Curriculum Vitae for Craig J. Copi

• Current Position
  Ph.D. Candidate
  Department of Physics
  Astronomy and Astrophysics Center
  The University of Chicago
  
• Education
  • Hope College, Holland, MI
    B.S. summa cum laude, May, 1991 in Physics and Math
  • The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    Matriculated in Physics graduate program, Autumn 1991
    Passed Physics departement PhD Candidacy Exam, September 1992
    M.S. in physics, June 1995
• Research
  • Research Assistant, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
    The University of Chicago (September, 1992--present)
    Faculty Advisor: Dr. David N. Schramm
    Research in primordial nucleosynthesis, inhomogenous nucleosynthesis, cosmic rays, and chemical evolution
  • Research Assistant, Department of Physics
    Hope College, MI (January 1989--May 1991)
    Faculty Advisors: Dr. Paul DeYoung, Hope College and Dr. Mort Kaplan, Carnegie Mellon University
    Research in experimental nuclear physics, studied entrance channel effects in decay of compound nuclei
  • Research Assistant, Department of Physics
    Hope College, MI (May 1991--September 1991)
  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ned Rouze
    Research in undergraduate education, wrote a text book covering special relativity at undergraduate to introductory graduate level
• Awards
  • Eagle Scout, October 1983
  • Sigma Pi Sigma, April 1990
  • Phi Beta Kappa, April 1991
  • Pi Mu Epsilon, April 1991
  • Sigma Xi, April 1991
  • Albert E. Lampen Mathematics Prize, Hope College, April 1991
  • Douwe B. Yntema Prize in Physics, Hope College, April 1991
  • Van Tamlen Prize for Creativity in the Sciences, Hope College, April 1991
  • Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GANN) Fellowship, The University of Chicago (September 1991--September 1993)
  • Certificate of Merit in Undergraduate Nuclear Chemistry Research, American Chemical Society, April 1992
  • Sugarman Award, The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago (November 1995)
• Teaching
  Teaching Assistant, The University of Chicago
  Physical Sciences 113, Cosmology, Fall 1991
  Physical Sciences 111, Classical Mechanics, Winter 1992
  Physical Sciences 112, Quantum Mechanics, Spring 1992
  Physical Sciences 113, Cosmology, Fall 1992
  Physical Sciences 113, Everyday Physics, Fall 1993
• Conferences
  • Lake Louise Winter Institute
    Particle Physics and Cosmology
    Lake Louise, Alberta, CA, February 20--26, 1994
  • Second Annual Great Lakes Cosmology Workshop
    Yerkes Observatory, WI, May 6--8, 1994
  • Third Annual Great Lakes Cosmology Workshop
    Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, May 5--7, 1995
  • Aspen Center for Physics
    Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
    Aspen, CO, June 22--29, 1995
  • The 6th Annual Astrophysics Conference in Maryland
    ``Cosmic Abundances''
    University of Maryland, MD, October 9--11, 1995
• Publications
  1. Ned Rouze and Craig J Copi, Special Relativity, introductory problem solving textbook, submitted to publisher.
  2. David N. Schramm (with Craig J Copi and Brian Fields), ``The Big Bang Strikes Back'', New Scientist 138 1878 31 (1993).
  3. Craig J Copi, David N. Schramm, and Michael S. Turner, ``Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis and the Baryon Density of the Universe'', Science 267 192 (1995).
  4. Craig J Copi, Keith A. Olive, and David N. Schramm, ``Large Scale Baryon Isocurvature Inhomogeneities'', Astrophysical Journal 451 51 (1995).
  5. Craig J Copi and David N. Schramm, ``The Nuclear Impact on Cosmology: The $H_0 \hbox{-} \Omega$ Diagram'', Comments in Nuclear and Particle Physics 22 1 (1996).
  6. Craig J Copi, David N. Schramm, and Michael S. Turner, ``Big-Bang Nucleosythesis and Galactic Chemical Evolution'', Astrophysical Journal Letters, 455 L95 (1995).
  7. Craig J Copi, David N. Schramm, and Michael S. Turner, ``Assessing Big-Bang Nucleosythesis'', Physical Review Letters 75 3981 (1995).
  8. Michael S. Turner, James W. Truran, David N. Schramm, and Craig J Copi, ``Cosmological Implications of the First Measurement of the Local ISM abundance of ${}^3{\rm He}$'', Astrophysical Journal Letters submitted (1996).
  9. Craig J Copi, David N. Schramm, and Michael S. Turner, ``The Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis Limit to the Number of Neutrino Species'', Physical Review Letters in preparation (1996).
  10. Craig J Copi, Keith A. Olive, and David N. Schramm, ``Implications of a Possible Dispersion in D/H in Quasar Absorption Systems'', Astrophysical Journal in preparation (1996).

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