Edward Thomas, Jr.
Department of Physics
COSAM Dean and Professor of Physics
Department of Physics
COSAM Dean and Professor of Physics
Research Areas: Experimental Plasma Physics
Office: Leach Science Center 3121
Address:
380 Duncan Drive
Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: (334) 844-4126
Email: etjr@auburn.edu
Education
Ph.D., Auburn University
1996
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1993
B.S., Florida Institute of Technology
1989
Professional Employment
COSAM Dean
2023 - present
COSAM Interim Dean
2021 - 2023
Professor (Department of Physics, Auburn University)
2021 - Present
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies (College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University)
2017 - 2021
Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professor (Department of Physics, Auburn University) and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies (College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University)
2017 - 2020
Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2015 - 2017
Lawrence C. Wit Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2012 - 2017
Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2007 - 2012
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2002 - 2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2000 - 2002
Assistant Professor, Fisk University
1996 - 1999
Research Assistant, Fusion Research Laboratory, Auburn University
1993 - 1996
Research Assistant, Plasma Fusion Center, Alcator C-Mod, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1989 - 1993
Honors and Awards
Dean’s Research Award – College of Sciences and Mathematics – Auburn University
Spring 2013
Professional Improvement Leave – Auburn University
Spring 2013
Inaugural Lawrence C. Wit Professor in the College of Sciences and Mathematics
2012 - 2017
Elected as Fellow of the Alabama Academy of Sciences
2012
Elected as Fellow of the National Society of Black Physicists
2011
Professional Improvement Leave – Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa
Fall 2016
Elected for membership, International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Commission H
2004
Outstanding Academic Advisor – College of Science and Mathematics – Auburn University
2003
National Society of Black Physicists - Outstanding Dissertation Award
1998
Auburn University, Physics Department – Outstanding Graduate Research Award
1996
Alabama/Department of Energy EPSCoR Traineeship
1994
AT&T Bell Laboratories - Corporate Research Fellowship Program
1989
Professional Activities
University Fusion Association, 2007- present
Member: Executive Committee, 2009-2011
American Physical Society (APS), 1992- present
Division of Plasma Physics (DPP)
Forum on Education (FED)
National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), 1996- present
Elected as Fellow of NSBP, 2011
Member, Alabama Academy of Sciences
Selected as Fellow of AAS, 2012
Member, International Union of Radio Science (URSI) - Commission H (Waves in Plasmas)
Selected Publications
- A. M. DuBois, E. Thomas, W. E. Amatucci, and G. Ganguli, Plasma Response to a Varying Degree of Stress,Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 145002, (2013).
- R. Fisher, K. Avinash, E. Thomas, R. Merlino, and V. Gupta, Thermal energy density of dust in dusty plasmas: Experiment and theory, Phys. Rev. E, 88, 031101, (2013).
- R. K. Fisher and E. E. Thomas, Weakly Coupled Dusty Plasma With a High Dust Temperature and Low Thermal Energy Density, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 41, 784 (2013).
- E. Thomas, R. L. Merlino, and M. Rosenberg, Design Criteria for the Magnetized Dusty Plasma experiment, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 41, 811 (2013).
- A. M. DuBois, I. Arnold, E. Thomas, E. Tejero, and W. E. Amatucci, Electron-ion hybrid instability experiment upgrades to the Auburn Linear Experiment for Instability Studies, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 84, 043503 (2013).
Last updated: 02/28/2023