I am a husband, son, and physicist. I am Research Group Manager in the Research Division at SNOLAB and a Professor of Physics at Queen's University. I like to do a little bit of everything: writing, running, biking, hiking, drumming, gardening, carpentry, computer programming, painting, drawing, eating and sleeping. I earned a Ph.D. in Physics in 2004 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I love to spend time with my family. All things written in here are my own, unless otherwise attributed.
[Author’s Note: thanks to Ray and Luke for their excellent comments. I’d like to note that, while I leave this post up for now, I don’t agree any longer that gun licenses are a good proxy for gun ownership. There are other studies now available regarding things like “stand your […]
Meet the robots in our family! 🙂 R2 – named in honor of R2-D2, and also because this was the second Roomba robot we owned. Bumblebee Our first Roomba, Maximilian, gave out a few months ago. Rosie, our Scooba, is still working great.
I took these pictures today while my family and I went on a walk in my home of Allen, TX. The greenbelt areas around our neighborhood are beautiful, especially now as the land makes that colorful transition from summer to winter. This weekend has been the perfect cap to the […]