Degrees

• S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965, William Barton Rogers Scholar
• Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970, National Science Foundation Fellow

Research Area

• Nuclear Theory - Neutrino masses and mixings. Quark gluon structure of the proton, neutron, and excited baryons. Meson-nucleus interactions.

Current Positions

• Professor of Physics, Vanderbilt University
• Adjunct Professor, Fisk University
• President, National Society of Hispanic Physicists
• Chair, Executive Committee, Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society
• Vanderbilt Representative, Board of Trustees; member, Jeferson Lab Committee; Southeast Universities Research Association
• Member, US Liaison Committee, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
• Member, Minority Recruitment Sub-Committee, American Association of Physicists in Medicine
• Member, Executive Board and Council, American Physical Society
• Member, Executive Committee, Forum on International Physics, American Physical Society
• Member, Liaison Committee for Under-Represented Minorities, American Institute of Physics
• Co-Chair, Division of Nuclear and Particle Physics, National Society of Black Physicists
• Member and Chair, User Relations Subcommittee, Programs Committee, Jefferson Science Associates, LLC
• Member, Executive Committee, NSF Physics REU Leadership Group

Previous Positions

• 1970-72: Assistant Professor/Professor, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., Mexico
• 1972-75: Research Associate/Instructor, Case Western Reserve University
• 1975-80: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
• 1979-80: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Washington
• 1980-85: Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
• 1985-92: Professor, Texas A&M University
• 1992-95; 1997-1999: 2002-2004; Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
• 1995-97: Associate Dean, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University
• 1997-1998: Assistant to the Dean, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University
• 1999-2000: Interim Director, W. M. Keck Foundation Free Electron Laser Center, Vanderbilt University
• 2000-2001: Visiting Scientist, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia

Professional Societies

• American Physical Society
• American Association of Physics Teachers
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• National Society of Hispanic Physicists
• National Society of Black Physicists
• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
• Sigma Xi

Professional Honors

• Outstanding Teacher, Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University (1983)
• Fellow, American Physical Society (1985 - present)
• Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor, Vanderbilt University (2002 - 2003)
• Affirmative Action and Diversity Initiative Award, Vanderbilt University (2004)
• Fellow, National Society of Black Physicists (2009-present)

Research Associates

• Jesus Escmilla Roa

Publications

• D.C. Latimer and D.J. Ernst, "Physical region for three-neutrino mixing angles," Phys. Rev. D 71, 017301 (2005).
• D.C. Latimer and D.J. Ernst, "On the degeneracies of the mass-squared differences for three neutrino oscillations," Mod. Phys. Lett. A 20, 1663 (2005).
• D.C. Latimer and D.J. Ernst, "Neutrino oscillations: measuring theta_13 including its sign," Phys. Rev. C 71, 062501(R) (2005).
• D.C. Latimer and D.J. Ernst, "Correlations between theta_13 and theta_23 in a very long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment," Phys. Rev. C 72, 045502 (2005).
• D.C. Latimer and D.J. Ernst, "Local demands on sterile neutrinos," Mod. Phys. Lett. A 21, 197 (2006).
• D.C. Latimer, J. Escamilla, and D. J. Ernst, "Measuring the mass of a sterile neutrino with a very short baseline experiment," Phys. Rev. C 75, 042501(R) (2007).
• D.C. Latimer, J. Escamilla, and D. J. Ernst, "On detecting CP violation in a single neutrino oscillation channel at very long baselines," Phys. Rev. C 76, 055502 (2007).
• J. Escamilla, D.C. Latimer, and D.J. Ernst, "Analysing Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations," in "VII Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications, Cusco, Peru, 11-17 June, 2007," ed. R. Alarcon, P. L. Cole, C. Djalili, and F. Umeres (American Institute of Physics, Ridge, New York, 2007) p. 227.
• J.E. Roa, D.C. Latimer, and D.J. Ernst, "Atmospheric neutrino oscillation data constraints on theta_13," submitted to Phys. Rev. Letters (2008).
• J.E. Roa, D.C. Latimer, and D.J. Ernst, "Atmospheric neutrino oscillation data constraints on theta_13 and theta_23," submitted to Phys. Rev. C (2009).