Dr. Carlos Bertulani

Education
PhD., University of Bonn, 1987  (Thesis: Electromagnetic processes in relativistic heay ion collisions, with Suma Cum Laude)
MSc., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1983 (Thesis: Dissipation in deep inelastic scattering)
B.S., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1980

Academic Positions 

Faculty positions:
Texas A&M University - Commerce, Associate Professor, 2007-
University of North Texas, Adjunct Professor, 2007-
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,  Assistant professor, 1980-1983
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Professor, 1988-2000 (on leave 1991-1994)

Visiting faculty positions:
Department of Physics, University of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2006-2007
Department of Physics, University of Arizona, 2004-2006
NSCL - Michigan State University,  2002-2004
Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2000-2001
GSI/Darmstadt, Germany,   1994
University of Wisconsin at Madison,  1993
NSCL - Michigan State University,  1991-1992
PhD and postdoc:
FZ-Juelich, 1984-1987, PhD student from 1984-1986, Postdoc in 1987

Scientific Publications
150+ scientific publications in refereed international journals (see list)
Author of 5 textbooks
Editor of 5 books
30+ publications in conference proceedings

Teaching
37 undergraduate and graduate courses in physics in 1980-1983, 1987-2000, 2002-present. (see list)

Former graduate students
Dr. Anna C. Vasconcellos-Gomes (graduated 1990), now a physics Instructor
Dr. Armando N.F. Aleixo (1990), now a Professor of Physics at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr. Diego Dolci (2000), now a Research Associate, JINR, Dubna, Russia
Dr. Daniel T. de Paula (2001), no a Research Physicist at Oil Company Petrobras, Brazil
 
Post-doc: Dr. Michele Checcinatto (1996-1997)
Post-doc: Dr. Arturo Samana (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2007-)
Graduate student: Junting Huang, (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2007-)
+ undergrad science advising in several other universities

Textbooks written
1- Physics of Radioactive Beams, with M. Hussein and G. Muenzenberg,
(431 pages, Nova Science, Hauppage, NY, 2002)  ISBN: 1-59033-141-9
2- Introduction to Nuclear Physics, with H. Schechter
(313 pages, Nova Science, Hauppage, NY, 2002)  ISBN: 1-59033-358-6
3- Introduction to Nuclear Reactions, with P. Danielewicz
(500 pages, IOP publishing, Bristol,  2004) ISBN: 0750309326
4- Introducao a Fisica Nuclear, with H. Schechter, UFRJ Editora, ISBN: 978-85-7108-288-5
5- “Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell”,  Princeton University Press, 2007, ISBN13: 978-0-691-12505-3.

 Books edited
1- International Nucleus-Nucleus Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 28 - September 1, 2006. Chair. Co-organized with M.S. Hussein and A. Szanto de Toledo and P.R.S. Gomes. Special volume of Nuclear Physics A, 2007.
2- Int. Workshop on Collective Excitations in Fermi and Bose Systems, Serra Negra, Brazil,  ed. C.A. Bertulani, L.F. Canto and M.S. Hussein
(556 pages, World Scientific, Singapore, 1998)
3- VIII J.A. Swieca Summer School: Nuclear Physics, Campos do Jordão, Brazil,  ed. C.A. Bertulani, M. Bracco, B. Carlson and M. Nielsen
(358 pages, World Scientific, Singapore, 1997)
4- Int. Workshop on Physics of Unstable Nuclear Beams, Serra Negra, Brazil,  ed. C.A. Bertulani, L.F. Canto and M.S. Hussein
(394 pages, World Scientific, Singapore,  1996)
5- V J.A. Swieca Summer School: Nuclear Physics, Campos do Jordão, Brazil, ed. C.A. Bertulani
(355 pages, CNEN Publishing, Rio de Janeiro, 1992)

Awards and Honors
CAPES/Brazil Fellow, 1980-1983
DAAD/Germany Fellow, 1983-1987
CNPq/Brazil Research Award, 1988-1999
PRONEX/Brazil Research Award, 1996-2000
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, 2000-2001
DOE - Office of Science grants, 2007-2010
+ other grants awarded

Research Interests
Theoretical Nuclear and Many-body Physics
Nuclear Astrophysics
Computational Physics

Other Activities
Chair of the Physics Graduate Program - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1997-1999).
Referee for scientific journals (Physicsal Review, Nuclear Physics A, ...)
Popularization of science (articles in Physics Today, and other popular journals)