Chris Nolting has been a Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at Gustavus since 2023. In his classes, he focuses on including many worked example problems and opportunities for hands on learning in groups, and as many physics demonstrations as possible. As a computational astrophysicist, he enjoys showcasing examples related to astronomy whenever possible. His research focuses on the study of galaxy cluster environments and powerful jets from active galactic nuclei, supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies that accrete matter and power some of the brightest objects in the universe. This work is mainly done through numerical simulations on compute clusters and supercomputers using up to tens of thousands of processors simultaneously. Gustavus students working on research with Chris learn coding languages and data visualization techniques, and even 3D print some of the structures they simulate.
Chris is the faculty advisor to the Society of Physics Students and the Gustavus Engineering Club.
Outside of Gustavus, Chris a self-identifying nerd. He is a lover of board games, magic the gathering, Marvel movies, anime, and going on walks with his dog.
PHY-171: General Physics II Laboratory
PHY-211: Physics for Scientists and Engineers La
PHY-230: Integrated Physics and Applied Mathemati
PHY-102: Astronomy, Cosmology, and Astrophysics
PHY-103: Astronomy Lab
PHY-121: General Physics I Laboratory
PHY-201: Physics for Scientists & Engineers Lab
PHY-220: Integrated Physics and Applied Mathemati
PHY-170: Gen Physics II
PHY-250: Applied Math for Scientists/Engineering
PHY-380: Thermal and Statistical Physics
PHY-205: Mechanical Universe
PHY-206: Mechanical Univ Lab
PHY-120: General Physics I
PHY-122: Gen Physics I w/Calc
PhD — University of Minnesota, Twin Cities