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Main Office: McConnell 223
Additional Locations: Walker Hall, Preston Annex and the Center for the Sciences
physics@radford.edu
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Dr. Todd Rutkowski
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, HHMI REALISE Program
trutkowski@radford.edu
Office: Reed Hall 315
Department of Physics, PO Box 6983
Radford, VA 24142
540-831-5828 (office) 540-831-5652 (Dept. office)
Courses taught
PHYS 111 – Algebra-based General Physics I
PHYS 112 – Algebra-based General Physics II
PHYS 221 – Calculs-based General Physics I
Education
Ph.D., Physics, 2018, Binghamton University
B.S., Physics & Mathematics (dual), 2011, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
Publications
Sundar, B., Rutkowski, T. C., Mueller, E. J., & Lawler, M. J. (2019). Quantum dimer models emerging from large-spin ultracold atoms. Physical Review A, 99 (4), 043623. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.99.043623
Rutkowski, T. C., & Lawler, M. J. (2016). Spin liquid phases of large-spin Mott insulating ultracold bosons. Physical Review B, 93 (9), 094405. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.094405