Resume

Resume

Nikodem J. Poplawski
Citizenship: Poland, USA

Address
Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of New Haven
Maxcy Hall 320, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Email: NPoplawski @ newhaven.edu
Phone: (203)-479-4296
Website

Education

PhD, physics, Oct 2004
Dissertation: A relativistic description of hadronic decays of the exotic meson pi1
Nuclear Theory Center and Department of Physics, Indiana University

MS, physics, Jan 2004
Department of Physics, Indiana University

MS, astronomy, Jul 1999
Thesis: Interferometr Michelsona w czasoprzestrzeni plaskiej fali grawitacyjnej (A Michelson interferometer in the spacetime of a plane gravitational wave)
Faculty of Physics and Center for Interfaculty Individual Studies in Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland

Positions

  • Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of New Haven, Sep 2020 - present
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of New Haven, Aug 2013 - Aug 2020
  • Physics Coordinator, Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of New Haven, Aug 2013 - present
  • Visiting Lecturer, Department of Physics, Indiana University, Nov 2004 - Jul 2013

    Scholarships and Awards

  • Honorable Mention, Awards for Essays on Gravitation, Gravity Research Foundation, 2018
  • University Research Scholar, University of New Haven, Aug 2016 - Aug 2021
  • Excellence in Research/Creative Activity Award, University of New Haven, 2016

    External Funding

  • Faculty Research Grant, NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium, Automated asteroid occultation project, $10k, Jun 2024 - Jan 2025

    Professional Activity

  • Member, Polskie Towarzystwo Relatywistyczne (Polish Society on Relativity), since 2020
  • Member, Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation, since 2017
  • Member, International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation, since 2006