Faculty Research Areas
Physics and Engineering Faculty have active research programs with many avenues for students to get involved. Doing research with faculty is one of the best ways to grow your skills and bolster your resume for later internships or graduate work. Our students often present their research alongside faculty at national conferences and in published scientific journals.
Dr. Jim Schroeder
Wheaton Space Plasma Physics Laboratory - (L to R) Nathaniel Tarullo (’26), Josh Whelan (’27), Maia Peterson (’27), Julia Nordstrom (’25). The pink glow behind Maia's head is plasma.
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Dr. Robert Bishop
Dr. Bishop's research involves the history and philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, philosophy of social science, philosophy of mind and psychology, and metaphysics. He is particularly interested in chaos and complex systems and their philosophical implications.
Dr. Darren Craig
Dr. Craig is an experimental plasma physicist. His research is on problems important for the confinement of hot plasmas for magnetic fusion energy and related problems in naturally occurring plasmas in space and astrophysics.
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Dr. Jim Schroeder
Dr. Schroeder has performed experiments using UCLA’s Large Plasma Device (LAPD) studying the interaction of Alfven waves with electrons. After returning to Wheaton as a faculty member, he stayed involved with LAPD experiments, and he started a new collaboration with the Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC. He is also building a plasma experiment at Wheaton College.
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Dr. Jim Schroeder Receives the American Astronomical Society 2023 Early Career Award >
Dr. Jim Schroeder Discovers the Force Behind the Northern Lights>