David S. Armstrong

Professor of Physics

College of William & Mary

silly photo (my alter ego)
B.Sc., McGill University, 1981
M.Sc., Queen's University, 1984
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 1988.

Curiculum Vitae

Research Interests:

My research interests are in the area of Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics.
Experiments are conducted at Jefferson Lab and TRIUMF.

Check out the Hadronic Physics Group site for many details. A list of my publications and some recent talks is available.

Some recent items from the press about my research (and related things):

Washington Post article on some "Outreach" work I am doing to help create a virtual physics textbook (see below under "Service") for more details.
Physics News Update article on the latest results from the HAPPEx experiments (Number 776, May 2); a really well-written news story.
CERN Courier article written by Kandice Carter (JLab Science writer) and myself on strangeness in the nucleon.
Wall Street Journal article on HAPPEx/G0 results (May 19 2006)
G0 experiment - research highlights in Nature 437, 172 (8 September 2005).
G0 experiment mentioned in The Economist (wow!) (Sept. 1 2005 issue).
William & Mary and Jefferson Lab from the W & M Alumni magazine, Aug. 2005 issue.
Phys Rev Focus article on G0.
PhysOrg.com article on Sarah Phillips and Quantum Diaries (reprint of the W & M News feature).
Physics World article on the HAPPEX experiments.
Science news article in which I am quoted at the end. (Science 2005 308 1852-1853.)
APS News article in which I am quoted on funding for nuclear physics. (March 2006 issue)
PhysicsWeb article on G0.
Stephanie Bailey explaining G0 to the Secretary of Energy
Times-Dispatch article that connects our work at Jefferson Lab to the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics

Research Students:

Carissa Capuano (PhD Student)
Joshua Hoskins (PhD Student)
John Leckey (PhD Student)
Anatoly Ponomarev (PhD Student - on leave)
Siyuan Yang (PhD Student)
Ryan Zielinski (senior thesis student)
Peyton Rose (undergraduate research assistant)
Adam Watson (Governor's school mentoree)
Emilie Pinto (high school student - lab technician)

You can also look at a list of recent research students with thesis titles.

Teaching:

Fall 2008: Physics 621 - Graduate Quantum Mechanics I
Spring 2009: Physics 102 - General Physics

Service:

Co-chair, MENU conference (12th International Conference on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon)
Chair of Physics Dept. Facilities Committee; see Expansion/Renovation of Small Hall
Chair of Retention, Promotion and Tenure Committee (Arts & Sciences)
Public Lecture: 5th Annual Dean's Distinguished Lecture
Physics Dept. Steering Committee
Technical/Content Advisor to Physics Flexbook Project,
(an open-source physics resource book for K-12 education in the Commonwealth of VA) See also: Washington Post article.
W&M Web Advisory committee
2009 Raft Debate (does this count as service, or disservice?)
- W&M news article
- Flat Hat article
- DOG Street Journal article
- Virginia Informer article
- Symmetry Magazine article (a magazine about particle physics, published by Fermilab and SLAC)
Contact points:
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Office (W & M): (757) 221-3489    
Jefferson Lab:  (757) 269-6087        
FAX:            (757) 221-3540
E-Mail: armd@physics.wm.edu   or    armd@jlab.org
Snail-Mail:   Dept. of Physics
              P.O. Box 8795
              College of William and Mary
              Williamsburg, Virginia
              23187-8795   USA
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Just for fun: Williamsburg Jazz Ensemble

Physics Department
College of William and Mary
armd@physics.wm.edu

last updated April 2009