Physics & Astronomy
Natural and Health Sciences
PhD Physics, Stanford University (1987)
MS Geophysics, Stanford University (1979)
BS Physics, Stanford University (1978)
Professor, University of Northern Colorado (国产AV) (1999 - present)
Research Professor, Colorado School of Mines (2000, 2001)
Associate Professor of Physics, 国产AV (1993 -1999)
Associate Research Professor, Colorado School of Mines (1998, 1999)
Adjunct Associate Professor, Colorado State University (1995, 1996, 1999)
Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Northern Colorado (1989 鈥 1993)
Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 国产AV (2013-present)
Program Coordinator, Department of Physics, 国产AV (2011 鈥 2012)
Director, Earth Sciences and Physics, 国产AV (2008 鈥 2011)
Program Coordinator, Department of Physics, 国产AV (2005 鈥 2008)
Chair, Department of Physics, 国产AV (2002 鈥 2005)
Senior Principal Engineer, Advanced Process Development, NCR, Microelectronics Division
(1988 鈥 1989)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chip Lithography, IBM, T.J Watson Research Center
(1985 鈥 1988)
Adjunct Instructor, San Francisco State University, 1985
Acting Instructor, Stanford University, 1983
Supervision of graduate research, MA in Science Education program:
Lindsay McInerney: 鈥淭he Effect of the Future Authoring Program in a High School Setting鈥
Zachary Daubert: 鈥淭he Effect of Inquiry-Based Lab Activities on Student Retention Rates of Newton鈥檚
Laws鈥
Physics education research. Nuclear physics with applications to nuclear spectroscopy and astrophysics.
Adams, W.K., Armstrong, Z., and Galovich, C., 鈥淐an students learn from PhET Sims at
home, alone?鈥 Physics Education Research Conference (PERC), 23-26, (2015).
Engel, S., Buchmann, L., Chen, A.,D鈥橝uria, J., Hutcheon, D., Galovich, C.,Gigliotti,
D., Greife, U., Hunter, D., Hussein, A., Jewett, C., Liu, W., Olin,A.,Ottewell, D.,
and Rogers, J., 鈥淭esting the ISAC Radioactive Ion Accelerator Beam Specifications
using the H(15N,alpha/gamma)12C Reaction,鈥 Nuclear Instruments and Methods B204, 416-419 (2003).
Cecil, F.E., McNeil, J., Galovich, C., Greife, U., Hofstee, M., Yan, J., Liu, S. and
Pallone, A., 鈥淭wenty-five years of low energy nuclear physics research at the Colorado
School of Mines,鈥 Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 221, U81-U82 (2001).
Hofstee, M., Pallone, A., Cecil, F.E., McNeil, J. and Galovich, C.,鈥淢easurement of
Low Energy (d,n) Reactions on Light Nuclei Important to Astrophysics,鈥 Nuclear Physics A688, 527 (2001).
Hofstee, M., Pallone, A., Cecil, F.E., Galovich, C., and Haddad, L., 鈥淩ecent Results
from the Low Energy Nuclear Physics Project at the Colorado School of Mines,鈥 Proceedings 2nd Oakridge Symposium on Atomic and Nuclear Astrophysics, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, 131 (1998).
Cecil, F.E., Yan, J., and Galovich, C.,"The Reaction d(alpha,gamma)Li6 at Low Energies
and the Primordial Nucleosynthesis of 6Li," Physical Review C53, 1967 (1996).
Beddingfield, D., Cecil, F.E., Galovich, C., Liu, H., and Asher, S., "Characterization
of Charged Particle Bursts from Deuterium-Loaded Thin Titanium Foils," published in
Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference on Cold Fusion, Como, Italy (1991).
Cecil, F.E., Liu, H., Beddingfield, D., and Galovich, C., "Observation of Charged
Particle Bursts from Deuterium-Loaded Thin Titanium Films," Proceedings of Conference on Anomalous Nuclear Effects in Deuterium/Solid Systems,
AIP Conf. Proc. #228, ed. S. Jones, F. Scaramuzzi, and D. Worledge, 375-381 (1991).
Galovich, C., Lee, S. and Kwong, D., "Effects on TiN Film Properties of the Interaction
between Titanium and Borophosphosilicate Glass during High-Temperature Nitridation,"
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 202, 679 (1991)
Lee, S., Galovich, C., Fuchs, K., Kwong, D., Hirvonen, J., and Huang, J., "Optimization
of a TiN/TiSi2 p+ Diffusion Barrier Process," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 146, 217 (1989).
