Teaching

Chivukula teaches physics at the graduate and undergraduate level, and incorporates the techniques of active learning in all of his classes. Courses taught at Michigan State University include:

AST 860: Gravitational Astrophysics (Spring 2004): Introduction to General Relativity
PHY992: Quantum Chromodynamics (Fall 2004): Topics in Nonperturbative Supersymmetry.
LBS/PHY415: Methods of Theoretical Physics (Spring 2005-9): Introduction to Mathematical Physics (w/ E. H. Simmons).
PHY 810: Methods of Theoretical Physics (Fall 2006-8): Graduate core course in mathematical physics.
PHY854: Quantum Electrodynamics (Spring 2005): Introduction to Quantum Field Theory.
PHY905: Special Problems in Physics LHC Physics. (Spring 2006): Introduction to Theoretical Collider Physics at the LHC.
PHY905: Advanced Techniques in Quantum Field Theory. (Spring 2007): Introduction to methods of advanced quantum field theory.
PHY405: Directed Study. (Fall 2007): Reading Course in String Theory.

Graduate Students:

Dimitrios Kominis - Boston University Ph.D, 1995
Vassilios Koulovassilopoulos - Boston University Ph. D, 1995
Bogdan Dobrescu - Boston University Ph. D, 1998
Baradhwaj Panayancheri Coleppa - MSU Ph. D, 2009
Stefano DiChiara - MSU Ph. D, 2009
Felix Braam - MSU M.S., 2007
Michael Flossdorf - MSU M.S., 2007
Arsham Farzinnia - MSU Ph. D student

MSU Honors College Professorial Assistants

Garrett Warnell, 2005-06.
Edita Klymte, 2006-07.
Tyler Augst, 2007-08.
Jamie Overbeek, 2008-09.