Athanasios N. Petridis

‌Athanasios N. Petridis
Associate Professor of Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Harvey Ingham Hall, Room 31C
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa 50311-4505
Phone: 515-271-3723
Fax: 515-271-1943
Athan.Petridis@drake.edu

Degrees

• Ph.D. Theoretical High Energy Physics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (1992)
• B.S. Physics, National University of Athens, Athens, Greece (1986)

Professional History

• Assistant Professor, Drake University (2001-2006)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Drake University (2000-2001)
• Assistant Physicist, Iowa State University (1996-2000)
• Post-doctoral Research Associate, Iowa State University (1992-1996)
• Member of the PHENIX Collaboration (1992-2002)
• Member of the American Physical Society
• Member of the Iowa Academy of Sciences

Teaching Activity

• Electromagnetic Theory (junior-level course)
• Theoretical Mechanics (junior-level course)
• Nuclear and Particle Physics (senior-level course)
• Introduction to Physics II (freshman/sophomore-level course for majors)
• General Physics I (non-major physics course)
• General Physics II (non-major physics course)
• Electronics (junior-level course)
• Modern Physics (sophomore-level course)
• Advanced Laboratory I (junior-level course)
• Advanced Laboratory II (senior-level course)
• Advanced Quantum Mechanics (senior-level independent study course)
• Error Theory (junior-level course in conjunction with Advanced Lab. I)
• Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics (senior-level course)
• Introduction to Biophysics (a seminar-type course)
• Plasma Physics (senior-level independent study course)
• The Science in the Art of Leonardo Da Vinci (honors course)

Research Interests

• Suppression of charmonium states, and direct photon production, Drell-Yan cross sections in relation with Quark Gluon Plasma formation and nuclear effects
• Simulations of relativistic heavy ion reactions, event generators; high performance computing
• Time-dependent relativistic and non-relativistic quantum mechanics
• Information Theory in relation with parton distributions in nuclei and quantum mechanics
• Non-extensive statistics