Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, & Engineering
CREATE for STEM Institute
Michigan State University
Wilson Rd., Room 1310A, East Lansing, MI 48824
e: caball14@msu.edu
w: dannycab.github.io
(office) 517-884-5657 (cell) 517-420-5330
Education
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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
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University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) Bachelor of Science in Physics, 2004
Academic Experience
Positions
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2020 – Present, Associate Professor, Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
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2018 – Present, Lappan-Phillips Associate Professor of Physics Education, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
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2017 – Present, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Oslo
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2013 – Present, Leadership Faculty, CREATE for STEM Institute, Michigan State University
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2013 – 2018, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
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2011 – 2013, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder
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2011 – 2013, Research Affiliate, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
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2005 – 2011, Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Awards and Honors
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2022 Department Award for Improving Undergraduate Physics Education, Team Member, American Physical Society [Press]
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2021 Physical Review PER Editor’s Suggestion (Topic: Quantitative Methods for Education Research): Framework for evaluating statistical models in physics education research [Paper]
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2021 Physical Review PER Editor’s Suggestion (Topic: Graduate Physics Education): Physics Graduate Record Exam does not help applicants “stand out” [Paper]
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2019 Physical Review PER Editor’s Suggestion (Topic: Computational Physics Education): Physics computational literacy: An exploratory case study using computational essays [Paper]
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2019 Physics Education Research Conference Notable Paper [Press]
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2019 Featured in MSU Today for Teaching Innovation [Press]
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2018 President’s Distinguished Teaching Award, MSU [Press]
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2018 Teacher-Scholar Award, MSU [Press]
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2017 Featured in MSU Today for NSF grant [Press]
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2016 Physics Education Research Conference Notable Paper [Press]
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2016 College of Natural Science Teaching Prize, MSU
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2015 Thomas H. Osgood Memorial Awards for Faculty Excellence in Teaching, MSU
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2014 STEM Gateway Fellow, College of Natural Science, MSU
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2011 Tower Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
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2010 CETL/BP Outstanding Graduate TA Award Finalist, Georgia Institute of Technology
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2009 CETL/BP Outstanding Graduate TA Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
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2007 - 2008 Teaching Assistant of the Year, American Association of Physics Teachers
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2007 - 2011 Gozuieta Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology
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2007 Travel Grant, Technical University of Denmark
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2006 Tower Award, Georgia Institute of Technology