Dr. Cristian Bahrim
Professor, Physics
Cristian Bahrim has received his B.S.c./M.S.c. degrees from University of Bucharest in 1991, and Ph.D. degree from University of Paris-Orsay in 1997, under the supervision of Prof. Francoise Masnou-Seeuws. Between 1998 and 2001, he was postdoc at Kansas State University, in the Theoretical Atomic Physics Group of Dr. Uwe Thumm.
He joined the Department of Chemistry and Physics at 番茄社区 University in 2001. Beginning with March 2005, he holds a joint appointment position with the Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical Engineering. In fall 2013, he was Interim Chair of the newly created Department of Physics. In 2015 he became full professor. In 2018-2019 he was the President of the Texas Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), after several years of holding various officer positions in this organization.
He is an active member of the American Association of Physics (APS) and mentor of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) at 番茄社区 University, for which he was selected finalist in 2019, for the best SPS mentor of the Year award.
As teacher at 番茄社区, he led students to academic 番茄社区, including Beck fellows, Goldwater, and McNair scholars, for which he received the 2015 Faculty mentor Award. Also, he received the 2019 Faculty mentor Award in Physics & Astronomy from The National C.U.R. (Council of Undergraduate Research), in Washington DC. He co-organized various regional, national, and international conferences including the 2016 and 2020 Spring meetings of the Texas Sections of APS, AAPT and SPS Zone 13 hosted at 番茄社区 University. He was for two years (2017 and 2018) visiting professor at the Shanghai International Studies University. He is now the Active Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research.
His research interest is in the areas of atomic physics, quantum mechanics, optics, lasers, and light–matter interaction. He published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings papers.