Tim Beers and Wolfgang Bauer
earn University Distinguished Professor title
Tim Beers and Wolfgang Bauer were among the
ten MSU professors that have been named University
Distinguished Professors in recognition of their
achievements in the classroom, laboratory and community. The
designations, recommended by Interim President Lou Anna K.
Simon, were approved by the MSU Board of Trustees on June
15, 2007.
The title of University Distinguished
Professor is among the highest honors that can be bestowed
on a faculty member by the university. Those selected for
the title have been recognized nationally and usually
internationally for the importance of their teaching,
research and public service achievements.
Individuals holding the professorship will
receive, in addition to their salary, a stipend of $5,000
per year for five years to support professional
activities.
The 10 individuals bring to 104 the number of
faculty members who have been named a University
Distinguished Professor since the designation was
established by the university and approved by the MSU Board
of Trustees in 1989.
Prof. Beers is an astronomer and astrophysicist working on the oldest stars in the universe. He is also instrumental in the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics and works with our SOAR telescope. (movie clip)
Prof. Bauer is a nuclear physicist, with dual appointment at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. His other interests include astrophysics, medical physics and physics education, in particular the LON-CAPA project. (movie clip)
Tim and Wolfgang join Walter Benenson, C.
Konrad Gelbke, Brad Sherrill and Gary Westfall to bring the number of University
Distinguished Professors to six in the Department of
Physics and Astronomy. In addition, Sam Austin, Henry
Blosser, Ed Kashy, and Mike Thorpe are all University
Distinguished Professor Emeriti.
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