David S. Armstrong

Chancellor Professor of Physics

(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:

A list of my publications and some recent talks is available.

The upcoming MOLLER experiment moves forward: NSF and CFI(Canada) funding, and CD3a approval from the Dept. of Energy. W&M's contribution is funded by the NSF.

Our final high-precision measurement of the proton's weak charge has been published in Nature [Vol. 557, pages 207-211 (2018)].
An excellent perspective for a broader scientific audience was provided by Xiaochao Zheng, in the "News and Views" section of the same issue.

Press coverage is here:

• Jefferson Lab Press Release
• William & Mary Press Release
• Front Page article in the Daily Press
• Phys.Org
• Science News
• Cosmos Magazine
• Gizmodo
• Science Alert
• Canada News Media

• Ideation (and William and Mary Alumni Magazine)
• Physics World
• Phys.Org
• Science Daily
• Eureka Alert
• JLab's press release
• TRIUMF's press release
• "Synopsis" from "Physics" (our paper was selected as an "Editor's Suggestion")

• CREx (calcium radius experiment) results ready to be released.
• PREx (lead radius experiment) results written up in "ScienceNOW" (news feature from Science magazine).
• News article, written for the general public, on the results of the G0 experiment.
• Washington Post article on some "Outreach" work I am doing to help create a virtual physics textbook (see below under "Service") for more details.
• G0 experiment mentioned in The Economist (wow!) (Sept. 1 2005 issue).
• Phys Rev Focus article on G0.
• PhysOrg.com article on Sarah Phillips and Quantum Diaries

    Research Students:

You can also look at a list of recent research students with thesis titles.
Resource for undergrads seeking summer research internships/fellowships: Summer Undergrad Research

   Teaching:

Spring 2024:   Physics 172 - Stellar Astronomy and Cosmology

Fall 2023:     Physics 403 - Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics

    Service (selected):

• Graduate Ombudsperson, School of Computing, Data Sciences, and Physics
• Faculty Representative to Board of Visitors (2022-2024)
• President of Faculty Assembly (2020-2021)
• Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee of Arts & Sciences (2019-2020)
• Member, APS/DNP "Allies" program
• Monica Potkay Advisor of the Year, 2022
• 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.
• 2009 Raft Debate (does this count as service, or disservice?)
  • W&M news article
  • Symmetry Magazine article (a magazine about particle physics, published by Fermilab and SLAC)

Contact points:

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