Curriculum Vitae

Daniel Richard Spiegel

Office Address:

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Trinity University

San Antonio, TX 78212-7200

(210) 999-7427

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Birth Date: January 22, 1963. Birthplace: Takoma Park, MD.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Physics, 1989.

University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.

Advisor: Dr. Alan Heeger, Director, Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2000).

Thesis: Photoinduced Absorption and Transient Grating Studies of Conjugated Polymers

Masters Degree in Physics, 1987; University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.

Bachelor of Science in Applied Math, Engineering, and Physics, 1985 (Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Professor of Physics (August 2003 – present): Trinity University

Associate Professor of Physics (August 1997 – August 2003): Trinity University.

Assistant Professor of Physics (August 1991 - August 1997): Trinity University.

Teaching and Advising

--- Developed and taught a new course in introductory biophysics.

-- Developed and taught a new laboratory course integrating photonics and electronics.

-- Developed and taught a new Advanced Experimental Physics laboratory course (16 new experiments).

-- Developed a new lecture course on atomic, molecular, and solid-state physics.

-- Taught lecture courses in introductory physics, quantum mechanics, and modern physics.

-- Taught introductory laboratories.

-- Served as academic advisor for first- and second-year students.

Research

-- Designed and constructed the Trinity Physics Laser Laboratory (a laser-induced grating laboratory employing forced Rayleigh scattering) as the basis of a successful undergraduate research program for studies of thermal and mass transport in soft matter.

-- Collaborated with the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory to develop laser-based mass spectrometry techniques for extraterrestrial samples and high-purity semiconductors.

-- Developed new experiments in optics and electronics for advanced undergraduate physics laboratories.

-- $75,000 start-up funds from Trinity University for the Trinity Physics Laser Laboratory, 1991.

-- $30,000 Research Corporation Cottrell Science Grant, 1992.

-- $20,000 Grant from the American Chemical Society (Petroleum Research Fund), 1993.

-- $41,000 National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant, 1993. An additional $41,000 matching grant was provided by Trinity University.

-- $15,000 National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant, 1997. An additional $15,000 matching grant was provided by Trinity University.

-- $18,000 in undergraduate student grants for research under Spiegel has been obtained from the American Physical Society's Division of Laser Science, the Council on Undergraduate Research, the American Chemical Society, the Pew Consortium, and the U.S. Department of Energy.

-- $106,000 National Science Foundation Research at Undergraduate Institutions Grant, 1997.

-- $117,000 National Science Foundation Research at Undergraduate Institutions Grant, 2001.

-- $40,600 Grant from the American Chemical Society (Petroleum Research Fund), 2001.

Postdoctoral Research Associate (October 1989 - July 1991), Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Supervisor: Dr. Robert N. Clayton, Enrico Fermi Distinguished Service Professor.

-- Developed multiphoton resonance ionization mass spectrometry (RIMS) of sputtered atoms for isotopic abundance and trace elemental analyses of samples taken from meteorites.

ACADEMIC AWARDS

-- One of three Trinity faculty members selected to present a talk for the inauguration of President John Brazil (February 2000).

-- Member, Class of 1996, Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century.

-- Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1992 - present.

-- Phi Beta Kappa, University of Wisconsin, Madison (junior year, Spring 1984).

-- Phi Kappa Phi, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Spring 1984).

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Council on Undergraduate Research

Sigma Xi

American Physical Society

American Association of Physics Teachers

Peer-reviewed publications

Names of Trinity undergraduate students are underlined.

21. “Experimental Investigation of the Transition to Spatiotemporal Chaos in Electroconvection with a System-Size Control Parameter”

D. R. Spiegel and E. R. Johnson, Research Letters in Physics 2008, 891324 (2008).

20. “Formation of Traveling Waves in Nematics due to Material Parameters Ramp”

K. K. Vardanyan and D. R. Spiegel, Phys. Rev. E 76, 031703 (2007).

19. “Amplitude Modulation and Relaxation-Oscillation of Counterpropagating Rolls within a Broken Symmetry Electroconvection Strip.”

D. R. Spiegel, E. R. Johnson, and S. R. Saucedo, Phys. Rev. E 73, 036317 (2006).

18. “Dynamics of Laser-Induced Electroconvection Pulses.”

N. C. Giebink, E. R. Johnson, S. R. Saucedo, E. W. Miles, K. K. Vardanyan, D. R. Spiegel, and C. C. Allen, Phys. Rev. E 69, 066303 (2004).

