James R Chisholm
Department of Physical Sciences
Southern Utah University
351 W. University Blvd.
Cedar City, UT 84720
Phone: (435) 586-7806 Fax: (435)865-8051
Email: chisholm [at] suu [dot] edu
Current Position
Assistant Professor of Physics, Southern Utah University
Research Interests
- Primordial Black Holes (PBHs): I am currently involved in studying aspects of PBH creation, spatial clustering, and gravitational wave emission.
- Polymers: With Prof. Zhang, I am involved in a project using positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) to characterize certain polymers.
- Physics Education Research: As part of the Tuning USA project, I am working with a group of fellow Utah physics educators in studying and clarifying undergraduate degree programs in our state.
Teaching
While at SUU, I have taught or are teaching the following courses:
- MATH 1050: College Algebra
- PSCI 2010: Planetary Science
- PHYS 1010/1015: Elementary Physics Lecture/Laboratory
- PHYS 1045: Elementary Astronomy Laboratory
- PHYS 2010/2030: College Physics I Lecture/Recitation
- PHYS 2020/2060: College Physics II Lecture/Recitation
- PHYS 2210/2230: Physics for Scientists and Engineers I Lecture/Recitation
- PHYS 2220/2260: Physics for Scientists and Engineers II Lecture/Recitation
- PHYS 2225: Physics for Scientists and Engineers II Laboratory
- PHYS 3310/3320: Quantum Mechanics I and II
Education
Refereed Publications
- J. R. Chisholm, Clustering of primordial black holes. II. Evolution of bound systems, Physical Review D 84, 124031 (2011), arXiv:1110.4402
- J. R. Chisholm, Primordial black hole minimum mass, Physical Review D 74, 043512 (2006), astro-ph/0604174
- J. R. Chisholm, Clustering of primordial black holes: Basic Results, Physical Review D 73, 083504 (2006), astro-ph/0509141
- J. R. Chisholm and E. W. Kolb, Lorentz invariance violation in top-down scenarios of ultrahigh energy cosmic ray creation, Physical Review D 69, 085001 (2004), hep-ph/0306288
- J. R. Chisholm, S. Dodelson, and E. W. Kolb, Stellar-mass black holes in the solar neighborhood, Astrophysical Journal 596, 437 (2003), astro-ph/0205138
- J. R. Chisholm, F. R. Harnden, Jr., J. F. Schachter, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, and F. Favata, ROSAT High Resolution Imager identifications of suspected stellar sources from the Einstein Slew Survey, Astronomical Journal 117, 1845 (1999)
Academic and Research Experience
- Assistant Professor of Physics, August 2007 - Present
Department of Physical Science, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
- Postdoctoral Associate, September 2005 - August 2007
Institute for Fundamental Theory, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Graduate Student, September 1999 - July 2005
Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Advisor: Edward W. Kolb
- Researcher, July 1998 - September 1998
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Advisor: Jean H. Swank
- Undergraduate Student, September 1994 - June 1998
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Advisor: Ron Taam
- SAO Summer Intern, June 1997 - August 1997
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA
Advisor: F. Rick Harnden, Jr.
- Researcher, E815/NuTeV experiment, June 1996 - October 1996
Researcher, E665 experiment, June 1995 - Octover 1995
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL
Advisor: Heidi Schellman
Invited Talks
- Southern Utah University, February 4, 2009, "From Quintessence to Quintessence: The stuff (we think is) in the Universe, and how it got there"
Geology Club Talk
- Brigham Young University, September 24, 2008, "Gravitational Waves from Primordial Black Holes"
Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
- University of North Florida, June 21, 2007, "An Introduction to Gravitational Radiation"
Department of Chemistry and Physics Seminar
- Lawrence University, April 26, 2007, "Black Holes: BIG and small"
Department of Physics Seminar
- University of Florida, May 22, 2006, "Primordial Black Hole Thermodynamics"
Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar
- University of Florida, September 26, 2005, "The Clustering of Primordial Black Holes"
Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar
- Oxford University, January 17, 2005, "Clustering of Primordial Black Holes"
Astrophysics Seminar
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, July 16, 2002, "Stellar-Mass Black Holes in the Solar Neighborhood"
LHEA Seminar
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, February 25, 2001, "Stellar-Mass Black Holes in the Solar Neighborhood"
Lunch Seminar
Other Talks
- University of Florida, September 28, 2005, "itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny RUPTURES IN THE FABRIC OF THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM"
IFT Graduate Student Seminar
- University of Chicago, March 9, 2005, "itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny RUPTURES IN THE FABRIC OF THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM"
Wopat Student Talk Series
- University of Chicago, April 9, 2005, "His Story of Fast Ron. Oh, Me With New Tree Nose? (History of Astronomy with Neutrinos)"
Wopat Student Talk Series
- University of Chicago, May 1, 2002, "Black Holes in your Backyard"
Wopat Student Talk Series
- University of Chicago, July 18, 2001, "XXX Astronomy: A History of X-ray Astronomy"
Wopat Student Talk Series