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General Information
| Full Name | Marcos D. (Danny) Caballero |
| Date of Birth | 1 May 1982 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
Education
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2011 Doctor of Philosophy, Physics
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Evaluating and Extending a Novel Course Reform of Introductory Mechanics (Advisor: Prof. Michael F. Schatz)
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2007 Master of Science, Physics
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA -
2004 Bachelor of Science, Physics
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Experience
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2023-now Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy & Department of Computational Science, Mathematics, and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA -
2020-2023 Associate Professor
Department of Computational Science, Mathematics, and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA -
2018-2023 Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA -
2013-now Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Physics & Center for Computing in Science Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway -
2013-now Leadership Faculty
CREATE for STEM Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA -
2013-2018 Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA -
2013-2018 Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA -
2005-2011 Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant
School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA -
2003-2005 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Open Source Projects
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2015-now PICUP Materials Repository
- Open-source computational activities for undergraduate physics courses.
Honors and Awards
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2021 - Physical Review PER Editor's Suggestion -- Framework for evaluating statistical models in physics education research
- Physical Review PER Editor's Suggestion -- Physics Graduate Record Exam does not help applicants "stand out"
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2019 - Physical Review PER Editor's Suggestion -- Physics computational literacy: An exploratory case study using computational essays
- Physics Education Research Conference Notable Paper -- Using machine learning to understand physics graduate school admissions
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2016 - Physics Education Research Conference Notable Paper -- Methods for analyzing pathways through a physics major
- College of Natural Science Teaching Prize, Michigan State University
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2015 - Thomas H. Osgood Memorial Awards for Faculty Excellence in Teaching, Michigan State University
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2014 - STEM Gateway Fellow, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University