Edward Thomas - Faculty - Physics - Departments - Auburn University College of Sciences and Mathematics

Edward Thomas
Professor
Experimental Plasma Physics

Office: Allison Lab #101

Address:
206 Allison Laboratory
Auburn, AL 36849-5319

Phone: (334) 844-4126
Email: etjr@physics.auburn.edu

Education
Ph.D., Auburn University	1996
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1993
B.S., Florida Institute of Technology	1989

Professional Employment
Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University	2007-present
Lawrence C. Wit Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University	2012-2017
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University	2002-2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University	2000-2002
Assistant Professor, Fisk University	1996-1999
Research Assistant, Fusion Research Laboratory, Auburn University	1993-1996
Research Assistant, Plasma Fusion Center, Alcator C-Mod, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1989-1993

Honors and Awards
Dean’s Research Award – College of Sciences and Mathematics – Auburn University	Spring 2013
Professional Improvement Leave – Auburn University	Spring 2013
Inaugural Lawrence C. Wit Professor in the College of Sciences and Mathematics	2012-2017
Elected as Fellow of the Alabama Academy of Sciences	2012
Elected as Fellow of the National Society of Black Physicists	2011
Professional Improvement Leave – Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa	Fall 2006
Elected for membership, International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Commission H	2004
Outstanding Academic Advisor – College of Science and Mathematics – Auburn University	2003
National Society of Black Physicists - Outstanding Dissertation Award	1998
Auburn University, Physics Department – Outstanding Graduate Research Award	1996
Alabama/Department of Energy EPSCoR Traineeship	1994
AT&T Bell Laboratories - Corporate Research Fellowship Program	1989

Professional Activities

University Fusion Association, 2007- present

Member: Executive Committee, 2009-2011

American Physical Society (APS), 1992- present

Division of Plasma Physics (DPP)

Forum on Education (FED)

National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), 1996- present

Elected as Fellow of NSBP, 2011

Member, Alabama Academy of Sciences

Selected as Fellow of AAS, 2012

Member, International Union of Radio Science (URSI) - Commission H (Waves in Plasmas)

Selected Publications

A. M. DuBois, E. Thomas, W. E. Amatucci, and G. Ganguli, Plasma Response to a Varying Degree of Stress,Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 145002, (2013).
R. Fisher, K. Avinash, E. Thomas, R. Merlino, and V. Gupta, Thermal energy density of dust in dusty plasmas: Experiment and theory, Phys. Rev. E, 88, 031101, (2013).
R. K. Fisher and E. E. Thomas, Weakly Coupled Dusty Plasma With a High Dust Temperature and Low Thermal Energy Density, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 41, 784 (2013).
E. Thomas, R. L. Merlino, and M. Rosenberg, Design Criteria for the Magnetized Dusty Plasma experiment, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 41, 811 (2013).
A. M. DuBois, I. Arnold, E. Thomas, E. Tejero, and W. E. Amatucci, Electron-ion hybrid instability experiment upgrades to the Auburn Linear Experiment for Instability Studies, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 84, 043503 (2013).

Last updated: 05/07/2015