Janine Shertzer (born 1956) is an American
computational physicist known for her application of the
finite element method
Finite element method (FEM) is a popular method for numerically solving differential equations arising in engineering and mathematical modeling. Typical problem areas of interest include the traditional fields of structural analysis, heat tran ...
to
few-body systems in
atomic physics
Atomic physics is the field of physics that studies atoms as an isolated system of electrons and an atomic nucleus. Atomic physics typically refers to the study of atomic structure and the interaction between atoms. It is primarily concerned wit ...
. She is a distinguished professor of science at the
College of the Holy Cross in
Worcester, Massachusetts
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.
Education and career
Shertzer graduated in 1978 from
Loyola University Maryland
Loyola University Maryland is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in Baltimore, Maryland. Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early (educator), John Early and eight other members of the Society of Je ...
with a double major in physics and English. After a year of study as University Fellow at
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...
, she earned a master's degree in physics in 1979 and Ph.D. in 1984, both from
Brown University
Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...
. Her doctoral supervisor at Brown was Frank S. Levin.
She joined the faculty of the College of the Holy Cross in 1984. She became full professor there in 2001, and was the Anthony and Renee Marlon Professor in the Sciences from 2004 to 2009. She has been Distinguished Professor of Science since 2010. She chaired the physics department from 1998 to 2004.
Recognition
Shertzer was named a
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2005, after a nomination from the APS Topical Group on Few-Body Systems, "for her ground-breaking introduction of novel finite-element techniques in calculations of bound state and scattering properties of atomic and molecular systems".
The College of the Holy Cross gave her their 2015 Distinguished Teaching Award.
References
External links
Home page*
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1956 births
Living people
American physicists
American women physicists
Loyola University Maryland alumni
Brown University alumni
College of the Holy Cross faculty
Fellows of the American Physical Society
American women academics
21st-century American women