students:

Kevin Braga (2021-2022)
Silvio Maione (2019)
Yiyu Zhou (2016-2018, moved into hadronic theory)
Zhen Wang (Ph. D, May 2016, CGG, Seismic Imaging)
Dylan Albrecht (Ph.D, May 2013. Postdoc, Crete Center for Theoretical Physics)
Jong Anly Tan (Ph.D, January, 2010. Surya Institute for Science, Computer and Math Education, Indonesia)
Brian Glover (Ph.D, May, 2009. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock)

Senior/Honors Undergraduate Research Students:

Eli Kunkel
Patrick Sheridan
Jose Santaolalla (B.S., May 2023, Grad school, UVA)
Luke Mrini (B.S., May 2023, Perimeter Scholars International)
Jude Bedessem (B.S., May 2023, Grad school, UIUC)
Hope Stephens (B.S., May 2023)
Kaitlin Dolt (B.S., May 2022, Equinix)
Tyler Schroeder (B.S., May 2022)
Austin Batz (B.S., May 2021, Grad school, U Oregon)
Jackson Dillard (B.S., May 2021, Grad school, U Kentucky)
Gaetan Poirier (B.S., December 2019)
John Mitchell (B.S., May 2019, ACME experiment, Northwestern U)
Michael Kopreski (B.S., May 2017, Fulbright Scholarship, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)
Jackson Olsen (B.S., May 2017, U Minnesota)
Ethan Voytko (B.S., December 2017)
Brandon Buncher (B.S., May 2017, U Illinois)
Keyi (Ray) Liu (B.S., May 2015. Grad school, U Maryland)
Anuraag Sensharma (B.S., May 2015. Grad school, William & Mary School of Education)
Christopher Zoghby (B.S., May 2015.)
Patrick King (B.S., May 2013. Grad school, Astronomy, U Virginia)
Kyle Zora (B.S., May, 2012. Grad school, UC Davis)
Ron Wilcox (B.S., May, 2011. Grad school, Mechanical Engineering, MIT)
Emily Goodale (B.S., May, 2010, Grad school, Virginia Commonwealth University)
Jeffrey Brown (B.S., May, 2009. Grad school, U. Kansas)
Robert Jamie Polackwich (B.S., May, 2009. Grad school, Georgetown U)
Lukas Osborn (B.S., May, 2008. Grad school, U. North Carolina)
Andrew McGowan (B.S., January, 2008. Grad school, Virginia Tech)
Keith Bechtol (B.S., May, 2007. Grad school, Stanford U)