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Excellent Teachers

Physics graduate student, Tommy So, talks with a group of students on Science Saturday.
Physics graduate student, Tommy So, talks with students on Science Saturday. Photo by Toni Pitts.

Physics Illinois takes great pride in the dedication, professionalism, and plain hard work of the scholars that meet one of our core missions—teaching. Each semester, the University's Center for Teaching Excellence polls our toughest critics—the students who take Physics classes—and asks them to assess the skills and effectiveness of their teachers. Only the very best make this list.

Fall 2012 Semester

*denotes "outstanding" rating
Excellent Teacher Assistants
*Alsterda, Andrew
101
*Antonaglia, James
102
*Banerjee, Arka
225
*Benalcazar, Wladimir
435
*Chen, Angela
211
*Coleman, John
102
*Crimmins, Katherine
211
*Decker, Karl
212
*Deviprasad Rao, Vikyath
102
*Dove, Jason
213, 214
*Dwivedi, Vatsal
211
*Emmerich, Brandon
140
*Enders, Brian
101
*Evans, William
211
*Ferrante, Andrew
212
*Fliss, Jackson
212
*Freund, Christopher
101
*Gao, Zihe
212
*Glaudell, Rebecca
211
*Gloudemans, James
212
*Gutmann, Brianne
100
*Han, Bo
211
*Hart, Gregory
213, 214
*Hegg, Anthony
100, 222
*Hoffman, John
211
*Jafar Pour, Farshid
101
*Kaczor, John
212
*Khan, Mayukh
212
*Knapp, Adam
213
*Kuo, Hsin-Lun
211
*Lambert-Garrido, Roberto
101
*Langley, Brandon
325
*Lapa, Matthew
212
*Lo, Ka-Ho
325
*Lowrey, Norman
213, 214
*Lyon, David
212
*Manjarres, Thomas
212
*Mansbach, Rachael
212
*Martini, K
101
*McCann, John
213, 214
*McFaul, Louis
211
*Meldgin, David
212
*Merritt, Jason
211
*Meyer, Benjamin
213
*Migas, David
101
*Miller, Anna
101
*Passias, Vasilios
212
*Prasad, Shivangi
212
*Reig-I-Plessis, Dalmau
212
*Roberts, Kevin
225
*Roein Peikar, Seyed Mohammad Mehdi
101
*Rose, William
436
*Rosen, Gregory
101
*Sahanggamu, Agustinus
486
*Sahrapour, Mohammad
102
*Sanchez, Alfredo
213, 214
*Schlax, Kenneth
211
*Schroeder, Noah
212
*Schubel, Mark
487
*Sebesta, Kevin
101
*Stephenson, Cory
102
*Sullivan, Kevin
213, 214
*Sun, Fei
101
*Thurston, Bryce
211
*Tirupattur Ramamurthy, Srinidhi
211
*Tiwari, Apoorv
214
*Troscinski, Steven
212
*Tuegel, Thomas
212
*Vanacore, Garrett
213, 214
*Wang, Xiaoxiao
212
*Yu, Xiongjie
211
*Zakjevskii, Alexandre
213, 214
*Zhou, Tianci
211
Excellent Teachers
*Budakian, Raffi
214
*Colla, Eugene
403
*Cooper, S
596
*Elliott, Celia
499
*Greene, Laura
499
*Hubler, Alfred
194
*Makins, Naomi
225
*Mestre, Jose
211
*Pitts, Kevin
192
*Selen, Mats
211
*Wiss, James
485

2011-2012 Nordsieck Award Winner

James E. Wiss
James E. Wiss
"To James E. Wiss, for patient, insightful, and inspiring physics teaching, one problem at a time, that encourages undergraduate students to take their understanding to a new level."
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