17. "Forced Rayleigh Scattering Studies of Tracer Diffusion in a Nematic Liquid Crystal: The Relevance of Complementary Gratings."

D. R. Spiegel, A. L. Thompson, and W. C. Campbell, Journal of Chemical Physics 114, 3842 (2001).

16. “Forced Rayleigh Scattering Studies of Mixtures of Amplitude and Phase Gratings in Methyl Yellow/Alcohol Solutions.”

H. S. Park, T. Chang, and D. R. Spiegel, Journal of Chemical Physics 112, 9518 (2000).

15. “Change of Internal Hydrogen Bonding of Methyl Red upon Photoisomerization Monitored by Forced Rayleigh Scattering.”

H. S. Park, K. S. Oh, K. S. Kim, T. Chang, and D. R. Spiegel, Journal of Physical Chemistry B103, 2355 (1999).

14. "Measurement of Mass Diffusion Coefficients Using Nonexponential Forced Rayleigh Scattering Signals"

D. R. Spiegel, A. H. Marshall, N. T. Jukam, H. S. Park, and T. Chang, Journal of Chemical Physics 109, 267 (1998).

13. "Resonance Ionization of Sputtered Atoms: Quantitative Analysis in the Near-Surface Region of Silicon Wafers"

W. F. Calaway, D. R. Spiegel, A. H. Marshall, S. W. Downey, and M. J. Pellin, in American Institute of Physics Proceedings 392, American Institute of Physics, Woodbury, NY (1997).

12. "Curvature-Based Analysis of Nonmonotonic Forced Rayleigh Scattering Signals"

D. R. Spiegel, M. B. Sprinkle, and T. Chang, Journal of Chemical Physics 104, 4920 (1996).

11. "Detection of Calcium on Silicon with Monolayer Resolution Using Postresonance Ionization in Secondary Neutral Mass Spectrometry"

W. F. Calaway, D. R. Spiegel, A. H. Marshall, S. W. Downey, and M. J. Pellin, Book of Abstracts, Pittcon '96 (Pittsburgh Conference), March 3-8, 1996, Chicago, Illinois, Abstract 278.

10. "Shot-Noise Measurements of the Electron Charge: An Undergraduate Experiment"

D. R. Spiegel and R. J. Helmer, American Journal of Physics 63, 554 (1995).

9. "Three-color and 1+1 Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Zirconium Sputtered from Refractory Carbides"

D. R. Spiegel, W. F. Calaway, G. A. Curlee, A. M. Davis, R. S. Lewis, M. J. Pellin, D. M. Gruen, and R. N. Clayton, Analytical Chemistry 66, 2647 (1994).

8. "Three-color Resonance Ionization of Titanium Sputtered From Metal and Oxides for Cosmochemical Analyses: Measurements of Selectivity and Isotope Anomalies"

D. R. Spiegel, W. F. Calaway, A. M. Davis, J. W. Burnett, M. J. Pellin, S. R. Coon, C. E. Young, R. N. Clayton and D. M. Gruen, Analytical Chemistry 64, 469 (1992).

7. "Yields and Kinetic Energy Distributions of Sputtered Neutral Copper Clusters"

S. R. Coon, W. F. Calaway, J. W. Burnett, M. J. Pellin, D. M. Gruen, D. R. Spiegel, and J. M. White, Surface Science 259, 275 (1991).

Peer-reviewed publications, continued.

6. "Three-color Resonance Ionization of Sputtered Ti for Isotopic Analysis of Meteoritic Samples"

C. E. Young, D. R. Spiegel, M. J. Pellin, W. F. Calaway, S. R. Coon, D. M. Gruen, A. M. Davis, and R. N. Clayton, "Institute of Physics Conference Series Number 114: Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy 1990," J. E. Parks and N. Omenetto, editors; Institute of Physics, Bristol, 1991, pp. 435-438.

5. "Selectivity, Specificity and Sensitivity in the Photoionization of Sputtered Species"

D. M. Gruen, W. F. Calaway, M. J. Pellin, C. E. Young, D. R. Spiegel, R. N. Clayton, A. M. Davis, and J. D. Blum, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B58, 505 (1991).

4. "Forced Rayleigh Scattering on a Soluble Conducting Polymer"

D. R. Spiegel, Macromolecules 23, 3568 (1990).

3. "Charge Storage on a Conducting Polymer in Solution"

M. J. Nowak, D. R. Spiegel, Y. H. Kim, A. J. Heeger, and P. A. Pincus,

Macromolecules 22, 2917 (1989).

