Contact Information

Marcos D. (Danny) Caballero (he/they)
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, & Engineering
CREATE for STEM Institute
Michigan State University

Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building, 567 Wilson Rd., Room 1310A, East Lansing, MI 48824
Engineering Building, 428 S Shaw Ln, Room 1515A, East Lansing, MI 48824
e: caball14@msu.edu
w: dannycab.github.io

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, 2011
Thesis: Evaluating and Extending a Novel Course Reform of Introductory Mechanics
Advisor: Prof. Michael F. Schatz [Online]
Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) Master of Science in Physics, 2007
University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) Bachelor of Science in Physics, 2004

Academic Experience

Positions

2023 – Present, Professor, Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
2023 – Present, Lappan-Phillips Professor of Physics Education, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
2020 – 2023, Associate Professor, Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
2018 – 2023, Lappan-Phillips Associate Professor of Physics Education, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
2017 – Present, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Oslo
2013 – Present, Affiliated Faculty, CREATE for STEM Institute, Michigan State University
2013 – 2018, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
2011 – 2013, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder
2011 – 2013, Research Affiliate, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
2005 – 2011, Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

Awards and Honors

2023 – Fellow of the American Physical Society, Group on Physics Education Research [Press]
“For foundational research and development on the roles of computation in physics education and contributions to research on undergraduate and graduate education in physics.”
2023 – APS Education Prize, Partnership for the Integration of Computing in Undergraduate Physics, Team Member [Press]
“For developing an active, inclusive, and supportive community of physics educators dedicated to integrating computation into their instruction; creating, reviewing, and disseminating instructional materials; and generating knowledge of computation in physics curricula and of effective practices.”
2022 – Physical Review PER Editor’s Suggestion (Topic: Computational Physics Education): Student’ perspectives on computational challenges in physics class [Paper]
2022 – Department Award for Improving Undergraduate Physics Education, Team Member, American Physical Society [Press]
2021 – Physical Review PER Editor’s Suggestion (Topic: Quantitative Methods for Education Research): Framework for evaluating statistical models in physics education research [Paper]
2021 – Physical Review PER Editor’s Suggestion (Topic: Graduate Physics Education): Physics Graduate Record Exam does not help applicants “stand out” [Paper]
2019 – Physical Review PER Editor’s Suggestion (Topic: Computational Physics Education): Physics computational literacy: An exploratory case study using computational essays [Paper]
2019 – Physics Education Research Conference Notable Paper [Press]
2019 – Featured in MSU Today for Teaching Innovation [Press]
2018 – President’s Distinguished Teaching Award, MSU [Press]
2018 – Teacher-Scholar Award, MSU [Press]
2017 – Featured in MSU Today for NSF grant [Press]
2016 – Physics Education Research Conference Notable Paper [Press]
2016 – College of Natural Science Teaching Prize, MSU
2015 – Thomas H. Osgood Memorial Awards for Faculty Excellence in Teaching, MSU
2014 – STEM Gateway Fellow, College of Natural Science, MSU
2011 – Tower Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
2010 – CETL/BP Outstanding Graduate TA Award Finalist, Georgia Institute of Technology
2009 – CETL/BP Outstanding Graduate TA Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
2007 - 2008 – Teaching Assistant of the Year, American Association of Physics Teachers
2007 - 2011– Gozuieta Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology
2007 – Travel Grant, Technical University of Denmark
2006 – Tower Award, Georgia Institute of Technology