FACULTY VITA FORM

Name of Faculty Member: Paul Saulnier

Name of Institution: Gustavus Adolphus College

Title or Rank: Associate Professor Field: Physics

Earned Degrees: List date earned, institution, and major and minor/supporting field for each degree earned.

Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (1991) - University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Dissertation: “Factors that Influence Photon Transport in Dense Random Media”

Master of Science in Physics (1988) - University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Thesis: “Techniques for Solution of Riccati Differential Systems”

Bachelor of Science in Physics (1983) - University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT/Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (1983) - University of Hartford / Magna Cum Laude

Professional Experience: (including preK-12 teaching or administration and college/university experience):

List name, location, dates and field or function for each professional experience.

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE, Saint Peter, MN (September 1998 - Present)

Associate Professor of Physics

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE, Saint Peter, MN (July 1993 - August 1998)

Assistant Professor of Physics

CARROLL COLLEGE, Waukesha, WI (July 1991 - June 1993)

Assistant Professor of Physics

Assignment: Fill in percentages for all that apply.

100 % Full-Time in Institution _____% Part-Time in Institution

_____% Assignment in Education _____% Assignment Outside Education

100% Undergraduate Assignment _____% Graduate Assignment

_____% Administration _____% Other (specify)_____________________

Load: (including teaching and administrative assignments): For Academic Year 2005/06

List course numbers, titles, and credits for each semester. Specify whether courses are undergraduate or graduate level.

Fall Semester:

PHY-120, General Physics I without calculus, 1 course credit

PHY-122, General Physics I with calculus, 1 course credit

PHY-305, Experimental Modern Physics, 1 course credit

Spring Semester:

PHY-170, General Physics II without calculus, 1 course credit

PHY-172, General Physics II with calculus, 1 course credit

PHY-360, Modern Physics, 1 course credit

Interim and/or Summer Sessions:

NCATE Vita

Name: Paul Saulnier

Title: Associate Professor of Physics

Appointment Date: July, 1993

1. Non-class duties – committee, responsibilities, etc.

Varies from year-to-year but typically one or two committee assignments

2. Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)

Optical Society of America (OSA)

3. Current Professional Activities

Funded Research.

4. Sample Publications

A Model System for Examining the Radial Distribution Function, American Journal of Physics, Vol. 72, Sept. 2004, pp. 1247-1250.

“Low-coherence Heterodyne Photon Correlation Spectroscopy” J.H. Johnson*, S.L. Siefken*,

A. Schmidt*, R. Corey*, and P. Saulnier, Applied Optics, Volume 37, Number 10, April (1998).

5. Sample Papers Presented

A Model System for Examining the Radial Distribution Function, Saulnier,…, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting, August 2004.

Spatial Analysis of the Structural Characteristics of Plankton Swarms, Butler, Saulnier, Younge*, Christenson*. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography National Ocean Research Conference, February 2004.

6. Current Research Emphases

Optical and bio-physics