Morten Lundsgaard

Primary Research Area
Physics Education

Teaching Associate Professor

(217) 244-5674

mlundsga@illinois.edu

301B Loomis Laboratory

Education

Ph.D. Physics, Kansas State University, 1995
M.S. Physics, University of Copenhagen, 1991
B.S. Physics and Mathematics, University of Copenhagen, 1987

Academic Positions

Coordinator of Physics Teacher Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Physics Education Research and professional development for teachers, 2009 - present
Research Associate, University of Michigan, Science Education, 2007-2009
High school teacher, Ordrup Gymnaisum (Denmark), Physics-Mathematics-Astronomy-Physical Sciences, 1999-2007
Postdoctoral Fellow - Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter, Utrecht University, Atomic Physics, 1998-1999
Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Utrecht University, Atomic Physics, 1996-1998

Selected Articles in Journals

A. Dubois, J. P. Hansen, M. Lundsgaard and S. E. Nielsen, Orientation and alignment effects in H⁺ + Na collisions, J. Phys. B 24, L269-L274 (1991).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard and C. D. Lin, Reduced close-coupling calculations for electron capture processes in collisions of multiply charged ions with atoms, J. Phys. B 25, L429-L434 (1992).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard, N. Toshima, Z. Chen, and C. D. Lin, Electron capture from elliptic Rydberg states, J. Phys. B. 27, L611-L617 (1994).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard, N. Toshima, Z. Chen, and C. D. Lin, Electron capture from circular Rydberg states, Phys. Rev. 51, 1347-1350 (1995).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard, Z. Chen, and C. D. Lin, Electron capture in K⁺+ ion collisions with Na(4d), J. Phys. B 28, 859-868 (1995).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard and S. E. Nielsen, Coherence parameters for He⁺(2p) capture and H(2p) excitation in He²⁺+H(1s) collisions, Z. Phys. D. 34, 97-105 (1995).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard, N. Toshima, and C. D. Lin, Dependence of electron loss cross section on the alignment and orientation of elliptic Rydberg states, J. Phys. B. 29, 1045-1062 (1996).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard, S. E. Nielsen, H. Rudolph, and J. P. Hansen, Multi-crossing Landau-Zener and close-coupling calculations of electron transfer in H⁺+Li(2s,2p) collisions, J. Phys. B 31, 3215-3232 (1998).
D. M. Homan, O. P. Makarov, O. P. Sorokina, K. B. MacAdam, M. F. V. Lundsgaard, C. D. Lin, and N. Toshima, Electron capture from a directed Stark-Rydberg state. I Fore-and-aft ratios, Phys. Rev. A 58, 4565-4571 (1998).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard and H. Rudolph, Vibrationally resolved cross sections for single-photon ionization of LiH, J. Chem. Phys. 111, 6724-6734 (1999).
H. Short, M. F. V. Lundsgaard, and J. Kraijcik, How do geckos stick?, The Science Teacher 75 (8), 38-43 (2008).
L. Blank, A. Snir, and M. F. V. Lundsgaard, Virtual Modeling, Science and Children 52, 30-35 (2015).
B. Gutmann, G. Gladding, M. Lundsgaard, and T. Stelzer, Mastery-style homework exercises in introductory courses: Implementation matters, Physics Review Physics Education Research 14, 010128 (2018).