Galovich, C. and Wagner, A., "A New Method for Improving Gallium Liquid Metal Ion
Source Stability,鈥 Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B6, 2108 (1988).
Galovich, C. and Wagner, A., "Effects of Backsputtered Material on Gallium Liquid
Metal Ion Source Behavior," Journal of Applied Physics 63, 4811 (1988).
Galovich, C., Hanna, S., and Clark, D., "Design and Performance of an Electron-Positron
Pair Detector," Nuclear Instruments and Methods A271, 483 (1988).
Dunham, J., Galovich, C., Glavish, H., Hanna, S., Mavis, D., and Wissink, S., "Polarized
Gas Jet Targets," Nuclear Instruments and Methods 219, 46 (1984).
Dunham, J., Galovich, C., Wissink, S., Mavis, D., and Hanna, S., 鈥淧olarized Gas Jet
Targets,鈥 Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear
Physics, Santa Fe, NM, 941 (1981).
Recent Presentations:
Semak, M. (Author & Presenter), Galovich, C. (Author), Dietz, R. (Author), Summer
2019 Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), "An Examination
of the Correlation between Cognitive Ability and Achievement on the FCI," Provo, UT
(July 2019).
Semak, M. (Author & Presenter), Galovich, C. (Author), Summer 2019 Meeting of the
AAPT, "Student-initiated Research in a Bachelor鈥檚-only Physics and Astronomy Department,"
Provo, UT (July 2019).
Semak, M. (Author & Presenter), Galovich, C. (Author), Dietz, R. (Author), Summer
2018 Meeting of the AAPT, "Doing Research with Undergraduates in a Bachelor鈥檚-only
Physics and Astronomy Department," Washington D.C. (August 2018).
Fender, J. (Author & Presenter), Morse, J. (Author), Ringler, J. (Author & Presenter), Galovich,
C. (Author), Kuehn, C. (Author & Presenter), Semak, M. (Author), AAS Meeting #232,
"Investigating the Impact of a Solar Eclipse on Atmospheric Radiation," American Astronomical
Society, Denver, CO. (June 2018).
Semak, M. (Author & Presenter), Galovich, C. (Author), AAPT 2018 Spring Meeting: Colorado
鈥 Wyoming Section, "Doing Research with Undergraduates in a Bachelor鈥檚-only Physics
and Astronomy Department," Laramie, Wyoming. (April 2018).
Galovich, C. (Author), Semak, M. (Author & Presenter), Dietz, R. (Author), Summer
2016 Meeting of the AAPT, "A Nonverbal Intelligence Test as a Predictor of FCI Gain," Sacramento.
(July 2016).
Recent Grant Awards:
Semak, M. R. (Principal), Galovich, C. (Co-Principal), Colorado Space Grant Consortium
Affiliate Award: Opportunities in NASA STEM, $25,000 (May 1, 2021 鈥 April 30, 2022)
Semak, M. (Principal), Galovich, C. (Co-Principal), Walch, R. (Co-Principal), Colorado
Space Grant Consortium Affiliate Award: Opportunities in NASA STEM, $25,000 (May 1,
2020 鈥 April 30, 2021)
Lazarova, M. (Principal), Galovich, C. (Co-Principal), Davidson, M. (Co-Principal),
"国产AV Women in Physics Outreach Program," American Physical Society, Women in Physics,
$1,000 (October, 2019 鈥 October, 2021)
Semak, M. (Principal), Galovich, C. (Co-Principal), Walch, R. (Co-Principal), Colorado
Space Grant Consortium Affiliate Award: Opportunities in NASA STEM, $80,280 (May 1,
2017 鈥 April 30, 2020)
Semak, M. (Principal), Galovich, C. (Co-Principal), Walch, R. (Co-Principal), Colorado
Space Grant Consortium Supplement Award: Opportunities in NASA STEM, $1,780 (May 1,
2017 鈥 April 20, 2018).
Walch, R. (Principal), Galovich, C. (Co-Principal), Semak, M. (Co-Principal), Colorado
Space Grant Consortium Affiliate Award: Opportunities in NASA STEM, $52,000 (June
1, 2015 - April 30, 2017)