Curriculum Vitae - David J. Ernst
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David J. Ernst
Professor of Physics

Department: Physics and Astronomy

Email: david.j.ernst@vanderbilt.edu

Office: SC 6605
Phone: (615)343-0483
Fax: (615)343-7263

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
  • Secretary, National Society of Hispanic Physicists
  • Vanderbilt Representative, Board of Trustees, member, Jeferson Lab Committee and Steering Committee, and member, Nominating 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 Council and Executive Board, 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

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)

Graduate Students

  • Jesus Escamilla

Publications

  • C.M. Chen, D.J. Ernst, and M.B. Johnson, "Extracting Forward Strong Amplitudes from Elastic Differential Cross Sections," submitted to Nucl. Phys.
  • 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.
 
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