Michael R.R. Good

mgood@physics.unc.edu

 

Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

University of North Carolina

278 Phillips hall, CB #3255

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255

Cell: (404) 353-2435

 

 

 

Research Interests        

 

General relativity, quantum field theory, cosmology, quantum fields in curved spacetime.

                         

 

Education 

           

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Theoretical Physics Ph.D. Program

Master of Science in Physics (2006)

Chapel Hill, NC

June 2004 - present

 

University of Hawaii

ASAA Scholar, Institute of Astronomy

 

Honolulu, HI

 

January 2004 – May 2004

 

Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science in Physics with Highest Honors

(advisor: David Finkelstein)

 

Atlanta, GA

 

August 2000 – December 2003

 

 

Pre-college Education:  Fayette County High School

 

Fayetteville, GA

 

 

Selected Honors 

 

·         Cutting-Edge Physics Research Award , AAPT 2007

·         Outstanding Teaching Award, UNC 2006

·         Dale Gramely Scholar of Tomorrow Fellow, UNC 2004-2005

·         Physics Research Presentation Award, NSF 2002

·         Eagle Scout Award 1998

 

Work History       

 

·         Research Assistant, Physics Department, UNC at Chapel Hill, June 2004- present

·         Teaching Assistant, Physics Department, UNC at Chapel Hill, Aug 2004 – present

·         Research Assistant, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Aug 2002- Aug 2003

·         REU Intern, Physics Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, June 2002-Aug 2002

·         REU Intern, Physics Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, June 2001-Aug 2001

Research

 

·         Anderson, Paul., Charles Evans, and Michael Good. ‘Particle Creation During Gravitational Collapse’ (2007)

·         Evans, Charles and Michael R.R. Good ‘Radiation from an Accelerated Observers’ Warm Background’ GCHEP (2005)

·         Mersini, Laura and Michael R.R. Good ‘Entropy and Initial Conditions’ GCHEP (2004)

·         Finkelstein, David R. and Michael R.R. Good ‘Clifford Electromagnetic Stress and Gravity’, Quantum Relativity Group. (2003)

·         Good, Michael R.R. ‘The Black Hole Singularity’ Revolutionary Physics, Evolution of Physics Course, Mentor: Professor of Physics, David Ritz Finkelstein.  (Spring 2002)

·         Good, Michael R.R.  ‘On Unifying Physics’ Graduate Physics of Philosophy, Special Problems, Mentor: Professor of Physics, David Ritz Finkelstein.  (Fall 2002)

·         Good, Michael R.R. and John H. Young.  ‘Charge Limitation of a Pseudo-Newtonian Black Hole Due to High Energy Proton Bombardment’ Research Experience for Undergraduates Program-Intern Presentation Session, University of Alabama, at Birmingham. (2002)

·         Good, Michael R.R. and John H. Young.  ‘An Investigation into an Upper-limit of Low-energy Proton-produced Charge Accretion of a Pseudo-Newtonian Black Hole.’  Research Experience for Undergraduates Program- Intern Presentation Session, University of Alabama, at Birmingham. (2001)

 

MeMBER

 

Leadership roles:  

·         GSA President, Physics Graduate Student Assoc., UNC 2006-2007

·         GPSF Senator, Graduate and Professional Student Federation, UNC 2005-2007

·         PTC Manager, Physics and Astronomy Dept. Tutorial Center 2006

·         Founder/Treasurer, Georgia Tech Astronomy Club 2003

Science and Political Organizations

·         Scientists and Engineers for America 2006-present

·         Federation of American Scientists 2004

·         Union of Concerned Scientists 2004

·         American Association for the Advancement of Science 2002-present

Societies

·         American Mathematical Society 2003

·         The International Clifford Algebra Society 2003

·         Georgia Tech Society of Physics Students 2000-2004

·         Institute of Physics 2002-present

·         American Physical Society 2002- present

Research

·         Gravity, Cosmology, and High Energy Physics (GCHEP) Program at  UNC 2004

·         North Carolina Center for Nanoscale Materials, Yue Wu Group 2004

·         Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physics Research Group at Georgia Tech 2003

·         Georgia Tech Quantum Relativity Group 2001-2004

Conferences         

 

·         Origin of Time’s Arrow: First cosmology conference dedicated to the direction of time’s arrow, Columbia University, World Trade Center, New York City, NY Oct 15-16, 2007.

·         NC Astronomers’ Meeting: Annual technical meeting, headlined by cosmologist Mike Turner, Jamestown, NC, Sept 28-29, 2007.

·         AAPT Greensboro 2007:  National meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina, July 28-Aug 1, 2007.

·         Science Blogging Conference: Science communication, education and literacy on the web. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Jan 20, 2007.

·         Miami 2006:  Topical conference on elementary particles, astrophysics and cosmology at the University of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dec 12 – 17, 2006.

·         Hadron Collider Physics Symposium 2006:  Results from Tevatron, RHIC & HERA, Bryan Center at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, May 22-26, 2006.

·         ASNY Fall 2005: Meeting of the Astromical Society of New York, Union College, Schenectady, New York, Oct 22, 2005.

·         8th Eastern Gravity Meeting: World Year of Physics at Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, Mar 18-19, 2005.

·         Super B Factory Workshop:  East-West Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan 19-22, 2004.

·         2004 Hawaii International Conference on Sciences:  Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan 15-18, 2004.

·         203rd AAS:  Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Georgia, Jan 4-8, 2004

·         QTS3:  3rd International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries, University of Cincinnati, Sept. 10-14, 2003

·         AstroGravS: The Astrophysics of Gravitational Wave Sources Workshop hosted by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, University of Maryland, April 24-26, 2003.

·         DPS 2002:  34th Annual Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oct 6-11, 2002.

·         APS Centennial, (world’s largest gathering of physicists, 11,000), Stephen Hawking’s, The Universe in a Nutshell, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, March 15-26, 1999.