2. "Photoexcitation and Doping Studies of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)"

Y. H. Kim, D. R. Spiegel, and A. J. Heeger, Physical Review B 38, 5490 (1988).

1. "Bipolarons in Poly(3-methylthiophene): Spectroscopic, Magnetic, and Electrochemical Measurements"

N. Colaneri, M. Nowak, D. R. Spiegel, S. Hotta, and A. J. Heeger, Physical Review B 36, 7964 (1987).

Published abstracts of contributed talks presented at national meetings (since 1994)

Names of Trinity undergraduate students are underlined.

“Localization of Electroconvection Patterns Using Absorbed Laser Light”, invited talk presented by Spiegel at the University of Bayreuth, March 2005.

“Localized Electrocnvection Patterns”, D. R. Spiegel, contributed poster at the Physik seit Einstein meeting of the German Physical Society, Berlin, March 2005.

“Dynamics of localized laser-induced pulse and hole states in electroconvection within a nematic liquid crystal.”, D. R. Spiegel, N. C. Giebink, E. R. Johnson, and K. Vardanyan, contributed talk presented by Spiegel at the national March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Montreal, Quebec, March 2004.

“Electroconvection roll drift in the presence of a locally supercritical region.”, D. R. Spiegel, contributed talk presented at the national Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting of the American Physical Society (Seattle, WA, November 2004).

“Spatially Localized Traveling-Wave Electroconvection in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Produced with Absorbed Laser Light.” D. R. Spiegel, N. C. Giebink, E. R. Johnson, S. R. Saucedo, E. W. Miles, and K. K. Vardanyan, contributed talk presented by Spiegel at the 2003 national American Physical Society March Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting (East Rutherford, NJ, November 2003).

“Localized Traveling-Wave Electroconvection Patterns in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Produced by an Absorbed Laser Beam.” N. C. Giebink, S. R. Saucedo, E. R. Johnson, E. W. Miles, K. K. Vardanyan, and D. R. Spiegel, talk presented by Giebink at the 2003 national American Physical Society March Meeting (Austin, TX, March 2003).

"Forced Rayleigh scattering measurements of the average ground state/photoproduct diffusion coefficient." D. R. Spiegel. Presented at the 2000 national American Physical Society March Meeting (Seattle, WA, March 2001).

"Holographic Grating Studies of 'Anomalous' Mass Diffusion in a Cyanobiphenyl Liquid Crystal," W. C. Campbell, A. L. Thompson, and D. R. Spiegel, presented by Campbell at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society (Minneapolis, MN, March 2000).

"Student Research on Molecular Diffusion in the Trinity Physics Laser Lab," D. R. Spiegel, presented at the national Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Trinity University (San Antonio, TX, August 1999).

"Anomalous Forced Rayleigh Scattering Signals," D. R. Spiegel, presented at the Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society (Atlanta, GA, March 1999).

"Integration of Photonics and Electronics in the Upper Division Physics Laboratory," D. R. Spiegel and R. A. Bartels, presented by Spiegel at the national Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE, August 1998).

"Using the Faraday Rotation in an Undergraduate Experiment on Modulation Spectroscopy," D. R. Spiegel, A. H. Marshall, and R. J. Helmer, presented by Spiegel at the national Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, University of Maryland (College Park, MD, August 1996).

"Curvature-Based Analysis of Complex Forced Rayleigh Scattering Signals in Polymer Solutions," D. R. Spiegel and T. Chang, presented by Spiegel at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society (St. Louis, MO, March 1996).

"Forced Rayleigh Scattering Studies of Complementary Gratings in Methyl Red/Poly (vinyl acetate) Solutions," D. R. Spiegel, M. B. Sprinkle, and T. Chang, presented by Spiegel at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society (San Jose, CA, March 1995).

"Shot-Noise Measurements of the Electron Charge," D. R. Spiegel and R. J. Helmer, presented by Spiegel at the national Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN, August 1994).

"Some Experiments That Use a Lock-In Amplifier to Measure Phase Differences," R. A. Bartels and D. R. Spiegel, presented by Bartels at the national Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN, August 1994).

"Effects of Coherent and Incoherent Baselines on the Precision and Accuracy of Direct-Detection Forced Rayleigh Scattering Measurements," D. R. Spiegel and J. Adams, presented by Spiegel at the March meeting of the American Physical Society (Pittsburgh, PA, March 1994).